Politics: Scott Takes to Radio

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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott gave the Republicans' weekly radio address Saturday and talked about his humble beginnings and how that influenced his bill to create jobs, known as the Skills Act. "As someone who grew up in poverty, I know the hard choices facing so many families every night," he said. "As a former small business owner, I know the importance of ensuring the next generation of Americans is the most well-trained, best-educated workforce the world has ever seen."

Scott said the act would help job seekers learn new skills and consolidate duplicate federal training programs, but he noted Senate Democrats blocked the bill last week "for some reason -- I can only imagine a political reason."

Scott is running for election for the final two years of the Senate term that Gov. Nikki Haley appointed him to fill last year.

Scott noted the country has 4 million available jobs, including about 65,000 in South Carolina.

"These are good jobs that for a variety of reasons, including a lack of workers trained for their specific industry, go unfilled day after day," he said. "Let's tackle this problem head on. ... Instead of having 35 separate federal workforce training programs with expensive overhead and administrative costs, let's simplify them into one flexible Workforce Investment Fund."

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