Floor Statements

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars program.In 1986, under the leadership of Dr....

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, this rule provides for debate of legislation that was slapped together behind closed doors, providing for trillions of dollars in unspecified cuts....

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: I would like to bring that up because the legislation that we considered earlier today had a provision that required a constitutional amendment that is mislabeled....

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. Our focus today ought to be on jobs. And as some of my colleagues have already said, funding the arts creates jobs....

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, we're talking about being serious. And here we're considering a $2 trillion bill, $200 billion a year, slapped together behind closed doors and sprung on the House ...

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: I thank the gentlelady for yielding. If we are going to talk about how bad the budget situation is now, I think it makes sense to explain how we got here....

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I rise today in opposition to an unfortunate trend that seems to be creeping up all over the country: laws requiring voters to show some form of photo ID before voting....

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I oppose this legislation, and I would like to focus my comments on the balanced budget amendment because the dirty little secret about the balanced budget amendmen...