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July 21, 2010
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July 21, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act, and I thank Chairman LEVIN and the Ways and Means Committee for their diligent w...
July 20, 2010
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July 20, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1469, the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009, will permanently authorize the National Child Safety Program....
July 20, 2010
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July 20, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, the Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 will address an ongoing problem of cell phones being smuggled into prisons by visitors and prison guards....
July 20, 2010
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July 20, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, this legislation addresses a disturbing subject in need of congressional action.In the late 1990s, Congress was made aware of a growing market ...
July 14, 2010
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July 14, 2010Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Reverend Dr. Dwight S. Riddick, Pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church in Newport News, Virginia. This is the 25th anniversary of Dr....
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: