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June 23, 2008
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 36th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX was the culmination of the hard work of many women and...
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott(D-VA-3) offered the following remarks today on the 36th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrim...
June 20, 2008
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, I oppose H.R. 6304.It allows widespread acquisition of private conversations without meaningful court review.The bill actually permits the government to perform ...
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives, today, voted on H.R. 6304, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008.Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03)...
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 2642, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Below is Congressman Robert C....
June 18, 2008
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the NASA Authorization Act of 2008.It authorizes $20.2 billion for NASA in FY 09, including $1 billion to speed development of the Crew ...
June 12, 2008
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate a milestone in the struggle for equality and civil rights.On this day 41 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the <?XML:...
WASHINGTON, DC - Forty-five years ago today, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, seeking to close the wage gap between men and women. Nearly a half of a century later, Representative Robert C....
June 5, 2008
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, when we talk about the budget, it's helpful to know where we are and how we got here. This chart shows the budget deficit over the years and shows that when Presid...
June 5, 2008
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5540, the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Reauthorization Act. I commend my colleague from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes)...