Rick Scott

The widespread support for public education makes our longstanding tradition of failing to prioritize public education both confounding and frustrating.

In a time of extreme polarization, support for public education is a rare bridge across our political and cultural divisions.

There is no place in America where a full-time worker who is paid the current Federal minimum wage can afford the basic essentials.

Raising the minimum wage is one of the most hotly debated and intensely studied labor policies.

Our Nation, so richly endowed with natural resources and with a capable and industrious population, should be able to devise ways and means of ensuring to all of our working men and women a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.

The result is that the Federal minimum wage is no longer serving its purpose.

After 10 years with no increase in the Federal minimum wage, minimum wage workers have suffered a 17 percent pay cut due to inflation.

Gradually raising the minimum wage is good for workers who experience a better standard of living.

Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024 in all regions is good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy.

H.R. 582 will begin to restore the original intent of the Fair Labor Standards Act, to ensure that all workers have a minimum living standard.

Workers should not be forced to work at poverty level wages regardless of where they live.

Given the immediate need for safe, reliable, and survivable ship-to-shore transportation for our US Marines, I do not understand the decision.

Sure. So, Chris, we have specific election laws to try to prevent fraud.

There may be rampant fraud in Palm Beach and Broward Counties.

What I'm focused on now is we have gone through an election. Let's get this election finished.

I'm going to sue because you guys are doing something nefarious here.

There is an important issue that is not being addressed at this hearing today, and that is the conflict of interest of the National Labor Relations Board.

I think this is a victory for anybody who is trying to go to school and not get shot.

It's nice to see that it happened, and it's nice to see there were some people thinking more for the safety of the children than for their wallets.

Governor Scott is trying to look like he's taking a step in the opposite of the direction of the NRA, but we know that's not really going to happen.

The new law raises the age to 21 to buy all firearms and adds a three-day waiting period. It also bans the sale or ownership of bump stocks and allows some teachers to be armed.

If the court and voluntarily commits someone because they're a risk to themselves or others, they would be required to surrender all firearms and not regain the right to purchase or possess a firearm until a court hearing. We're also…

To move the needle forward.

How do we make sure when a parent is ready to send their child to school that in Florida that parent knows that child is going to be safe? How do we make sure these individuals with mental illness do not touch a gun?

I was wondering if this committee could hold hearings, particularly in light of the quote this morning in Politico where Secretary DeVos has encouraged Congress to hold hearings on school shootings.