Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s new proposed rule, entitled “Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. America's public school system is founded on the promise that all students should have access to a high-quality public education. Today, the Treasury Department issued a proposed rule to implement the massive federal voucher scheme that was included in the Republicans’ ‘Big Ugly Bill.’ The program effectively diverts billions of taxpayer dollars away from public schools through the voucher program to subsidize private school education.

WASHINGTON— Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03) touted three bills to secure workers’ retirement savings. The first, the Workers’ Retirement Savings Protection Act of 2026, would ensure workers are not ripped off when investing their retirement savings. The second, the Protecting Workers’ Benefits Act of 2026 would better enable workers, retirees, and their families to enforce their rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). And the third, he co-sponsored the Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2026, with Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), to ensure workers can fight back when they are denied benefits under an employee benefit plan.

WASHINGTON – Today, House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), Representative Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ-07), Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03), Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04), and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the America’s College Promise Act of 2026. The bill would make community college and two-year Tribal Colleges and Universities more accessible by waiving tuition fees for eligible students “Community colleges play a unique and vital role in providing students access to a quality postsecondary degree. Regrettably, the chronic underfunding of community colleges is jeopardizing their ability to support their students and communities,” said Ranking Member Scott (D-VA-03). “The America’s College Promise Act is a major investment in expanding opportunities for students and rebuilding a stronger economy.”

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Rep. Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), and Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) announced plans to reintroduce the Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act of 2026. The legislation invests in training and increasing opportunities for our nation’s direct care workers. Between 2025 and 2035, the direct care workforce is projected to add more than 886,000 new jobs. Despite this growing demand, direct care workers still earn low wages and experience unstable working conditions.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement following the Department of Education’s funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) at the expense of Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), such as Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI). "In 2019, Congress passed the bipartisan FUTURE Act which authorized $255 million in mandatory funding to HBCU, TCUs, and MSIs.

WASHINGTON –House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03) urged Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to withdraw in its entirety the Department of Education's proposal to revise the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). EDGAR governs the Department's management of education grant programs. The proposed rule would give the Department broader power to steer grant awards, pull back continued funding for multiyear projects, and end grants at its own discretion, even when a recipient has done nothing wrong.

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) urged Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) Assistant Secretary Daniel Aronowitz to withdraw a new proposed rule that would prioritize the interests of employers and health insurance companies over the needs of millions of working families. The proposed rule, entitled “Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA,” would establish a “safe harbor” that will allow health plan administrators, such as employers, and health insurance companies to force workers to accept the default use of electronic posting of disclosures required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Todd Blanche and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel open a criminal investigation into the reported use of unverifiable or stolen identities to submit public comments. Ranking Members Scott and Sanders alsocalled on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Keith E. Sonderling and DOL Inspector General Anthony P. D’Esposito to investigate the matter.