Weekly Update from Senator Scott

May 3, 2016     About Tim Services Media Center Legislative Work South Carolina Resources Dear Friends,   Thank you for subscribing to my weekly e-newsletter, and please remember to follow me on Facebook,  Twitter, Instagram and YouTube!   Investing in Opportunity Act Last week, I, along with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Ron Kind (D-WI), introduced the Investing in Opportunity Act. Today, more than 30 percent of South Carolina’s population – 1.4 million - lives in an economically distressed area. The bipartisan bill plans to combat poverty by offering temporary capital gains deferral in exchange for reinvesting those (PRIVATE SECTOR) dollars into distressed communities.    The Opportunity Funds created by this legislation will provide a high-impact source for funding new businesses, developing blighted properties, investing in local infrastructure projects, financing facility construction or refurbishment, and a host of other activities to new opportunities for local residents and enhance the local economy. I know first-hand that those who live in impoverished communities are looking for the opportunity to succeed. It is my hope that the Investing in Opportunity Act will provide that opportunity.    Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model The Obama Administration’s “Part B Drug Payment Model” proposed rule disrupts care for vulnerable patients-such as those with cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious medical conditions. I, along with a number of my colleagues, have called for the withdrawal of the proposal because it will only hurt Medicare beneficiaries by increasing costs and decreasing the quality of care and patients’ choices.    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not consult with outside experts or those with real-world experience when coming up with this proposal and in my opinion that is a recipe for disaster. I was joined by my colleagues on the Finance Committee in writing CMS Acting Administrator Slavitt – you can read the letter here.   National Charter Schools Week This week is National Charter Schools Week. Charter schools are responsible for driving diverse, creative new innovations in the educational arena.  They play a critical role in delivering options for families and communities.  Throughout our country and here in South Carolina, charter schools are serving more and more families and can be found in more and more communities.   I have long believed that more educational freedom for families is important to meet the needs of our children.  That’s why I will continue to advocate for school choice in the Senate, including magnet programs, virtual learning, private schools, homeschooling and charter schools.   According to the Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina, there are 68 public charter schools that serve nearly 30,000 students around the Palmetto State.  Charter schools have been an option for families since 1996 when the State Charter School Law was enacted.   Palmetto Wednesdays Every Wednesday when the Senate is in session, I invite South Carolinians to come to my office in Washington at 11 AM for great conversations and some southern hospitality. We make plenty of real sweet tea, put out some Lay’s potato chips that were proudly made in South Carolina, and look forward to meeting constituents.  Please contact my office at (202) 224-6121 for more information or to let us know you’ll be joining us!   Sincerely,   Tim       Lowcountry 2500 City Hall Lane 3rd Floor Suite North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: (843) 727-4525 Fax: (855) 802-9355 Midlands 1301 Gervais Street Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 771-6112 Fax: (855) 802-9355 Upstate 104 South Main Street Suite 803 Greenville, SC 29601 Phone: (864) 233-5366 Fax: (855) 802-9355 Washington, DC 520 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6121 Toll Free: (855) 425-6324 Fax: (202) 228-5143                                   Click here to open a plain text version of this email                Click here to forward this email              Click here to open this e-mail in its own browser window

Hillary Slams Law Banning Abortions on Babies With Downs

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May 2, 2016

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• Hillary Clinton Slams New Law Banning Abortions on Babies With Down Syndrome
• Ted Cruz: Like Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump “Thinks Planned Parenthood is Wonderful”
• StemExpress Refuses to Turn Over All Documents on Purchase of Aborted Baby Parts
• Planned Parenthood CEO: My Proudest Moment is Forcing Christians to Pay for Abortion Drugs

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• Planned Parenthood Closes Iowa Abortion Clinic Because It Couldn’t Get Enough Customers
• She Took the Abortion Pill But Regretted It Immediately. Amazingly Her Son Was Saved Before He Died
• You’ll be Shocked by How Much Money These Planned Parenthood CEOs Make Aborting Babies
• Kansas Legislature Passes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood, Sends Money to Public Hospitals
• Teen Abortion and Birth Rates Both Fall to Historic Lows as More Babies Saved From Abortion
• Georgetown University Rejected Pro-Life Speaker to Balance Planned Parenthood’s CEO
• Shocking Stats Show China is Targeting Babies With Down Syndrome in Late-Term Abortions
• “Church” of Scientology Accused of Forcing Woman to Have Abortion
• Abortion Clinic Director Laments That Fewer Women Want Abortions: “We’re a Dying Breed”
• This State’s Medical Board Now Calls Babies Before Birth “Unborn Children” Instead of “Fetuses”
• Doctors are Putting Involuntary DNRs on Patients’ Charts Without Their Family’s Consent
• Trinidad and Tobago: Health Minister Defends Pro-Life Laws in Face of Zika Virus

Hillary Clinton Slams New Law Banning Abortions on Babies With Down Syndrome
While campaigning in Indiana over the weekend, pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made it clear she has no love for the new pro-life law in Indiana that protects unborn babies who have Down syndrome. As LifeNews has reported, Indiana approved a measure that pro-life Governor Mike Pence signed banning abortions done on babies if done because they have the genetic condition.

