| Dear Friend,
Welcome back to my Week in Review newsletter. Please remember to follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube for regular updates on how I am serving the people of South Carolina!
Calling Out PayPal’s Policy Overreach Recently, PayPal Inc. released their updated Acceptable Use Policy fining users $2,500 for spreading “misinformation.” The company stated this was published by mistake. This week, I sent a letter to the company’s President & CEO to express my concern of this overreach. Financial institutions should provide financial services; they are not engineers of social policy. They should not punish legal industries like firearms dealers or media companies because they disagree politically, nor should they promote credit to politically favored industries. Click here to read my letter to PayPal’s President & CEO! Student Loan Double-Dipping The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that “federal student loan borrowers who made repayments since March 13, 2020, will receive an automatic refund for their payments,” including the interest and the required payment. Federal employees are offered a generous repayment program for their student loans during their service in the federal government—this reporting is troubling. I joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and eight of our Senate Republican Colleagues in addressing a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona seeking answers about federal employees potentially receiving refunds for student loan payments that the federal government made on their behalf. Read more about our letter here! Become an Intern in my Office! My DC, Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston offices are looking for graduate and undergraduate students to intern for this upcoming spring session. This is a fantastic opportunity to witness our country’s law-making process and serve the people of South Carolina!
Click here to apply or find additional information on my internship program! For additional questions, contact the internship coordinator at internships@scott.senate.gov or (202) 224-6121. Spilling the #SCSweetTea on the Coast Guard This week, I am spilling the #SCSweetTea on the Guardsmen from the Georgetown station. Members of our armed services put their lives on the line to protect us abroad, but they also do it to protect us at home too! I am so thankful for the Guardsmen from the Georgetown station for this rescue. God bless these servicemembers as well as others patrolling our shores. Read more about this story here!
Sincerely, | 