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Scott Statement on Republicans’ Failed Attempt to Repeal the ACA
07.28.17 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Senate failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA): "As I have said many times before, if we are going to change the Affordable Care Act, we should improve it, not make it worse. In the middle of the night, Senate Republicans finally unveiled another disastrous version of Trumpcare and then voted on the legislation after having only seen the text two hours earlier. Unfortunately, this version of Trumpca… Continue Reading
Democratic Health Leaders Urge Republicans to Work With Them to Improve the Affordable Care Act
07.28.17 Washington, D.C. - The Ranking Members of four House Committees with jurisdiction over health care expressed their willingness to work together with Republicans today to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a letter sent to the Chairmen of their respective committees, the four Democrats called on Republicans to set aside efforts to repeal the ACA and instead to focus on expanding access to health care and lowering the cost of coverage. The letter comes after the vote on Trumpcare faile… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Republicans’ Vote to Proceed with Trumpcare
07.25.17 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Senate voted on a motion to proceed on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. "The Affordable Care Act made great progress in improving access to health coverage. It did not solve every problem in health care, but regardless of what you think about the ACA, the Republicans' alternatives only make things worse. Every proposal they have offered results in less coverage and higher costs. If Congress is go… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Republicans’ Repeated Attempts to Repeal the ACA
07.20.17 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released a new score of the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA): "Yet again, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has released another report on Republicans' ongoing attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act - each report just as devastating than the last. Today, the CBO found that the Senate's latest Trumpcare bill would leave 22 mil… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on CBO Score of Republicans’ Latest Attempt to Repeal the ACA
07.19.17 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released a new score for the Republicans' bill to partially repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA): "After multiple unsuccessful attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, Republicans are promising to dismantle the progress of the last seven years by repealing the ACA-with no alternative. All of their proposed 'solutions' result in fewer people with insurance and… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Collapse of Senate Trumpcare Bill
07.18.17 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced plans to vote on a repeal of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement: "After multiple unsuccessful attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republicans are promising to dismantle the progress of the last seven years by repealing the ACA-with no alternative. When Republicans say 'repeal and replace,' the only thing you can be sure … Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Updated Trumpcare Legislation
07.14.17 "Over the past few weeks, Senate Republicans have continued to scramble to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with Trumpcare. During this time, they have done nothing to fix the underlying damage that Trumpcare will cause - the erosion of protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions and a crippling age tax on seniors. While a Congressional Budget Office assessment is necessary to determine the full impact of the legislation, the new version only tinkers around the e… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on CBO Score of Senate Republicans’ Trumpcare Bill
06.26.17 WASHINGTON - Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released an initial analysis of the Senate's version of Trumpcare. "Analysis from the Congressional Budget Office again confirms that the Republicans' efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will be devastating for millions of Americans. The Senate Republicans' changes to Trumpcare makes a markedly bad bill no better. Instead… Continue Reading
Scott Commemorates Olmstead Anniversary, Denounces Impact of Trumpcare on Americans with Disabilities
06.22.17 WASHINGTON - Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement today marking the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C.which held that people with disabilities have the right to live in their communities under the Americans with Disabilities Act: "Today we mark the anniversary of the Olmstead decision - a tremendous civil rights victory for Americans with disabilities. In its ruling 18 years ago, the Suprem… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Senate Republicans’ TrumpCare Bill
06.22.17 WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Senate Republicans released their version of Trumpcare: "Last month, House Republicans passed their bill, Trumpcare, without a Congressional Budget Office score detailing the legislation's impact on coverage, cost, and the economy. Now, the Senate is rushing to pass a bill in secret in just one week. Today, we got our first glimpse of the Senate's new Trumpcare. This… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on President Trump’s FY18 Budget