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Ted Cruz: Like Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump “Thinks Planned Parenthood is Wonderful”
In a weekend interview, pro-life Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz went after Donald Trump saying that the businessman and GOO hopeful is just like Hillary Clinton because he has praised the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

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StemExpress Refuses to Turn Over All Documents on Purchase of Aborted Baby Parts
The biotech firm StemExpress is refusing to turn over all documents to Congress related to its purchasing and reselling of body parts from aborted babies sold to it from Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses.

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Planned Parenthood CEO: My Proudest Moment is Forcing Christians to Pay for Abortion Drugs
Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards seems to jump at every chance she gets to do an interview with a journalist who will flatter her abortion work.

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Planned Parenthood Closes Iowa Abortion Clinic Because It Couldn’t Get Enough Customers
Pro-lifers made a huge impact outside of the Dubuque, Iowa Planned Parenthood abortion facility, encouraging more than 20 mothers to choose life for their unborn babies.

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She Took the Abortion Pill But Regretted It Immediately. Amazingly Her Son Was Saved Before He Died
On April 19 Rebekah Buell stood before California’s State Assembly to defend AB 2134, a bill stating that all abortion clinics providing the abortion pill RU486 must also inform their clients of the pill’s reversal alternative.

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You’ll be Shocked by How Much Money These Planned Parenthood CEOs Make Aborting Babies
In the 1980s, the popular heavy metal band Megadeth released its debut album called “Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!”The band’s name and album title would be fitting for the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the enormous salaries its CEOs make.

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Kansas Legislature Passes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood, Sends Money to Public Hospitals
The Kansas Legislature adjourned for the year in the wee hours of Monday morning, with two big victories in the area of pro-life healthcare. Disappointingly, however, the time clock hurt us on achieving Simon’s Law, which would insure that no “Do Not Resuscitate” order could be issued to a minor without consent of parents/guardians.

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Teen Abortion and Birth Rates Both Fall to Historic Lows as More Babies Saved From Abortion

Georgetown University Rejected Pro-Life Speaker to Balance Planned Parenthood’s CEO

Shocking Stats Show China is Targeting Babies With Down Syndrome in Late-Term Abortions

“Church” of Scientology Accused of Forcing Woman to Have Abortion

Abortion Clinic Director Laments That Fewer Women Want Abortions: “We’re a Dying Breed”

This State’s Medical Board Now Calls Babies Before Birth “Unborn Children” Instead of “Fetuses”

Doctors are Putting Involuntary DNRs on Patients’ Charts Without Their Family’s Consent

Trinidad and Tobago: Health Minister Defends Pro-Life Laws in Face of Zika Virus

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Action Alert: Thank These Conservatives

Robert, From fighting to repeal ObamaCare to impeaching IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, this group of courageous conservatives has been fighting tooth and nail for the values we share. And because they’ve stood up for us, they’ve made a lot of enemies in DC. They didn’t have to do it, but they did it because it was the right thing to do. They put their careers on the line for you and for that they deserve our thanks. Send these brave conservatives a message today to thank them properly. Robert, these conservatives have been attacked on all fronts. They’ve been attacked by the Democrats, the liberal media, and by spineless Republican moderates. The members of the House Freedom Caucus have endured a lot and they’re still standing strong. Send the members of the House Freedom Caucus a message and thank them for standing up for our conservative principles. For Freedom, Adam Brandon President & CEO, FreedomWorks   FreedomWorks.org/The-House-Freedom-Caucus ​           Forward To A Friend | Update Your Email Preferences 400 North Capitol Street, NW Suite 765 Washington, DC 20001

