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Scott asks Committee to shift focus to important, bipartisan legislation
09.30.15 Remarks come after Committee vote on partisan reconciliation proposal that defunds Planned Parenthood and guts the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON - Following today's markup in the Education and the Workforce Committee of a reconciliation proposal that will gut the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) made the following statement: "I am deeply disappointed that the Committee saw fit to report this proposal today. The sole aim of t… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Scott Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, Urges Medicaid Expansion
07.30.15 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid: "On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law and made access to affordable, quality health care a fundamental American value. Medicare and Medicaid have helped millions of Americans - particularly seniors, people with disabilities, and low income families - live with economic security and dignity. The Affordable… Continue Reading
Scott Expresses Concern over Continued Threats to Preventive Health Benefits for Women
07.10.15 WASHINGTON -Today the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury finalized regulations that allow closely held for-profit corporations with religious objections to opt out of providing coverage for some or all contraceptive services to their female employees. These regulations were issued following the 2014 Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., that the owners of closely-held, for-profit corporations cannot be force… Continue Reading
Scott, Pallone, Levin: The ACA is Working
06.25.15 Today, the top Democrats from the House Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means committees issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a core tenet of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell. Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) are the lead Democrats on the committees with jurisdiction over … Continue Reading
Five Years in, the Affordable Care Act is Working
04.14.15 HELP subcommittee hearing highlights ways ACA is strengthening employee-sponsored insurance WASHINGTON - Today, in their continued attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act, Republicans of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a subcommittee hearing to challenge the law. During the hearing, Education and the Workforce Democrats reinforced the importance of the need to protect access to affordable health care for all Americans. "It's important to rememb… Continue Reading
Scott, Levin, Pallone: Five Years in, the ACA is Working
03.23.15 WASHINGTON- Today, the top Democrats from the Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce committees issued a joint statement marking the five year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) are the head Democrats on the committees with jurisdiction over the Affordable Care Act: "Five years ago, our… Continue Reading
Levin, Pallone, Scott: GOP Trying to Rob Health Care from Millions of Americans (again)
02.03.15 WASHINGTON - The Ranking Members of the House Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce decried today's attempt by House Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - the 56th such attempt since the law's enactment - and the Republicans' sustained attack to undermine access to quality, affordable health care for millions of hard-working Americans. Ranking Members Sander Levin (D-MI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) re… Continue Reading