We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero.

Scott ranked first in the nine candidate Republican primary of June 8 2010 receiving a plurality of 32% of the vote. S. S.

A graduate of Charleston Southern University Scott owns an insurance agency and has worked as a financial advisor. Previously Scott served one term in the South Carolina General Assembly (2009–2011) and 13 years on the Charleston County Council (1996–2008). Elected in November 2010 to the 112th Congress he was the first Republican African-American Representative from South Carolina since 1897.