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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Senator Mazie Hirono and Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Bobby Scott, Marcia Fudge, and Luis Gutiérrez, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the Department of Justice collect additional information on "stand your ground" laws to fully document their disparate racial impacts in communities across the country.
Issues:Civil RightsJudiciary
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, November 21, 2013, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), co-chair of the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus, co-hosted a briefing featuring the Philippines Ambassador to the United States, Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., on the ongoing relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. The briefing was co-hosted by the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, November 21, 2013, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), co-chair of the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus, co-hosted a briefing featuring the Philippines Ambassador to the United States, Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., on the ongoing relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. The briefing was co-hosted by the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus, co-chaired by Congressman Scott and Congressman Darrell Issa, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, chaired by Congresswoman Judy Chu.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations on the House Judiciary Committee, commended the Federal Communications Commission's denial yesterday of petitions urging the FCC to stay the Commission's order reducing high long-distance calling rates paid by prisoners and their families.
Issues:Civil RightsJudiciary
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on his opposition to H.R. 3350, the so-called Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013: "Congress's legislative intent was very clear when we drafted the Affordable Care Act.
Issues:Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on H.Res. 411, articles of impeachment against Attorney General Eric Holder:
Issues:Judiciary
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-3), David Price (NC-4), and Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-3) introduced legislation that would make it illegal for candidates or employees associated with federal political committees to use committee funds for personal activities.
Issues:JudiciaryVoting Rights
November 13, 2013
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill.
Issues:Judiciary
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on the Senate's failure to invoke cloture on Congressman Mel Watt's nomination to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):
October 30, 2013
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding, and I join in your remarks for praising Congressman Major Owens, because he, as you pointed out, led the Congressional Black Caucus budget for many years. He showed how you can be fiscally responsible and still address the critical needs of our Nation with a particular emphasis on the least of these and the need to invest in education. So I appreciate your comments.
Issues:Federal Budget