Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC Virginia Congressmen Randy Forbes, Glenn Nye, Rob Wittman, and Bobby Scott and Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner released the following statement after reports that the Defense Business Board (DBB), the Pentagons independent board of economic and business advisers, is expected to recommend that Defense Secretary Robert Gates eliminate the Joint Forces Command:

WASHINGTON, DC Virginia Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner and Congressmen Glenn Nye, Jim Moran, Randy Forbes, Bobby Scott, and Rob Wittman yesterday sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norman Schwartz advocating the assignment of an additional F-22 Raptor squadron at Langley Air Force Base (LAFB). A decision by the Air Force is expected soon.

WASHINGTON, DC Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, will host a bipartisan forum on H.R. 2324, the Closing the Gun Show Loophole Act, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, along with other cosponsors.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03) will tour Operation Smile in Norfolk at 10:00 am this morning.

WASHINGTON, DC On Tuesday, July 6, 2010, Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Virginia) will host a forum to promote the Youth PROMISE Act. The Youth PROMISE Act (H.R. 1064) was introduced in February 2009 by Representative Scott and Representative Mike Castle (R-Delaware).

WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner and Representatives Glenn Nye, Bobby Scott, Randy Forbes, and Rob Wittman advocated cancelling the Navys proposal to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Fla., following Secretary of Defense Gates recent directive to the military departments to trim more than $10 billion in Department of Defense (DoD) from future budgets.

WASHINGTON, DC Today, the House of Representatives passed the conference report to H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, by a vote of 237 to 192 (Roll Call No. 413). The measure must still be passed by the Senate before it goes to the Presidents desk. Voting in favor of the conference report, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03) issued the following statement:

HAMPTON, VA Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement after touring the Hampton Veterans Medical Center this morning:"I appreciate Director Seekins and the staff of the Hampton V.A. Medical Center for providing me the opportunity to visit with and thank our veterans for their service to our nation. I saw firsthand that the doctors and nurses here are truly committed to providing the best care possible to our veterans.