05.23.17 WASHINGTON – Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the White House released its Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal that cuts $9 billion from the Department of Education, slashes funding for the Department of Labor by 20 percent, and diminishes the Department of Health and Human Services’ ability to deliver early learning programs and health care for the American people. “A budget is a reflectio… Continue Reading
Scott, Pallone, Neal Blast Executive Order Targeting Vital Health Services
05.04.17 WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement on the Trump Administration's executive order subverting civil rights protections under the guise of religious freedom: "As if working to take away coverage from 24 million Americans and raising health care costs for everyone else wasn't… Continue Reading
Scott Denounces House Republicans’ Passage of TrumpCare
05.04.17 WASHINGTON - Today, House Republicans voted 217-213 to pass the American Health Care Act, also known as Trumpcare. House Republicans forced the vote without a Congressional Budget Office score of how the final legislation will affect America's families and the economy. Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) spoke on the House Floor against the bill. "A few facts about the situation since the passage of the Affordable Care Act: costs have gone up at the slowest rate in 50 years. Pre-existing conditi… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Omnibus
05.03.17 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the passage (309-118) of fiscal year 2017 omnibus legislation, H.R. 244 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017: “Budgeting requires making tough choices, and a budget is a reflection of priorities. Today’s spending agreement prevents the government from shutting down and limits harmful efforts to balance the budget on the backs of students, working families, and vulnerable communities across the nation. “As l… Continue Reading
VA Members Urge Congressional Leadership to Take Action to Protect Miners Before Healthcare Benefits Expire
04.25.17 WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter today, Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, and Reps. Bobby Scott, Gerry Connolly, and A. Donald McEachin (all D-VA) urged Congressional leaders to take action to protect retired coal miners who risk losing their healthcare benefits as part of negotiations to keep the government funded before the end of the week. Last year, Congress reached a deal to extend government funding and retired miners' health care benefits until April 28th. In March, retired coal miners and … Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Republicans Failed Attempt to Pass TrumpCare
03.24.17 WASHINGTON, DC - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after House GOP Leadership postponed consideration of H.R. 1628 - Trumpcare: "Today is a victory for health care security for millions of families. The bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was a bad deal for the American people, and even those who oppose the Affordable Care Act recognized the serious flaws with the Republican plan. By every measure, the Republican bill made things worse - by increa… Continue Reading
Bonamici Statement on Canceled TrumpCare Vote
03.24.17 WASHINGTON, DC [03/24/17] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) released the following statement after House leadership canceled the vote on the American Health Care Act, also known as TrumpCare: "This bill was a disaster, and I'm glad it was pulled from consideration before a vote. "TrumpCare would be devastating. Oregonians and Americans would pay more and get less. Many would face a future without health insurance, or with inadequate coverage. It's especially bad for seniors, who wo… Continue Reading
Blunt Rochester Statement on President Trump and House GOP Pulling ACA Repeal Bill
03.24.17 WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Blunt Rochester issued the following statement after President Trump and the House GOP pulled the Affordable Care Act repeal bill: "Twenty-four million Americans and tens of thousands of Delawareans would have lost coverage under the American Health Care Act. What happened today is a victory for them and all Americans. The Affordable Care Act insured tens of millions of Americans, added protections against gender discrimination, and ensured that those with preexisting con… Continue Reading
Leading Children’s Health Groups to House of Representatives: Keep Medicaid Strong
03.22.17 WASHINGTON, DC -The American Academy of Pediatrics, Children's Defense Fund, Children's Dental Health Project, Family Voices, First Focus Campaign for Children, March of Dimes and National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners issue the following joint statement opposing the American Health Care Act's (AHCA) drastic changes to Medicaid and their detrimental impact on children and families: "Our organizations represent children, pregnant women, families, children's health care providers a… Continue Reading
Scott: Association Health Plans Shift Costs Onto Workers
03.22.17 WASHINGTON, DC - Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1101, the Small Business Health Fairness Act, by a vote of 236-175, largely on party lines: "H.R. 1101 would undermine the progress made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), weaken state-level consumer protections and shift costs onto working people. This association health plan idea has been studied for years and it has been concluded that it's a bad idea. Under t… Continue Reading