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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, was named this year’s recipient of the Advocacy Award at the 2022 Melwood Ability Awards event. Melwood is a non-profit organization – based in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia area – that advocates for people with disabilities. Melwood is also one of the largest employers of people with disabilities in the country. “I have spent my career in public service advocating for civil rights, and that includes advocating for people with disabilities,” said Congressman Scott. “Nearly a quarter of the disabled population lives in poverty, which is more than twice its portion of the general population. Access to competitive integrated employment is the key to remedying that.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4346, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act: “I was proud to vote for the CHIPS and Science Act, which will lower costs for American families and will create good-paying jobs here in America.  Only 12 percent of semiconductor chips are currently being manufactured domestically, down from 37 percent in the 1990s, and many foreign competitors are investing heavily to dominate this critical national security industry. The current shortage of semiconductor chips has been a key driver of inflation and led to massive increases in costs of many consumer goods, including automobiles.

WASHINGTON – Today, in a House Committee on Education and Labor markup, Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) led Committee passage of legislation to help address and prevent child hunger by reauthorizing federal child nutrition programs. The Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act builds on the Committee’s work to expand school and summer meal programs, increase access to federal nutrition programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and prevent and address child hunger. “One of the key lessons reaffirmed by our response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that, when we invest in child nutrition programs, we help reduce child hunger.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in a House Committee on Education and Labor markup, Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) led Committee passage of legislation to protect indoor and outdoor workers against occupational exposure to excessive heat. “Workers in this country still have no legal protection against one of the oldest, most serious, and most common workplace hazards: excessive heat. Heat illness affects workers in our nation’s fields, warehouses, and factories, and climate change is making the problem more severe every year,” said Education and Labor Committee Chairman Scott.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8373, the Right to Contraception Act:  “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization upended 50 years of legal precedent and rolled back the rights of women all over the country. Justice Thomas released a concurring opinion in the Dobbs decision where he made clear that other basic freedoms such as the right to same-sex marriage and the right to use contraception should also be revisited by the Court.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Chair Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) introduced a comprehensive, evidence-driven reauthorization of federal child nutrition programs that meets the needs of children and families. The Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 8450) builds on Congressional Democrats’ work to expand school and summer meal programs, increase access to federal nutrition programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and prevent child hunger.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) voted to pass H.R. 8294, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; Agriculture and Rural Development; Energy and Water Development; Financial Services and General Government; Interior and Environment; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for FY 2023. This package of six government funding bills focuses on helping families and communities across America. “As we fight growing inflation and rising costs of living, I was proud to vote for a government funding package that makes the critical investments my constituents need,” said Congressman Scott.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), a member of the LGBTQ Equality Caucus, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act: “The U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization upended 50 years of legal precedent and rolled back the rights of women all over the country. Justice Thomas released a disturbing concurring opinion where he made it clear that the right to marriage equality should also be reversed by the Court. That is why I co-sponsored and voted for the Respect for Marriage Act which would guarantee protections for same-sex marriage which were granted by the Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.