Sen. Tim Scott to Deliver Republican Response to Biden’s First Address to Congress

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) steps off the Senate subway on his way to a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 12, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott will deliver the Republican party’s response to President Joe Biden’s first joint address to Congress on April 28, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday.

“We face serious challenges on multiple fronts but I am as confident as I have ever been in the promise and potential of America,” Scott said in a statement.