Committee on Education and Workforce

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce joined Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and other House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after President Trump rescinded Executive Order  (EO) 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity). “The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) ensures that taxpayer dollars do not fund companies that discriminate against workers and helps provide redress to those who do experience unlawful discrimination.

Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, submitted the following statement for the record on H.R. 28, the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act." I rise today to speak in opposition to H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Before I discuss the substance of the bill, I want to express my frustration that this is the first education bill my colleagues have decided to focus on in the 119th Congress.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after theBureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 256,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate slightly ticked down to 4.1 percent from 4.2 percent. Over the past four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has ushered in historic job growth and steadily grown the economy. Since President Biden took office, the economy has added 16.6 million jobs.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a tentative six-year agreement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement: “I voted to prevent a costly Musk-Trump-MAGA shutdown that would have damaged our economy and furloughed thousands of workers in Hampton Roads right before the holidays. The bill we voted on today contains investments in community health centers and shipbuilding, including a pay raise for shipyard workers building nuclear submarines.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement: “Congressional Democrats and Republicans worked together for weeks to craft a government funding bill that would provide long overdue hurricane and disaster relief to Virginia and other states

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 227,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate ticked up slightly from 4.1 to 4.2 percent. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the economy has grown steadily, adding 16.4 million jobs since President Biden took office. To date, President Biden is the first President on record without a month of job loss in the seasonally adjusted data. Every other administration has seen at least one month of job loss.