Press Releases
August 1, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC Earlier this week, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) received the 2013 Sankofa Award at the annual convention of the National Bar Association (NBA) in Miami, Florida....
July 30, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC Today, Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, the Ranking Democratic Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations on the House Judiciary Commit...
July 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC Today, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) discussed furloughs and the effects of sequestration on the federal workforce. Click the image below to watch Congressman Scott speaking on how sequestration and federal employee furloughs
July 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement on his 'No' vote on H.R. 5, the so-called "Student Success Act," legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA):
Issues:Education
July 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC This week, Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) introduced S. 1307, the "Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (PROMISE) Act" in the United States Senate. It is
Issues:Youth PROMISE Act
July 16, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-3) and Congressman Randy Forbes (VA-4) issued the following statement on the introduction of H.R. 2634, which would expand the boundaries of the...
July 15, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement regarding the acquittal of George Zimmerman by a Florida jury for the murder of Trayvon Martin:"A jury of Mr....
Issues:Youth PROMISE Act
July 12, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the full U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on ...
Issues:Civil Rights
July 11, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressmen Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, introduced H.R....
June 30, 2013
(WASHINGTON) June 25, 2013, marked the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama. In their decision, Justices of the Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole may not be imposed on