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Scott: Appropriations Package Is A Win for Working Families, Hampton Roads

July 31, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the Committee on the Education and Labor, applauded the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 7617, the Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act for 2021.
Issues:
Coronavirus, Committee on Education and Labor, Crime, Judiciary, Defense & National Security, Economy and Jobs, Education, Energy & Environment, Federal Budget, Health Care, Shipbuilding

Scott Calls for Extension of Pandemic Food Assistance Program

July 31, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement calling for the extension of the Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) program, which provides additional funding for struggling families with children who cannot access free or reduced-price school meals due to school closures. Yesterday, a Brookings Institution study found that P-EBT, which Congress passed under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, prevented at least 2.7 million children from going hungry in the week after states issued benefits, reducing child hunger by 30 percent. Benefits will expire in most states in August.
Issues:
Coronavirus, Committee on Education and Labor, Education
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