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Sep 14, 2012

Scott Statement on New Report Highlighting Effect of Sequestration on Impact Aid to Virginia Schools

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement on a new report issued by the Center for American Progress, a Washington, DC based think-tank, highlighting the impact sequestration will have on military families and specifically cuts to Impact Aid: "Impact Aid is a vital federal program that provides critical funding to school districts impacted by the loss of property taxes due to tax-exempt military installations located near or within the school district. Sequestration cuts to Impact Aid will be devastating to local school...

Sep 13, 2012

Scott Statement on Republican Gimmick to Cancel Sequestration

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement in opposition to H.R. 6365: "The bill offered by the Republican leadership today does nothing to stop sequestration and if enacted would actually make cancelling the sequester more difficult. The bill requires that in order to cancel the sequester for one year, Congress either enact legislation that complies with the draconian reconciliation instructions passed earlier this year or pass alternate legislation that cuts spending by the same amount of the sequester. The bill explic...

Jul 11, 2012

REPEAL OF OBAMACARE ACT

"Mr. Speaker, two years ago we passed ObamaCare, and now the Supreme Court has ruled that it is, in fact, constitutional. "Even after this ruling, some are ignoring the fact that these reforms are working. We know that there are children with preexisting conditions who now have insurance. We know that there are young adults who have had car accidents and their families did not have to go bankrupt for health care costs because they were able to stay on their parents' policies. "We know that there are seniors who are receiving assistance when they fall in the doug...

Jun 28, 2012

ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER CONTEMPT RESOLUTION

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: The contempt citation pending against Attorney General Holder is unfounded, unfair, and unwise. All of this involves questions about gunwalking. And we know that the Attorney General has handed over thousands of documents in response to multiple subpoenas. So we know that the gunwalking policy began under the Bush administration. We know that President Bush's Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, was briefed on the policy, and it continued. We know that when Attorney General Holder found out about it, he shut the program down and called for an ...