Press Releases

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), co-chairs of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, issued the following statement after President Trump revoked Executive Order 13508, which directed federal agencies to reduce water pollution from federal lands and facilities and to promote ecosystem conservation: “Yesterday, President Trump revoked an executive order by President Obama that directed federal agencies to support the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting against the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act: “I strongly support Ukraine and efforts to hold Vladimir Putin accountable for his brutal war. I stand with the Ukrainian people and have repeatedly voted to support Ukraine. However, I cannot support legislation that uses support for Ukraine as leverage to give Donald Trump even more authority to impose his reckless tariffs and trade wars that raise prices on American families.

WASHINGTON –Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6893, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act, which was introduced by Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Rob Wittman (VA-01), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) and Jennifer Kiggans (VA-02). This legislation reauthorizes key programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office (CBO). Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

WASHINGTON— Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Vice Ranking Member Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35), introduced the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act. This bill would prohibit workers’ wages from being garnished to pay for medical debt. Right now, approximately 100 million Americans are trapped with $220 billion in medical debt.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement: “Secretary Lonnie Bunch has dedicated his career to ensuring the Smithsonian tells the full story of our nation. His historic leadership as the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ensured that the African American experience is recognized as an essential part of the American story.

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy gained 162,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent. At this point in his term, the economy under President Biden had created 10.5 million jobs, compared to just 807,000 under President Trump's second term. Today’s job gains are still roughly half of President Biden’s average monthly job gains.