Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1968, the “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act” for FY 2025. “I am ready to support a bipartisan appropriations package to fund the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2025. Unfortunately, the House Republican funding bill we voted on today makes devastating cuts to veterans benefits, health care, and affordable housing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, delivered the following statement accepting the 2025 Best of Green Schools Policy Maker Award from the U.S. Green Building Council. “I’m honored to be recognized alongside Senator Reed with the ‘Best of Green Schools Policy Maker Award’ for our work to advance green school buildings through the Rebuild America’s Schools Act.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressional civil rights leaders reintroduced the Do No Harm Act, to address the increasing use of religious freedom to undermine civil rights protections.  The bill restores the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to its original purpose, which is to protect religious exercise while ensuring religious freedom is not used to erode civil rights protections. The legislation is sponsored by House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08),House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government Ranking Member Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-05), Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting against H.Res. 189 – Censuring Congressman Al Green (TX-09): "Congressman Green was punished for standing up for Medicaid. Republicans heckled, jeered and argued with President Biden last year during his State of the Union without sanction.

WASHINGTON – Today, a bipartisan group of House and Senate Members reintroduced H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers’ right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. The House bill was introduced by the Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01). The Senate companion was introduced by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Joint Session of Congress Presidential Address. “Four years after inciting a mob to attack the United States Capitol, President Trump returned to these historic halls to continue his mission: sow chaos and enrich himself and his billionaire friends at cost to the American people.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) has invited retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria Hunt to be his guest to President Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress. Hunt is a retired Army veteran and was a supply technician at the Hampton V.A. Medical Center. She was fired on February 25th without notice or cause as part of the Trump Administration’s harmful downsizing of the federal workforce.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, Gerry Connolly, Don Beyer, Jennifer McClellan, Suhas Subramanyam and Eugene Vindman (all D-VA) urged President Trump to halt any proposal that would alter the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) without congressional consultation and approval.