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September 16, 2013
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), a vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, issued the following statement on today's tragic events at the Washington Navy Yard:

September 11, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott will be hosting his fourth information session on the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, this Monday, September 16th at Gethsemane Baptist Church in Newport News, Virginia.
Issues:Health Care

September 10, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement in reaction to the President's speech on Syria:

September 1, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after attending a classified briefing on the situation in Syria this afternoon in the United States Capitol:

August 27, 2013
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement on the situation in Syria:

August 21, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, further details about the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program were made public in press accounts. Specifically, it was reported that internal NSA's reports show that the agency repeatedly ran afoul o

August 17, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) announced that Navigator grants totaling over $1.7 million have been awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to organizations in the Commonwealth of Vi
Issues:Health Care

August 16, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, the Ranking Democratic Member of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, will appear on CBS's Face the Nation this Sunday.

August 12, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Attorney General Eric Holder delivered an important speech at the American Bar Association's annual meeting in San Francisco. He spoke about the issue of overcrowding in federal prisons and the policies that have led to

August 11, 2013
In my 33 years as an elected official, I learned that when it comes to crime policy, we have a choice – we can reduce crime or we can play politics. Reducing crime requires evidence-based strategies that identify youth at risk of becoming criminals