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Bobby Scott

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Bobby Scott is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and civil rights throughout his tenure in Congress. Scott has been an advocate for expanding access to affordable healthcare and has worked on legislation aimed at improving education and job training programs.

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Jul 14, 2014

Alternatives can reduce crime and save money.

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Jun 24, 2014

You know, the regional humanitarian crisis requires a regional solution.

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Jun 24, 2014

I fully support the President doing what he can under current law to improve our broken system.

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Jun 24, 2014

I think it's obvious when it comes to Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, the answer to that question appears to be yes.

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Jun 24, 2014

Put aside the fact that the Obama administration has set records in terms of deportations, I think we need to know that nothing has changed in terms of the law.

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Jun 24, 2014

Are the children entitled to protection under the Prison Rape Elimination Act?

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Jun 24, 2014

Now, it's true that the government is not now using expedited removal to deport these children without an immigration hearing. Why is that? Because the law prohibits it.

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Jun 24, 2014

We need to fix our broken immigration system.

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Jun 24, 2014

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back.

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May 22, 2014

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I join the author of the bill, the gentleman from Wisconsin and chair of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Mr. Sensenbrenner; my colleague from Virginia, the chair of the full committee…

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May 21, 2014

I absolutely believe that our public would. I think that there are two pieces to that, however.

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May 21, 2014

Get out of that old thinking. We are all talking about mobility and access.

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May 21, 2014

Let us make it be a smart dollar, and so that means that everything we can do in terms of technology we need to be looking at.

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May 20, 2014

I urge Members to support H.R. 3530, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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May 19, 2014

I thank the gentleman from Nevada for calling this special occasion to give us the opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court case of Brown v. The Board of Education. As a representative from Virginia, I take…

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Apr 9, 2014

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I rise in support of the Congressional Black Caucus budget, which is a more credible and responsible alternative than the underlying Republican budget. Mr. Chairman, the Republican Committee budget…

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Apr 9, 2014

Our budget calls for policy changes and comprehensive immigration reform, a public option for health care, and others, and it will be scored at $1.8 trillion, real live reduction in the deficit, compared to the CBO baseline. Our budget is…

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Apr 7, 2014

We are all disappointed by the Shelby decision, and we are trying to fix it.

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Apr 7, 2014

But in terms of pre-clearance, is there any way that you can stick them with pre-clearance if you do not connect that with prior findings of discrimination under the Shelby case?

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Apr 7, 2014

Maybe if you could do it for the record, if you could comment on how we can improve the process of injunction so that localities do not have to suffer irreparable harm.

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Apr 7, 2014

Could we have someone be required to have a process pre-cleared if it is a suspect change if there is no prior finding of discrimination?

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Apr 7, 2014

If you call it 'enhanced interrogation,' does that make it okay?

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Apr 3, 2014

I thank the gentleman from New York for organizing this Special Order. Madam Speaker, today I join my colleagues in recognizing the importance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual assault is far too prevalent in modern society. It is…

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Feb 26, 2014

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule because it needs an amendment. I rise today in order to ask, when the motion on the previous question to end the debate is brought up, that we vote ``no'' so…

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