1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: I'm Kevin s Really, Chief Washington correspondent from Bloomberg Television 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: and Bloomberg Radio, and you're listening to Sound on Extra. 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: We're joined today by Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: South Carolina. We heard from him earlier on in the 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: program talking about the issue of economic trade as well 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: as economic opportunity zones, and Senator we were talking about 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: this a little bit before the interview, but this is 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: really a rare issue of nonpartisanship and one that's personal 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: for you. Yeah, certainly, there's sometimes if you're watching the news, 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: you find you find yourself saying, is there any bipartisanship 11 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: left in Washington? Just watching them? There's also covering the 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: most there you go. So and the answer is yes, 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: there is a right spot of bipartisanship around the opportunity 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: zone legislation where myself, Torrey Booker, and many other senator theaters, 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: senators arn't have all collaborated together to empower governors to 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: decide within their states where is the best place to 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: make an investment in the stress communities. I was born 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: and raised in a single friend household, mired and in 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: North Alston. Yeah, and one of these zones actually really Yeah, 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: so you were born in an economic I didn't really. Yeah. Yeah. 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: My grandfather passed away just a few years ago in 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: one of the opportunity zones as well. And so to 23 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: to think about ending generational poverty by having a tool 24 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: that attracts private sector resources to confront the challenges in 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: those areas. What a blessing to being a position to 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: try to help kids just like me. And so you 27 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: have a really fascinating background in terms of I believe 28 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: he worked in as a fast food deploy correct. Well, well, 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: my mentor was a Chick fil a operator, which led 30 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: me to become a small business owner as well. And 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,919 Speaker 1: so when you when you even put it in context, 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: heating a senator now on Capitol Hill and and so 33 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: much of Washington, it feels like a drumbeat. It feels 34 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: talking point interview, talking point interview that's actually gets it 35 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: to work on an issue that you're passionate about that 36 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: really kind of transcends ideologic of lines. What does it? 37 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: I mean? I know it sounds kind of cliche, but 38 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: we're trying to make it not cliche, And like it's 39 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: kind of like why you do you drop? Well, it's 40 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: it's the essence of my personal mission. I developed my 41 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: mission statement at nineteen years old to positively impact the 42 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: lives of a billion people with well, we've we've tried 43 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: to get there and and frankly, if you think about 44 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: what we're trying to accomplish, it is simple. Is there 45 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: a way for us to attract more opportunities into communities 46 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: that sometimes it felt carved out of the American dream. 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: We are specifically targeting those areas to carve it back 48 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: into the American Dream. And to me, that's not a 49 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: talking point. It certainly isn't a partisan issue. It is 50 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: the crux of what it means to strive to achieve 51 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: the American Dream, which is the greatest ideal outside of 52 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: faith and family that country has offered. To A final 53 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: quick question story first and foremost, what would Senator Tim 54 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: Scott's on nineteen year old Tim Scott? You know, I say, 55 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: I would say a study hard, but take more us. 56 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: One of the great challenges of life is that the 57 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: older you get, the less risk you take. It should 58 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: be reversed. The longer we live, the more risk we 59 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: should be willing to take. I have been willing to 60 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: take risk I would tell my nineteen year old self 61 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: take even more risk early on. And final question, what's 62 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: the last thing you watched on Netflix? Last thing I 63 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: watched on Netflix belief and was the Funisher? Really? I 64 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: believe it? There alight, Senator Scott, thanks for joining us 65 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: on Bloomberg Radio as well as on Bloomberg Radio Sound 66 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: on Extra. I'm Kevin Sili, Chief Washington correspondent for Bloomberg 67 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: Television and Bloomberg Radio.