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WASHINGTON, DC The House of Representatives today passed S. 30 the Truth in Caller ID Act by voice vote, clearing the way for the President to sign it into law. This bill includes provisions concerning caller ID spoofing based on a bill (H.R. 1110) sponsored by Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, which was passed by the House earlier this year. The just-passed bill establishes criminal penalties for transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information in order to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value. This practice is known as caller ID spoofing.
WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement following the ruling of Judge Henry E. Hudson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia regarding the individual coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act:
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are overwhelmingly opposed to the Presidents compromise with Republicans on extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts for two years. While we are an ideologically diverse Caucus, the CBC has reached a consensus
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December 7, 2010
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December 7, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 1540 supports the goal of eliminating illegal marijuana cultivation on Federal lands, and calls on the Director of the Office o...
December 7, 2010
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December 7, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, S. 3998, the Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2010, will extend the national child safety pilot program for an addition...
December 7, 2010
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December 7, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3353 will allow the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa to be treated as two separate entities for the purposes...
December 7, 2010
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December 7, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, H.R. 6412 is a short, but very important, piece of legislation. The bill will allow State sentencing commissions to obtain direct national crimi...
WASHINGTON, DC Today, Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott sent the following letter to House Democratic Leadership regarding extending the Bush-era Tax Cuts:
December 2, 2010
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December 2, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I served on the special subcommittee appointed to investigate this matter, and dissented from the subcommittee report....
November 30, 2010
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November 30, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4783, with particular reference to the Pigford late filer claims provision, regarding claims of widespread, rampant r...