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May 18, 2012
Scott Statement on FY13 National Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) issued the following statement after voting No on H.R. 4310, the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): "I support a strong national defense and our men and women in uniform, but unfortunately I could not in good conscience support the House-version of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. H.R. 4310 failed to realistically address the pending sequestration of Defense spending scheduled to take effect in January 2013, and it failed to remove the dangerous detention...
May 18, 2012
Scott Joins Civil Rights Leaders and House Democrats in Cosponsoring Voter Empowerment Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) yesterday joined veterans of the civil rights movement, voting rights advocates and leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives in sponsoring legislation to strengthen federal law on voting rights. Over the past few years, new measures have been enacted in states across the country –including Virginia – that would make it harder for millions of eligible voters to register or vote. Just six months from an historic election, Democratic lawmakers vowed they would not sit idly by as these unprecedented laws try to tur...
May 15, 2012
BORDER TUNNEL PREVENTION ACT OF 2012
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Madam Speaker, the possibility of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction being transported through border tunnels is frightening. The possibility of narcotics or trafficking victims being transported through tunnels is disturbing. And I have real concerns about tunnels being used for run-of-the-mill illegal immigration and to smuggle goods or merchandise. But these things are already illegal. And the penalty for doing any of these things through a tunnel is already double what it would be if the unlawful activity had not made use of a tu...
May 08, 2012
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Davis amendment. The United States locks up a higher portion of its population than any country on Earth. And one of the contributing factors is the high rate of recidivism--people who get out of prison and then turn around, mess up, and return to prison.Before the Second Chance Act of 2008, the Department of Justice's statistics reflected that about two-thirds of the offenders released from prison--two-thirds--were re-arrested within 2 years. Now that's down in some States to one-half. In my home Stat...
