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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 31, 2012
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1550, the Federal Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Act. This bill would require the Department of Justice to prioritize the place...
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
May 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) issued the following statement upon learning of U.S. Attorney General Holder's decision to have the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)...
Issues:Crime
May 16, 2012
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, we need to work together to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act; but, unfortunately, H.R. 4970 is seriously flawed and should not pass....
Issues:Crime