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June 12, 2020
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary and Jovita Carranza, Small Business Administration Administrator - Lankford Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging the Administration to Provide Paperwork Relief for Oklahoma Small Businesses who Utilized the COVID-19 Relief Program
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
June 12, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader; Michael Crapo, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman; Sherrod Brown, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Ranking Member; Marco Rubio, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman; and Ben Cardin, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ranking Member - Balderson, Bipartisan Delegation Push Further Reforms to Small Business Loan Program
Rep. Joe Wilson, ...
June 4, 2020
Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority Leader Schumer - Concern Over Extending Supplemental Unemployment Insurance
Rep. Ralph Norman, ...
May 28, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor - Congressman Gonzalez Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Calling on Administration to Ensure National Guard Servicemembers on COVID-19 Front Lines Receive Benefits Earned
Rep. William Timmons, ...
May 28, 2020
Congressman Wilson Statement On Passage Of Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
Rep. Joe Wilson
May 20, 2020
More Planned Parenthood Outrage
Rep. Ralph Norman
May 15, 2020
Timmons Votes No on Pelosi's Partisan Legislation
Rep. William Timmons
May 15, 2020
Congressman Joe Wilson Votes Against H.R. 6800
Rep. Joe Wilson
May 12, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Representatives Lamborn, Smith, and Cuellar Lead Bipartisan Nonprofit Letter
Rep. William Timmons, ...
May 9, 2020
Klobuchar, Duckworth, Scott, Braun Announce Bipartisan Bill to Help New Parents Receive CARES Act Economic Impact Payments This Year
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
May 8, 2020
Ahead of Mother's Day, Scott & Duckworth Announce Bill to Speed Up New Parents Receiving CARES Act Stimulus Checks
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
April 29, 2020
Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Honorable Kevin McCarthy House Minority Leader; Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Honorable Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Congressman Gonzalez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Reform Pharmacy DIR Fees
Rep. Ralph Norman, ...
April 23, 2020
Timmons Statement on Additional Funding For Coronavirus Relief
Rep. William Timmons
Feb. 12, 2020
Tweet - "At his #SOTU address, the President said he would always protect social security and medicare. Less than a week later, he released his budget proposal which would cut nearly $500 Billion from social and safety net programs. #TrumpBudget"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
Feb. 5, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie, Cárdenas, Blumenauer, Kelly Lead Bipartisan Effort to Secure Medicare Advantage
Rep. William Timmons, ...
Feb. 4, 2020
Majority Whip Clyburn Responds to State of The Union Address
Rep. Jim Clyburn
Dec. 4, 2019
Tweet - "50 years ago Sen. Fritz Hollings led a Hunger Tour through SC, which moved Pres. Nixon to support the creation of SNAP. Now this Admin is undermining this successful program to combat food insecurity, making it harder for Americans to access assistance they need. #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
Oct. 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Call for Expanded Access to Care and Resources for Families with Alzheimer's
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
June 26, 2019
Scott, Cardin Introduce PAID Act
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
June 19, 2019
Fox News "The Story with Martha MacCallum" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Tim Scott
Sen. Tim Scott
April 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Senators Warren Leads Colleagues in Calling on CMS Administrator Seema Varma to Remove Regulations that Restrict Access to Hearing Health Services
Rep. Ralph Norman, ...
Feb. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Brooks Supports Trump Administration's Welfare Work Requirements
Rep. Ralph Norman, ...
Feb. 7, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie Leads Effort to Protect Medicare Program
Rep. William Timmons, ...
Feb. 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the Department of Health and Human Services - Gardner, Cortez Masto, Crapo, and Bipartisan Group of Senators Send Letter Requesting Administration Stabilize Medicare Advantage Program
Sen. Lindsey Graham, ...
Jan. 30, 2019
Tweet - "Social Security isn't an 'entitlement.' It's the insurance hard-working Americans have paid for with every paycheck. The Social Security 2100 Act ensures this earned benefit will be available for the current generation of retirees and the generations to come. #Secure2100"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
June 13, 2018
Letter to Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow - Isakson Fights for Georgia Cotton Farmers
Sen. Lindsey Graham, ...