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Events 4/27   Refugee Resettlement 4/28 Communicating Your Values    Action Alerts Trevor Loudon 'Enemies Within' Film Fundraising Appeal Petition - Stop Internet Giveaway Survey from German University   New on ATP Facebook Virginia Voters Alliance Suit Faults Alexandria Voter Rolls Liberal Fascists Out in Force During Supreme Court Immigration Case NPS Tour Guide Disses Constitution, Founders at Independence Hall Obamacare Truth Squad Fighting Medicaid Expansion Nationwide (weekly update) Climate Dissent Witch Hunt Underway (This is Ominous) (new issue of The Truth) Cute Socialist Magazine Denies Blood-Soaked History of the Left (new Leftwatch) Movie Exposes Rampant Organ Harvesting in Communist China (watch the trailer) Socialism Is a Success! - 100 million dead were unavailable for comment (new from The Discontenterati) Candidates Signing 'Stop Fed Ed' Pledge to Abolish U.S. Department of Education (Michelle Malkin on Advisory Board) Tell Congress to Do Its Job! (new issue of The Truth reports on the Article 1 Project) Student 'Black Excellence' Video Goes Viral (new Minority Messenger) Tea Party Class Action Against IRS Surges Ahead Che Guevara: Castro's Executioner (video) - "I really like killing" Former Leftist: Communism Always Depends on Capitalism to Save it from Collapse (new Rhetoric Central) Posting Guidelines for ATP Facebook Members ****************************************************** 4/27   Refugee Resettlement From ACT for America Nova Chapter - SPECIAL EVENT The American Refugee Resettlement Scam James Simpson Author The Red - Green Axis Refugees, Immigration and the Agenda to Erase America Wednesday April 27, 2016 7-9 PM Embassy Suites Dulles North   Embassy Suites Dulles North   44610 Waxpool Road, Dulles, VA NOTE NEW LOCATION Through meticulous research, James Simpson details the networks of radical leftist groups, foundations, and government agencies who are using refugee resettlement to "fundamentally transform" America. In his book the 'Red-Green Axis' Jim describes groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a collection of communists, leftists, progressives and socialists. Groups whose sole unifying objective is to bring down the U.S. government. This is an offensive to erase American laws, traditions and culture, and replace them with a pliable, multi-cultural society. A resettlement process of not just wealth, but population and land. This is social engineering, income redistribution, and population control on steriods. Mr. Simpson proceeds to show how this plan is being inexorably advanced by today's secretive and unaccountable federal refugee resettlement programs - operations that have brought nearly 2 million refugees to this country since September 11, 2001. Some of the top U.S. and international liberal foundations are funding these resettlement efforts. The feds are paying resettlement contractors $1 billion annually in federal tax dollars to do the work. The costs to the American people in welfare benefits to refugees have been conservatively estimated at $10 billion per year. What is especially disturbing is the money paid by the federal government to nine Voluntary Agencies called VOLAGs. Some of the largest recipients of federal dollars in 2014 were religious organizations such as: CWS - Church World Service $45 million ECDC - Ethiopian Community Development Council 14.8 million HIAS - Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society $17.7 million IRC - International Rescue Committee $92.3 million LIRS - Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services $56 million CC/USCCB - Catholic Charities/US Conf. of Catholic Bishops $551.3 million USCRI - US Committee for Refugees/Immigrants $40.3 million EMM - Episcopal Migration Ministeries WRI World Relief Inc. - $33.1 million This is the "process of settlement" suicide by our own hands described in "The Explanatory Memorandum of the Group" - the Muslim Brotherhood found during an FBI raid on a Brotherhood house in Annandale, VA. Through the efforts of Jim and others such as Ann Corcoran in MD who run the Refugee Resettlement Watch people are beginning to ask questions. The name for communities where people are beginning to ask questions are being called "pockets of resistance" by federal agencies. As recently as Tuesday, the Tennessee General Assembly voted to sue the feds over the refugee resettlement. In South Carolina, the legislature is working on a bill that would put responsibility on those agencies which resettle refugees for acts of a criminal nature that might be perpetrated by refugees they place in the state. Refugee and the topic of immigration is one of the largest issues facing our country. It is the main topic of all conversations during this election cycle. Come hear and learn what you need to know to engage others who need to know what is going on. Most important learn what you can do in your community as a citizen activist to help.   James Simpson is an investigative journalist, businessman and former economist and budget examiner for the White House Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Simpson's work is published at AIM.org, American Thinker, Breitbart, Capital Research Center, Washington Times, WorldNet Daily and elsewhere. He is also featured in Curtis Bowers' award winning documentary Agenda: Grinding America Down. "Like" ACT Nova on FaceBook   ACT NOVA Members $10.- Non-Members Welcome $15.- One -Year Membership - Admission included - $25.