Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, celebrated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing the 67 recipients for the first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition, which included $525,000 for Newport News Public Schools.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) released the following statements after the Biden Administration renominated Julie Su to serve as Department of Labor Secretary.  Ranking Member Scott: “I fully support President Biden’s decision to renominate Acting Secretary Julie Su to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor. During her tenure at the Department of Labor, Acting Secretary Su has been instrumental to the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to rebuild the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. 

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 216,000 jobs in December as the unemployment remained the same at 3.7 percent. “Today’s jobs report caps another strong year for the labor market. Since President Biden took office, the economy has created 14.3 million jobs.

WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration announced eight new grant awards today totaling more than $37 million over five years under the Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) program and one new grant for $10 million over five years under the National Center on School Infrastructure (NCSI) program. This $47 million investment, issued by the U.S. Department of Education (Department), bolsters the capacity of states to support school districts in improving school facilities with the goal of more equitable access to healthy, sustainable, and modern learning environments for all students. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will highlight this announcement during a visit to Virginia today with Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) and Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) applauded the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposal to protect workers’ retirement savings.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, was joined by Virginia delegation members Reps. Jen Kiggans (VA-02), Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) in urging Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to ensure aircraft carrier procurement funding remains on track. 

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) announced $3,000,000 to initiate the Peninsula Regional Flood Risk Management feasibility study for the City of Hampton, VA and the surrounding region.   As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the lawmakers previously secured $1.5 million for the Virginia Beach and Vicinity Coastal Storm Risk Management Study and nearly $399 million for the Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. Today’s announcement builds on that progress by extending the study of flood risk management strategies to the Peninsula.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Scott issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced a proposed rule that would reverse a Trump-era rule that made it harder for workers and families to get affordable, high-quality health insurance. “I applaud the Biden Administration for today’s proposal to rescind the previous Administration’s ‘Association Health Plan’ (AHP) rule and protect consumers from health benefit arrangements that seek to evade important requirements of federal and state law.