Remarks by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent at University of South Carolina Commencement

“Opportunity is Omnipresent”Good morning. President Amiridis and Provost Fitzpatrick; members of the faculty and Board of Trustees; distinguished guests and graduates of the Class of 2026: thank you for the privilege of joining you on this wonderful occasion and for the honor that you have bestowed upon me today.Graduates, like so many of you, I hail from South Carolina. So I know that for centuries, USC has been the place where this state sends its most promising young people—and receives in return its most dedicated leaders. As I look out on the class before me, I have every confidence that USC’s newest alumni will fulfill its abiding commitment to “the good order” of the great state of South Carolina.Now, Provost Fitzpatrick, I am grateful for the generous citation you shared.