Scott Statement on Finally Being Sworn In as a Member of the 118th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after being sworn in to the 118^th Congress:

“I am looking forward to finally beginning the 118^th Congress and getting to work on behalf of Virginia’s Third Congressional District and the American people.

“The dysfunction on display this week stands in stark contrast to the 117^th Congress, which was one of the most productive congresses in the modern era. Congressional Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan to put the pandemic behind us and to jumpstart our economic recovery, which has led to two record years of job growth under President Biden. We also passed the Inflation Reduction Act to cut the cost of health care and prescription drugs while also making the largest federal investment to date in combatting the climate crisis. We also worked across the aisle with Republicans to enact the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – a once-in-a-generation investment in America’s roads, bridges, airports, ports, waterlines and rural broadband. We also worked in a bipartisan way to bring manufacturing jobs back to America with the CHIPS and Science Act, and we secured bipartisan support to reform the United States Postal Service and codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. We even got bipartisan support to pass the first federal gun safety legislation in three decades.

“I can only hope that this week’s chaos is not a forecast of how this Congress will proceed. I am grateful we can all finally move on to the people’s business.”

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