May 18, 2018
Tweet - "Proud of my colleagues for stopping the #GOPFarmBill, which just failed in the House 198 to 213. I hope the #GOP will now work with us on a bipartisan Farm bill that protects America's working families and children. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "#GOPFarmBill will harm grandparents, victims of domestic violence, and families that need help collecting child support. We need to protect them and #ProtectSNAP. #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "#GOPFarmBill cruelly removes hundreds of thousands from #SNAP & forces millions more to struggle to put food on the table. What happened to "Love thy neighbor?" #NoHouseFarmBill #HandsOffSNAP #ProtectSNAP"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "Service to the poor and neediest among us appears in one form or another in every manner of faith. That's why I'm listening to the many men and women of faith who've expressed their significant concern with #SNAP cuts in partisan #GOPFarmBill. #ProtectSNAP #NoHouseFarmBill"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "Cuts to #SNAP would be devastating to low income families and many rural groceries and farmers markets. The #GOPFarmBill doesn't do the work. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep. Jim Clyburn
March 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Hatch, Finance Committee Republicans Praise CMS on Medicare Advantage, Encourage Transparency and Outreach
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
Feb. 12, 2018
Letter to Nancy Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security - Modernize Identity Theft Prevention System
Sen. Tim Scott
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Rep. Jim Clyburn, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Warner, Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Diabetes Supplies
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Rep. Joe Wilson, ...
July 19, 2017
Letter to Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Greater Retirement Security
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
July 18, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program
Rep. Joe Wilson, ...
June 9, 2017
Sen. Scott Backs Effort to Stop Obama-Era "Fiduciary Rule'
Sen. Tim Scott
May 23, 2017
Clyburn Statement on Trump Budget Proposal
Rep. Jim Clyburn
April 17, 2017
Letter to Mr. Edward C. Hugler, Acting Secretary of Labor - Delay Implementation of Fiduciary Rule
Rep. Joe Wilson, ...
March 29, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Preferred Policy Changes to Medicare Advantage
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
Dec. 8, 2016
Miners Protection Act
Sen. Lindsey Graham
Oct. 24, 2016
National Review - Senator Tim Scott: Putting a Face on Poverty
Sen. Tim Scott
Aug. 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
July 4, 2016
The Post and Courier - Tim Scott Wants to Fix Poverty, One Human Interaction at a Time
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
June 24, 2016
The Summerville Journal Scene - Analysis: Scott Proposes Fix to Federal Housing Programs
Sen. Tim Scott
June 7, 2016
Sen. Scott Commends Ryan Poverty Focus
Sen. Tim Scott
May 24, 2016
Senate Passes Isakson Resolution to Stop Obama Rule Restricting Access to Retirement Planning for American Families, Small Businesses
Sen. Tim Scott, ...
May 18, 2016
The State - Sen Tim Scott: Fight poverty by investing in opportunity
Sen. Tim Scott
Date
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June 12, 2020
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary and Jovita Carranza, Small Business Administration Administrator - Lankford Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging the Administration to Provide Paperwork Relief for Oklahoma Small Businesses who Utilized the COVID-19 Relief Program
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
June 12, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader; Michael Crapo, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman; Sherrod Brown, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Ranking Member; Marco Rubio, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman; and Ben Cardin, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ranking Member - Balderson, Bipartisan Delegation Push Further Reforms to Small Business Loan Program
Rep.Joe Wilson, ...
June 4, 2020
Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority Leader Schumer - Concern Over Extending Supplemental Unemployment Insurance
Rep.Ralph Norman, ...
May 28, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor - Congressman Gonzalez Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Calling on Administration to Ensure National Guard Servicemembers on COVID-19 Front Lines Receive Benefits Earned
Rep.William Timmons, ...
May 28, 2020
Congressman Wilson Statement On Passage Of Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
Rep.Joe Wilson
May 20, 2020
More Planned Parenthood Outrage
Rep.Ralph Norman
May 15, 2020
Timmons Votes No on Pelosi's Partisan Legislation
Rep.William Timmons
May 15, 2020
Congressman Joe Wilson Votes Against H.R. 6800
Rep.Joe Wilson
May 12, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Representatives Lamborn, Smith, and Cuellar Lead Bipartisan Nonprofit Letter
Rep.William Timmons, ...
May 9, 2020
Klobuchar, Duckworth, Scott, Braun Announce Bipartisan Bill to Help New Parents Receive CARES Act Economic Impact Payments This Year
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
May 8, 2020
Ahead of Mother's Day, Scott & Duckworth Announce Bill to Speed Up New Parents Receiving CARES Act Stimulus Checks
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
April 29, 2020
Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Honorable Kevin McCarthy House Minority Leader; Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Honorable Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Congressman Gonzalez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Reform Pharmacy DIR Fees
Rep.Ralph Norman, ...
April 23, 2020
Timmons Statement on Additional Funding For Coronavirus Relief
Rep.William Timmons
Feb. 12, 2020
Tweet - "At his #SOTU address, the President said he would always protect social security and medicare. Less than a week later, he released his budget proposal which would cut nearly $500 Billion from social and safety net programs. #TrumpBudget"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
Feb. 5, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie, Cárdenas, Blumenauer, Kelly Lead Bipartisan Effort to Secure Medicare Advantage
Rep.William Timmons, ...
