The Washington Examiner - Tim Scott: IRS has 'Gotten Worse'

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By Rudy Takala

For a member of the United States Senate, Tim Scott comes from an unusual background. Instead of the affluence or familial political legacy that characterizes members of the chamber, he recalls growing up in poverty. And he says that experience, coupled with his Christian faith, define who he is today.

"I do think that my experience growing up in poverty, a single-parent household, living with my grandparents in a very small house, sharing a bedroom with my mother and my brother for a couple years, all of that informed me and sensitized me to the average person in the average place in our country today," Scott told the Washington Examiner. "I think it helps me remain grounded and focused on how to create outcomes for Americans and not have a political debate about issues from a partisan perspective."

Though the soft-spoken Republican stays out of the media more than most of his colleagues in Congress, he remains one of the chamber's most popular members. After his appointment in 2012 to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Jim DeMint, Scott won his first full term in 2014, with just over 61 percent of the vote. In his interview, he discussed moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay, the need for new leadership at the IRS, and school choice.

Washington Examiner: President Obama is trying to move the last detainees, around 80 or so, out of Guantanamo Bay before the end of his term. South Carolina is one of three states he has proposed for their relocation. How would you handle this if you were the executive, and how do you think Congress should respond?

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