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October 31, 2023
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Scott issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced a proposed rule to close loopholes and prevent unscrupulous financial advisers from ripping off their retirement clients. “Every hardworking American deserves access to a secure and dignified retirement. Unfortunately, workers today are left wondering whether the retirement investment advice they receive is in their best interest or the financial interest of their advisers.
October 26, 2023
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced a final rule to ensure that workers hired through subcontractors, temporary staffing agencies, and other intermediaries can hold all the entities with the power to control their working conditions accountable for their right to bargain collectively. “Workers can only negotiate for higher pay, better benefits, and safer working conditions if all companies with power to control their employment are required to be at the table.
October 19, 2023
WASHINGTON – House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04) introduced legislation in both the House and Senate chambers to make community college and two-year Tribal Colleges and Universities more accessible by waiving tuition fees for eligible students.
October 6, 2023
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 336,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8 percent. Under President Biden’s leadership, the economy has added roughly 13.9 million jobs. “Today’s jobs report demonstrates that, despite House Republicans’ extremism and inability to govern, the Biden-Harris economic agenda is working.
September 28, 2023
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Scott issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced a final rule that will help hold career programs that receive federal financial aid accountable for ensuring their graduates can secure gainful employment after completing a degree. “The Gainful Employment rule is a critical tool to address low-quality career programs that frequently leave graduates with crushing debt and no meaningful career prospects.
September 26, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Scott issued the following statement on the passing of United Steelworkers (USW) International President Tom Conway. “Throughout his career—and most recently as President of the United Steelworkers—Tom was always on the side of working people. Whether it was advocating for higher wages, better benefits, safer workplaces, or fairer trade deals, Tom fought to see that workers were treated with dignity and respect.
September 25, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Scott applauded the Biden administration after the Department of Agriculture announced a final rule to strengthen the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) and expand children’s access to free school meals. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications. Instead, schools that adopt CEP are reimbursed according to the percentage of students categorically eligible for free meals, which is based on their participation in other specific means-tested programs.
September 19, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, was appointed to serve as a conferee for the House and Senate conference committee on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2024. “I am honored to be appointed as a conferee to ensure we craft a final NDAA that will support our men and women in uniform, guarantee the defense of the American people, and invest in our national security,” said Congressman Scott.
September 15, 2023
WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Ranking Member Federica Wilson (FL-24), Representative Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), and Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (CT-05) reintroduced the Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2023 (ODYA)—legislation to address the challenges facing youth who become disconnected from both school and work.
September 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, joined House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5), Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34), and Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (D-NY-16), and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, in introducing the Child Care Stabilization Act to extend vital federal child care stabilization funding—which is set to expire at the end of this month—and ensure that child care providers can keep their doors open and continue serving children and families in every part of the country.