Feb. 4, 2020
Majority Whip Clyburn Responds to State of The Union Address
Rep.Jim Clyburn
Dec. 4, 2019
Tweet - "50 years ago Sen. Fritz Hollings led a Hunger Tour through SC, which moved Pres. Nixon to support the creation of SNAP. Now this Admin is undermining this successful program to combat food insecurity, making it harder for Americans to access assistance they need. #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
Oct. 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Call for Expanded Access to Care and Resources for Families with Alzheimer's
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
June 26, 2019
Scott, Cardin Introduce PAID Act
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
June 19, 2019
Fox News "The Story with Martha MacCallum" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Tim Scott
Sen.Tim Scott
April 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Senators Warren Leads Colleagues in Calling on CMS Administrator Seema Varma to Remove Regulations that Restrict Access to Hearing Health Services
Rep.Ralph Norman, ...
Feb. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Brooks Supports Trump Administration's Welfare Work Requirements
Rep.Ralph Norman, ...
Feb. 7, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie Leads Effort to Protect Medicare Program
Rep.William Timmons, ...
Feb. 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the Department of Health and Human Services - Gardner, Cortez Masto, Crapo, and Bipartisan Group of Senators Send Letter Requesting Administration Stabilize Medicare Advantage Program
Sen.Lindsey Graham, ...
Jan. 30, 2019
Tweet - "Social Security isn't an 'entitlement.' It's the insurance hard-working Americans have paid for with every paycheck. The Social Security 2100 Act ensures this earned benefit will be available for the current generation of retirees and the generations to come. #Secure2100"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
June 13, 2018
Letter to Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow - Isakson Fights for Georgia Cotton Farmers
Sen.Lindsey Graham, ...
May 18, 2018
Tweet - "Proud of my colleagues for stopping the #GOPFarmBill, which just failed in the House 198 to 213. I hope the #GOP will now work with us on a bipartisan Farm bill that protects America's working families and children. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "#GOPFarmBill will harm grandparents, victims of domestic violence, and families that need help collecting child support. We need to protect them and #ProtectSNAP. #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "#GOPFarmBill cruelly removes hundreds of thousands from #SNAP & forces millions more to struggle to put food on the table. What happened to "Love thy neighbor?" #NoHouseFarmBill #HandsOffSNAP #ProtectSNAP"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "Service to the poor and neediest among us appears in one form or another in every manner of faith. That's why I'm listening to the many men and women of faith who've expressed their significant concern with #SNAP cuts in partisan #GOPFarmBill. #ProtectSNAP #NoHouseFarmBill"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
May 17, 2018
Tweet - "Cuts to #SNAP would be devastating to low income families and many rural groceries and farmers markets. The #GOPFarmBill doesn't do the work. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
Rep.Jim Clyburn
March 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Hatch, Finance Committee Republicans Praise CMS on Medicare Advantage, Encourage Transparency and Outreach
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
Feb. 12, 2018
Letter to Nancy Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security - Modernize Identity Theft Prevention System
Sen.Tim Scott
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Rep.Jim Clyburn, ...
Oct. 5, 2017
Warner, Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Diabetes Supplies
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Rep.Joe Wilson, ...
July 19, 2017
Letter to Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Greater Retirement Security
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
July 18, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program
Rep.Joe Wilson, ...
June 9, 2017
Sen. Scott Backs Effort to Stop Obama-Era "Fiduciary Rule'
Sen.Tim Scott
May 23, 2017
Clyburn Statement on Trump Budget Proposal
Rep.Jim Clyburn
April 17, 2017
Letter to Mr. Edward C. Hugler, Acting Secretary of Labor - Delay Implementation of Fiduciary Rule
Rep.Joe Wilson, ...
March 29, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Preferred Policy Changes to Medicare Advantage
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
Dec. 8, 2016
Miners Protection Act
Sen.Lindsey Graham
Oct. 24, 2016
National Review - Senator Tim Scott: Putting a Face on Poverty
Sen.Tim Scott
Aug. 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
July 4, 2016
The Post and Courier - Tim Scott Wants to Fix Poverty, One Human Interaction at a Time
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
June 24, 2016
The Summerville Journal Scene - Analysis: Scott Proposes Fix to Federal Housing Programs
Sen.Tim Scott
June 7, 2016
Sen. Scott Commends Ryan Poverty Focus
Sen.Tim Scott
May 24, 2016
Senate Passes Isakson Resolution to Stop Obama Rule Restricting Access to Retirement Planning for American Families, Small Businesses
Sen.Tim Scott, ...
May 18, 2016
The State - Sen Tim Scott: Fight poverty by investing in opportunity
Sen.Tim Scott
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