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March 6, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressional civil rights leaders reintroduced the Do No Harm Act, to address the increasing use of religious freedom to undermine civil rights protections. The bill restores the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to its original purpose, which is to protect religious exercise while ensuring religious freedom is not used to erode civil rights protections. The legislation is sponsored by House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08),House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government Ranking Member Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-05), Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).
March 5, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today, a bipartisan group of House and Senate Members reintroduced H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers’ right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. The House bill was introduced by the Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01). The Senate companion was introduced by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
March 4, 2025
WASHINGTON – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Joint Session of Congress Presidential Address. “Four years after inciting a mob to attack the United States Capitol, President Trump returned to these historic halls to continue his mission: sow chaos and enrich himself and his billionaire friends at cost to the American people.
February 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), a member of the House Budget Committee, delivered the following remarks during the floor debate for H.Con.Res.
February 25, 2025
WASHINGTON – House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) is demanding urgent action after reports that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, has gained unauthorized access to sensitive data at the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, and Labor. Ranking Member Scott raised serious concerns that DOGE's actions could violate the Privacy Act of 1974, which protects Americans' personal data.
February 24, 2025
WASHINGTON – House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05) are demanding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) share how the reductions in staffing and program funding at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will impact worker safety.
February 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after President Trump’s Department of Education released a Dear Colleague threatening to withhold funding from schools for common practices beyond what the Supreme Court has considered. “In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decided that ‘separate but equal’ had no place in our school system.
February 14, 2025
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05), House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections demanded accountability from the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) amidst concerning reports that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has removed and potentially destroyed several key documents related to worker-safety.
February 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement after being named a Congressional Education and Workforce Leader from the Career Schools Private Education Network (CSPEN) at their 7th Annual Higher Education Policy Meeting. CSPEN is a non-profit organization promoting workforce-oriented education and the benefits career training programs provide to students and the businesses that employ their graduates. Congressman Scott received the award for his work on job training initiatives, especially the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act.
February 7, 2025
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Elon Musk’s blitz through the US federal government has triggered a “constitutional emergency”, a senior Democrat has warned, demanding the launch of an impartial investigation into billionaire tycoon’s access to sensitive data. Robert C “Bobby” Scott, ranking member of the House committee on education and workforce and the Democratic leader on the committee, sounded the alarm over a “void of oversight” as the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), led by the world’s richest man, accesses information within a string of agencies including the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services.