Press Releases
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) yesterday joined veterans of the civil rights movement, voting rights advocates and leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives in sponsoring legislatio...
May 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) issued the following statement upon learning of U.S. Attorney General Holder's decision to have the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)...
May 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) will announce the winners of the 19th Annual Third Congressional District Art Competition at two upcoming award receptions in Newport News a...
May 10, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Today, the House of Representatives considered H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, which replaces sequestration (automatic across the board spending cuts) for 2013....
Issues:Federal Budget
April 30, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC - This past week, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) and other House Democrats introduced H.R. 5186, the Halt Index Trading of Energy Commodities (HITEC)...
Issues:Energy & Environment
April 27, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03) issued the following statement on H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act, considered in the House of Representatives today:...
Issues:Economy and JobsEducation
April 25, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement on the Federal raid of Mo Money Taxes' headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee:"In February, I called on the federal g...
April 6, 2012
NEWPORT NEWS, VA Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement after a Navy jet crashed into a Virginia Beach apartment complex:
April 2, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) today addressed the 2nd Annual Summit on Preventing Youth Violence in Washington. The Summit was sponsored by the National Forum on Youth V...
Issues:Youth PROMISE ActGun Safety
March 29, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Today, the House of Representatives passed the House Republican Budget, H. Con. Res. 112, by a vote of 228 to 191 (Roll Call No. 151). Voting No, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03)...
Issues:Federal Budget