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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement: “The findings of the Investigative Subcommittee’s (ISC) report on Representative Santos highlights behavior that violates the public trust and demonstrates myriad ways he has disgraced himself and his office. He should have had the common decency to resign.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) celebrated Norfolk and Old Dominion University being awarded over $10 million in federal funding to boost resilience and combat sea level rise. The funding was awarded through the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), a partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of Defense and other entities.

WASHINGTON – Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) today welcomed the news that the Inspector General (IG) of the General Services Administration (GSA) will initiate an investigation into the site selection to relocate the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters, issuing the following statement:

NEWPORT NEWS – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), a co-chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, celebrated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announcing  $7.4 million for  projects supporting conservation efforts throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The funding, which includes more than $4 million for projects in Virginia, was made possible by the Chesapeake Watershed Investments in Landscape Defense (WILD) Act which Congressman Scott introduced in 2019 and was signed into law in 2020.

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. Department of Defense announced the selection of the Hampton Roads region as the first defense community in the Interagency Regional Coordinator for Resilience Pilot Program, which aims to increase federal support for collaboration between federal, state, and local entities to enhance climate resilience in defense communities. U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (Both D-VA) and Representative Bobby Scott (VA-03) have long advocated for additional federal support for climate adaptation in the region, including the creation of a coordinator position in Hampton Roads.

Washington – Today, members of Virginia’s congressional delegation wrote to the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to request an investigation into concerns raised by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the site selection process for a new FBI headquarters. The letter was signed by US Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA). 

WASHINGTON – This week, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) introduced a bipartisan resolution supporting the designation of the week of November 13, 2023 as “National Apprenticeship Week.” “Every year, Registered Apprenticeships connect workers across the country with in-demand skills and good-paying jobs and allow employers to tap into a pipeline of talented workers.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby Scott” delivered the following remarks during today’s House floor debate on House Republicans’ extreme appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. “I rise in opposition to the amendment and the underlying bill.