Press Releases
Scott to Participate in Working Families Agenda Roundtable in Los Angeles
02.04.16 Will tour worker center, be joined by U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, State Sen. Connie Leyva LOS ANGELES - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, will participate in a Working Families Agenda roundtable discussion at the Los Angeles Black Worker Center tomorrow with workers, local elected officials, labor leaders, policy experts and family advocates to examine how recent policy changes in California can be a model for the rest of the coun… Continue Reading
Scott on Flint Water Crisis: “Local, State and Federal Governments Have All Failed Our Children”
02.03.16 Highlights expansion of Head Start as a key federal solution WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott of the Committee on Education and the Workforce made the following remarks on the House floor this evening during a Special Order hour on the Flint, Michigan water crisis: "Thank you, Congresswoman Watson Coleman, for your leadership and coordinating this Special Order. And thank you to the Michigan Representatives who've been working so hard to try to respond to this tragedy. "T… Continue Reading
Committee Democrats Challenge the Effectiveness of Private School Choice Programs
02.03.16 WASHINGTON - Today, the full Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing entitled “Expanding Educational Opportunity through School Choice.” The hearing focused on private school choice initiatives, which have proliferated throughout the country over the last 20 years. Research shows private school choice programs to be ineffective at improving student outcomes and provides little to no academic benefit for a select few at the expense of all students. Committee Democrats emphasize… Continue Reading
House Democrats Call for Robust Funding of Services Essential to Nation’s Older Americans
02.01.16 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2016 Contact Arika Trim (Scott) - (202) 226-0853 Laura Castillo (Hinojosa) - (202) 225-2531 Maggie Rousseau (Bonamici) - (202) 225-0855 Lauren Dart (Matsui) - (202) 225-7163 Sam Avery (Schakowsky) - (202) 225-2111 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representat… Continue Reading
Scott, Fudge Applaud Nationwide Initiative to Provide More Children with Healthy Meals Year-round
01.27.16 WASHINGTON - Today, the Obama Administration announced that the President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget will invest $12 billion over ten years to reduce child hunger during the summer through a permanent Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program to provide supplemental food benefits during the summer months for all families with children eligible for free and reduced price school meals. Full committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott and committee and House Democrats have sough… Continue Reading
Scott, Hinojosa, Courtney Applaud Senate Democrats’ “In the Red” Campaign
01.21.16 WASHINGTON -Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), and Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-03) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats unveiled their “In the Red” campaign, which focuses on improving access and affordability to higher education: “Over the past twenty years, growth in college costs has outpaced inflation by roughly two percent each year, making higher education out of reach and unaffordable for many students. We know that individuals… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Passage of Child Nutrition Reauthorization Legislation in the Senate Ag Committee
01.20.16 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Democratic Press Office January 20, 2016 202-226-0853 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the passage of child nutrition reauthorization legislation in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Fo… Continue Reading
Scott Introduces Bill to Protect Workers from Widespread Wage Theft
01.13.16 WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, introduced H.R. 4376 the Pay Stub Transparency Act - legislation to protect American workers from the rampant problem of wage theft. "Wage theft is all too common, especially among low-wage workers," said Ranking Member Bobby Scott. "Given the prevalence of this problem, we must work to ensure that hardworking Americans have the tools necessary to fight back against t… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Passage of Internship Legislation
01.11.16 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 3231, the Federal Intern Protection Act, a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against or sexually harass unpaid interns in the federal government: "Congress must do more to protect unpaid interns - be it in the federal agencies, the halls of Congress, or the private sector. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has jurisdiction to review legis… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on December Jobs Report
01.08.16 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Democratic Press Office January 8, 2016 202-226-0853 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that during the month of December, 292,000 jobs were added to t… Continue Reading
Scott, Pallone, Levin, Van Hollen: GOP Reconciliation Bills Just More of the Same
01.06.16 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2016 CONTACT Kiara Pesante (Scott) - (202) 226-0853 Christine Brennan (Pallone) - (202) 225-5735 Kevin Parker (Levin) - (202) 226-3354 Ian Jannetta (Van Hollen) - (202) 225-1527 WASHINGTON - Today, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means and Budget denounced House Republicans' reconciliation legislation that would effectively gut the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Education and the Workfor… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on FY16 Omnibus
12.18.15 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016, which fully funds the federal government through September 30, 2016, provides a two year implementation delay of the excise tax on high-cost employer sponsored health insurance plans, makes important investments in students and does not hinder the Department of Labor's ability to enforce rules that protect workers. The… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Senate Agreement to Extend Federal Perkins Loan Program
12.17.15 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the Senate's amendment to H.R. 3594, the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, a bill that would extend the Federal Perkins Loan program for two years: "At a critical time when many are questioning the affordability of a college education, the Senate's amendment makes accessing financial aid funds more expensive for some students. By requiring new students to exhaust both their subsidized… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Fix No Child Left Behind
12.09.15 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the 85-12 passage of S.1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act - a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and replace No Child Left Behind: "I commend Senator Alexander, Senator Murray, Chairman Kline and our respective staff for their earnest and diligent work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and replace No Child Left Behind. The Every Studen… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Conviction of Don Blankenship, Former Chairman and CEO of the Massey Energy Company
12.04.15 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after a federal jury found Don Blankenship, Former Chairman and CEO of the Massey Energy Company, conspired to violate mine safety and health standards at Massey’s Upper Big Branch Mine, where 29 miners died in an April 2010 explosion: “While I am pleased that there is some measure of justice for the miners and their families at Upper Big Branch mine - and commend the U.S. Attorney and his team for their … Continue Reading
Scott Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Fix No Child Left Behind
12.02.15 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the 359-64 passage of S.1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act - a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and replace No Child Left Behind: "Today's bipartisan vote to reauthorize the ESEA affirms the principles of Brown v. Board of Education, which held that 'it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an e… Continue Reading
Scott, Kline Applaud House Passage of Every Student Succeeds Act
12.02.15 Bipartisan bill replaces No Child Left Behind, Improves K-12 Education WASHINGTON - House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott and Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statements today after the House passed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to replace No Child Left Behind and improve K-12 education. Known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), the bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 64. "Today's bipartisan vote to reauthorize the ESEA … Continue Reading
House, Senate Education Committees Release Final Proposal to Replace NCLB
11.30.15 WASHINGTON - Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative proposals passed separately by the House and Senate in July and embodies the reforms agreed to by members serving on a joint conference committee earlier this month. The House-Senate confer… Continue Reading
House-Senate Conference Committee Approves Framework to Improve K-12 Education
11.19.15 WASHINGTON - Today, the House-Senate conference committee reached agreement on a proposal to improve K-12 education and replace No Child Left Behind. The agreement represents a compromise between the House-passed Student Success Act (H.R. 5) and the Senate-passed Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S. 1177). "No Child Left Behind has been failing students, parents, teachers, and state and local education leaders for far too long, and today we took an important step in replacing this flawed law,… Continue Reading
ADVISORY: House-Senate Joint Conference Committee on K-12 Education to Hold First Public Meeting
11.18.15 WASHINGTON - TODAY, November 18, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., a House and Senate conference committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will hold its first meeting in HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center. At the first meeting, members of the conference committee are expected to deliver opening statements. WHAT: Meeting of a House-Senate joint conference committee on K-12 education WHEN: Wednesday, November 18, at 2:30 p.m. WHERE: HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center … Continue Reading