- RSVP Here RSVP TO: afanorthva@hushmail.com Important Note: Attendance at ACT Nova events requires an RSVP in advance. First time prospective non-member attendees must receive an e-mail confirmation from ACT Nova indicating that seating will be available. In addition, a government-issued ID that matches your name on the confirmed attendee list must be presented at the door for admission. Audio or visual recording, without permission from ACT Nova, the event organizer and the speaker(s) is strictly prohibited. We are a private organization and all attendees are guests of the ACT Nova Chapter.   ********** 4/28 Communicating Your Values From the Ronald Reagan Lecture Series - Breaking the Sound of Silence -- through the free exchange of Ideas    with Steven Sutton Mr. Sutton has repeatedly been voted as the #1 presenter at the Leadership Institute's training courses.   Join us for an interactive forum with Mr. Sutton on how best to communicate conservative values persuasively with friends, neighbors, and political opponents using sinning arguments.  Sutton will draw on nearly 15 years of his own political and campaign  experience to offer the "Do's and Dont's" of political discourse.  Bring your questions to try to stump Mr. Sutton! and Expand your own political vocabulary.     Overcome political correctness     and take back the public square! Free and open to the public.    Thursday, April 28 7:30  - 9:00 PM     Embassy Suites Dulles North   44610 Waxpool Road Ashburn, VA 20147  (1.5 miles West of Rt 28)     RSVP here or at EventBright   ********** Trevor Loudon 'Enemies Within' Film Fundraising Appeal Please take a look at 6 minute segment   from our upcoming film The Enemies Within Movie     This segment is only the tip of the iceberg of the infiltration of our government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5P1429WL-0&feature=youtu.be     WE STILL NEED $100,000 TO COMPLETE THIS FILM BY THE END OF MAY We are looking for 1,000 people to donate $100 or more      Click the link below to DONATE NOW!  http://enemieswithinmovie.com/donate/ EXPOSE. EDUCATE.  HELP MAKE "THE ENEMIES WITHIN" Thanking you for your support!  Sincerely,  Trevor Loudon PS. Please keep us in your prayers    ********** Petition - Stop Internet Giveaway From Americans for Limited Government Foundation - The U.S. is on the verge of giving up oversight of the Internet's domain name system, risking foreign powers like China or Russia attempting to gain control over the Internet and censor it. Fortunately, for the past two years, Congress has prohibited the Commerce Department from using any funds carry out any transition control of the Internet's domain name system functions to the private Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). More and petition at http://stopinternetgiveaway.org/ ********** Survey from German University ATP Disclaimer - This survey looks legitimate but we did not exhaustively research it. If you have a concern, please let us know. Dear activist, I am part of a research team based at a German university which is looking at the different motivation patterns of political movements. The TP is interesting for us as a conservative, value-motivated group that has strongly resonated with substantial parts of society and has grown substantially in a relatively short period of time. Thanks to conversations with several TP activists in the Sacramento area, we have meanwhile assembled a questionnaire for a survey. We would now like to broaden our sample by including Virginia as a state of central importance for the TP movement. The aim of our study is to compare different political movements, in order to find out what the similarities and the differences are in terms of political motivation and activity, as part of basic research. We are also asking numerous questions about the perceived relationship to other societal groups, as these relationships seem to be for some political groups more relevant regarding political action than for other. (I have attached a pdf-file, in case you would like to have a look at that instead of the online version below.) Would it be possible to forward the message below to TP supporters? We are looking forward to the results of this study and would be happy to share them with you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. (We could also arrange a phone or skype call, if preferred.) Best regards, Christoph  Dear Sir or Madam, In the context of an international research project, we are surveying the motivations for becoming involved in politics. While there are numerous reports in the media about the Tea Party, we are interested in first-hand information from supporters of the Tea Party themselves. We want to learn more about what motivates citizens to become involved in politics and be willing to invest their time in the service of a higher cause. We are also interested in their positive as well as negative experiences and relationships with other groups in society. We would additionally like to investigate which political conditions are satisfying versus frustrating for citizens who want to have their voice heard. We appreciate you taking the time to share your views on this important issue. Your responses will be kept completely anonymous and confidential. As a thank you for your participation, one person can win $200, another three people can win $100, and ten people can win $50. All participants who complete the survey will be given the opportunity to participate in the lottery. Winners will be notified by email when data collection is completed. If you see yourself as a supporter of the Tea Party and are interested in our survey, please go to this website: http://www.sozstudien.uni-kiel.de/studie/index.php/477458/lang-en You can contact us for questions or feedback at: Dr. Christoph Schaefer, Kiel University, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24105 Kiel, Germany 01149 431 880 2488 TeaPartyStudy@email.uni-kiel.de

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