U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is now accepting applications for internships in his Washington, D.C., North Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville offices for the fall of 2024. The internship program offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to work with public service professionals and gain practical experience in constituent services, government policy, and more. Students of all majors, particularly those studying governmental affairs, public policy, or communications, are welcome to apply.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted three inspections at three Veterinary companies from South Carolina in the second quarter of 2024.
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate NATO Observer Group, has joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and 10 other senators in urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address Hawai‘i’s exclusion from the North Atlantic Treaty as military threats in the Indo-Pacific region rise. In their letter, the senators expressed concerns about Hawai‘i not being covered under Article 6 of the Treaty, which would mean an armed attack on Hawai‘i would not trigger a collective defense response from NATO.
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that on July 10, 2024, a Lexington County jury found Michael Scott Valdario guilty on two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor in the first degree and two counts in the second degree. Judge Walton McLeod sentenced Valdario to two years for each second-degree charge, to be served concurrently, and four years for each first-degree charge, to be served consecutively, totaling ten years of incarceration.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted nine inspections at nine Food and Cosmetics companies from South Carolina in the second quarter of 2024.
At a nominations hearing today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, scrutinized the records of President Biden’s nominees for financial regulator positions. Senator Scott criticized current FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg's leadership and highlighted issues within the agency's workplace culture.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) announced his intention to work with colleagues to condition funding for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in the next appropriations bill and put a hold on all ODNI-affiliated nominations. This action is in response to ODNI's failure to submit multiple assessments of Iran’s nuclear capabilities to Congress, as mandated by law.
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has appointed Charles Cogar to serve as his Chief of Staff. Cogar formerly served as Senator Scott’s Legislative Director for 10 years.
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, in penning a letter with 30 of their Senate Republican colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan voicing their objection to a California climate change regulation targeting railroads. The new restriction would significantly burden commerce and threatens one of America’s cleanest and most efficient modes of transportation—rail.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined his Republican colleagues in the South Carolina delegation in sending a letter to Biden administration officials expressing their concerns over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) proposed changes to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule.
In his opening remarks at this week's hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, addressed the impacts of Bidenomics on American families. Senator Scott also urged Chair Powell to enhance transparency in the financial regulators' rulemaking process and reiterated his call for a re-proposal of the current Basel III Endgame proposal.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and U.S. Representative Russell Fry (R-South Carolina-07) have led the South Carolina Republican congressional delegation in addressing concerns to the Biden Administration regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) proposed changes to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 26 states in filing a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging the Hillsborough County Transit Authority’s no-religious-speech advertising policy. The coalition contends that this policy infringes on the First Amendment rights of Young Israel of Tampa, a Jewish synagogue, which sought to advertise on public transportation in Tampa, Florida.
Governor Henry McMaster, Lieutenant Governor Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster have released their schedules for the week of July 8, 2024.