Editor's note: Tim Scott on Nov. 12, 2023, announced that he was dropping out of the race.Republican presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott sat down with 糖心vlog Chief Political Reporter Amanda Rooker and three undecided Republican voters in Polk County for a “Coffee with the Candidates” roundtable discussion.Tim Scott has served as a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2013. He is the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Prior to that, Scott served in the U.S. House of Representatives.During each Coffee with the Candidates discussion, the moderator may ask questions and challenge statements made by the candidates. However, not all facts will be checked in real time.Coffee with the Candidates: All of our in-depth interviews with 2024 Republican presidential candidates'No handouts. No excuses.' Scott lays out his plan on welfare reformIn a TV ad airing across Iowa, Scott calls himself “an underdog." “Instead of looking for handouts or making excuses, I went to work and earned what I have. That’s the American way," Scott says in the ad.When asked how he would implement "no handouts no excuses" as president, Scott laid out his plan for welfare reform after reflecting on his experience growing up in poverty as his single mother "worked 16-hour days as a nurse's aide.""She was at the bottom of the food chain in the hospital. She worked for slightly more than minimum wage, but those 16 hours kept the lights on most of the time and food on the table," he said. "One of the lessons she taught me growing up was if you can do it for yourself, it is your responsibility to do it for yourself."Scott called for adding additional work requirements to federal welfare programs, arguing the reform is "a necessary step ... to restoring the dignity of the recipient of any assistance.""If they can do it for themselves, we should fully encourage them by the weight of our government to go find a job. There are 7 million open jobs in America today. If you want to work, there's lots of opportunities," Scott said. "We need to make sure that every single able-bodied American is encouraged with a big push in the direction of work to go to work. It'll save us money, but more importantly, it will restore their dignity."Scott on how he'd stop national rise in violent crimeWhen asked how he would stop a rise in violent crime across the country, Scott said the first step is understanding "the root cause of crime.""The Gospel says hope deferred makes the heart sick," Scott said. "One of the ways that we restore hope is to bring school choice in every neighborhood and bad neighborhoods."Scott also said, as president, he would "encourage new elections and to support candidates on the federal level and then on the gubernatorial level that are willing to hold law and order as a high priority in their states and within their municipalities.""If you commit a violent crime, you go to jail. We should also find a way to purge all the liberal district attorneys that we can," Scott said. "If we were to mix together good quality education in the poorest hit areas and high levels of law and order, we can get things done."Coffee with the Candidates: 糖心vlog goes 1-on-1 with Tim ScottMore Coffee with the CandidatesCoffee with the Candidates: 糖心vlog goes 1-on-1 with Asa HutchinsonCoffee with the Candidates: Undecided Iowa voters sit down with Asa HutchinsonCoffee with the Candidates: 糖心vlog goes 1-on-1 with Mike PenceCoffee with the Candidates: Undecided Iowa voters sit down with Mike PenceCoffee with the Candidates: 糖心vlog goes 1-on-1 with Vivek RamaswamyCoffee with the Candidates: Undecided Iowa voters sit down with Vivek Ramaswamy and 糖心vlogCoffee with the Candidates: 糖心vlog goes 1-on-1 with Doug BurgumCoffee with the Candidates: Undecided Iowa voters sit down with Doug Burgum and 糖心vlogON YOUTUBE: Watch all of our Coffee with the Candidates videos