Press Releases
Reps. Scott, Conyers, Nadler and Cohen Ask DOJ to Have 2007 OLC RFRA Opinion Reconsidered
02.23.16 For Immediate Release: February 23, 2016 Contact: Kiara Pesante (Scott) 202-226-0853 Stephanie Báez (Conyers) 202-225-6906 Daniel Schwarz (Nadler) 202-225-5635 Michael Eisenstatt (Cohen) 202-225-3265 WASHINGTON - Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and th… Continue Reading
Scott, Warren, Colleagues Call for EEOC Action to Protect Employees’ Family Health Information
02.11.16 Members ask for changes to ensure employer-sponsored wellness programs fully comply with the GINA Full text of the letter is available here WASHINGTON - Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce; United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); and six colleagues sent a bicameral letter to the U.S. E… Continue Reading
Scott Applauds President Obama’s Nomination of John King for U.S. Secretary of Education
02.11.16 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after President Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. John B. King, Jr. to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. King currently serves as Acting Secretary of Education. "I am very pleased that the President has nominated Dr. King to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. Dr. King has spent his career dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for historically underserved students. As a tea… Continue Reading
Committee Democrats Urge National Attention to Increase Teacher Diversity
02.10.16 WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Representative Susan Davis (CA-53), Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Representative Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), Representative Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training and Mark Takano (CA-41), Member of Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and … Continue Reading
Scott Statement on President Obama’s 2017 Budget Proposal
02.09.16 WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2017: "President Obama's FY 2017 budget makes the necessary investments that will continue our economic recovery by ensuring all of America's students, families and workers share in the gains we have made over the last seven years. "Building on the success of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the President's budget includ… Continue Reading
Scott Statement on January Jobs Report
02.05.16 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Democratic Press Office February 5, 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 January, the economy added 151,000 jo… Continue Reading
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