Floor Statements
January 23, 2008
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3992, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007....
January 23, 2008
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, today I rise in support of H. Res. 852, joining the strong bipartisan effort to raise awareness in the toll that stalking takes on our society....
December 11, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 261, introduced by my friend and colleague from Virginia's Second Congressional District, Congresswoman Thel...
December 5, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, the slaughtering of individuals simply because they are a member of a certain ethnic or racial group has occurred throughout history, and, regrettably, continues today....
December 5, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, arson is indeed a very serious problem, costing over $1 billion in property damage annually and endangering the lives of citizens and especially our firefighters....
December 4, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007. Human trafficking for exploitive labor, sex or other explo...
November 15, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.I appreciate your leadership on efforts to address warrantless surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or "FISA" and for introduci...
November 13, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, historically black colleges and universities play a pivotal role in America's higher education system and continue to educate many black American students as well ...
November 13, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Second Chance Act and would like to commend Mr. Davis from Illinois and the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Cannon)...
November 13, 2007
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I introduced H.R. 3013, the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 on July 12 of this year. At the time, I was joined by eight original bipartisan cospon...