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July 31, 2012
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in opposition to H.R. 4362. It amends the Federal aggravated identity theft statute to add tax fraud to the list o...
Issues:Crime
July 31, 2012
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 6063. While I can appreciate the apparent attempt in the bill to better protect children who are victims of sexual abuse, it not only f...
Issues:Crime
July 31, 2012
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6029, the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012.This legislation will help to protect the intellectual proper...
July 31, 2012
Mr SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise in regard to H.R. 3796, the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2012. H.R. 3796 authorizes various grant programs originally established pursuant to the Adam Wa...
Issues:Crime
July 24, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on the House Judiciary Committee, will spend this week in Congress at ...
July 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Today, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, announced that he will be co-hosting a briefing with Congressm...
Issues:CrimeGun Safety
June 26, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for minors convicted of murder. In 2005, the Court held in Roper v....
Issues:Crime
June 21, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, issued the following statement regarding the ...
Issues:Crime
June 21, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Today, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on the House Judiciary Committee, announced that it will hold a hearing on Identity Theft and Income Tax Preparation Fraud on T...
Issues:Crime
May 30, 2012
Mandatory minimum sentences have been studied extensively and have been found to distort rational sentencing systems, to discriminate against minorities, waste money, and to violate common sense....
Issues:Crime