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Ranking Member Scott Calls on Government Watchdog to Assess DOGE Access to Americans’ Private Information at ED, DOL & HHS
02.07.25 WASHINGTON - House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to immediately assess the security of information technology (IT) systems at the Department of Education (ED), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following reports of President Trump and Elon Musk’s unsanctioned Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) illegally accessing data from various go… Continue Reading
Scott, DeLauro, Sanders, Murray, Baldwin Demand Answers on Trump’s Plans to Dismantle Education Department
02.06.25 WASHINGTON - Reps. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee alongside Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health,… Continue Reading
House Democratic Health Leaders Ask Comptroller General to Monitor Implementation of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation
02.05.25 WASHINGTON - Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) wrote to the Comptroller General today requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) actively monitor the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program to ensure the Trump Administration upholds its legal obligation to deliver lower prescription drug prices for Ame… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on the State of American Education
02.05.25 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks at today’s full committee hearing entitled “The State of American Education.” “Thank you, Chairman Walberg. Good morning, everyone, and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this hearing. “I would first like to start with the elephant in the room. There is current reporting that President Trump plans to issue an executive order to eliminate critical p… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Firing of EEOC Commissioners Burrows and Samuels
01.29.25 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after President Trump fired Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels. Project 2025, Chapter 18 details the Trump Administrations plans to weaken the EEOC. “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent, bipartisan federal agency that protects millions of workers from illegal… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Illegal Firing of NLRB Member Wilcox
01.28.25 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce released the following statement after President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the Board. “The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency designed to function without direct political interference. The President of the United States cannot fire a sitting Board Member without cause, such as malfea… Continue Reading
Rebuking Late Night Purge of Inspectors General, House Democratic Ranking Members Demand President Trump Comply with the Law
01.25.25 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce joined Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and other House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation.… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Statement on Nomination of Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor
11.22.24 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after President-elect Trump nominated Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Labor. Chavez-DeRemer has served on the Committee on Education and the Workforce and was a cosponsor of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. “I wish to offer my congratulations to my colleague Congresswoman Chavez-DeRemer on her nomination to lead the U… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Statement on Nomination of Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education
11.20.24 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after President-elect Trump nominated Linda McMahon to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Education. McMahon is chair of the board of the America First Policy Institute, which advocates for school choice and the use of public funds — through vouchers and tax credits — for private educational institutions. “The vast majority of America’s students attend a public school. As such, the… Continue Reading
ICYMI: Ranking Member Scott Questions Government Watchdog about FAFSA Missteps
09.24.24 WASHINGTON - Today at a Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee hearing, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) questioned Government Accountability Office investigators about the Department of Education’s implementation of the Simplify FAFSA Act. Watch Ranking Member Scott’s questioning on YouTube. Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott: “I think our witnesses have outlined a total mess and we didn't need to hear that. I think all of us have heard that from our coll… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Questions Timing of Republican’s Subpoena to Governor Walz
09.04.24 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) issued a subpoena to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. “The timing of the Republican’s subpoena to Governor Walz is weird.” BACKGROUND: Starting in 2021, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice investigated, charged, and convicted individuals involved in the Feeding our Future fraud scheme. Here is a brief timeline of Con… Continue Reading
Labor Leaders Demands Probe into Allegations about ‘Improper’ OSHA Investigations and Misuse of OSHA Funds
08.20.24 WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) and Workforce Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Alma S. Adams (NC-12) called on Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to address troubling allegations involving the misuse of federal funds and improper advance notice of workplace safety inspections by state agencies. The Ranking Members expressed concern over disturbing reports that suggest some state OSHA agencies might be ‘tippi… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott on SCOTUS Striking Down Chevron Deference
06.28.24 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce to strike down the longstanding doctrine of Chevron deference. For the past 40 years, Chevron deference required courts to defer to an agency interpretation of the law if the statute was ambiguous and if the interpretation was reasonable. “Today, the Supreme Court upended 40 years … Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Calls Out Florida’s Mismanagement of Taxpayer Dollars
05.21.24 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) received a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing how Florida’s mismanagement of federal funds jeopardized the economic security of vulnerable Floridians. The report also details how Florida misspent nearly 700 thousand taxpayer dollars through its mismanagement of federal programs. Federally funded programs such as the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the Low Income Home Energy Assi… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Statement at Hearing with HHS Secretary Becerra
05.15.24 WASHINGTON -Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing, “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services” with Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra. “Thank you, Madam Chair. “Secretary Becerra, good morning, and thank you for being with us today. It is always a pleasure to welcome you back to the Committee. “You are familiar with this room, not only from your p… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Statement at Hearing with ED Secretary Cardona
05.07.24 WASHINGTON -Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing, “Examining the Education Department's Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure” with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “Thank you, Dr. Foxx. “And good morning, Mr. Secretary, and thank you for being with us today. “Seventy years ago, this month, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote?in the majority opinion, the unanimous opinion, of Br… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Requests Hearing on the State of School Segregation
04.22.24 WASHINGTON - One month ahead of the 70th anniversary year of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) urged Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) to hold a hearing to examine the state of school segregation. Seven decades after the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, we have yet to fulfill the promise of equity in education. According to a 2022 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, high poverty schools where… Continue Reading
Government Watchdog Report Finds Employee Benefits Security Administration Grappling with Limited Resources
11.16.23 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) announced the release of a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which assessed the management of priorities in the face of years of underfunding that has hindered the Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration’s ability to protect the health and retirement benefits of workers and retirees. “Today’s report underscores the consequences of a decade of underfunding that has left the Em… Continue Reading
NEW: As Republicans Refuse to Take Action on Resurgence of Child Labor Violations, Ranking Member Scott Hosts Briefing with Experts
07.14.23 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) hosted a briefing with experts on the resurgence of child labor violations as well as legislative solutions to address abusive child labor practices. Members and staff heard from Sally Greenberg, CEO of the National Consumers League and Chair of the Child Labor Coalition, and Margaret Wurth, Senior Researcher with the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Watch an excerpt of the briefing on YouTube. Eighty-five years after… Continue Reading
Labor Leaders Introduce New, Bold Legislation to End Abusive Child Labor
06.29.23 WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Ranking Member Alma Adams (NC-12) announced their plans to introduce new legislation—the Protecting Children Act—to finally end child labor in America. The bill provides federal worker protections agencies with the tools and resources they need to deter violations and prevent harm to children from intensive work in dangerous jobs. Recent, high-profile n… Continue Reading