Today, Congressman David Scott, a senior member of the House Committee on Agriculture, introduced H.R. 4257, legislation to establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Dodd-Frank’s passage in 2010 established Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion at the financial regulatory agencies, including the Department of the… Read more »
Congressman David Scott will host the 15th Annual Thirteenth Congressional District Health Fair on Saturday, August 10, 2019, 9am - 2pm, at Mundy’s Mill High School, located at 9652 Fayetteville Rd., Jonesboro, GA 30238.
Free health screenings include exams for: breast cancer, prostate cancer, HIV, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, uterine… Read more »
Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13) provided the following statement regarding reports of dangerous emission actions by the Sterigenics facility in Smyrna, Ga.:
“The health of the people in our community is priority number one for me,” said Congressman Scott. “I am alarmed by recent reports of the Sterigenics plant emitting dangerous levels of a toxic, cancer-causing chemical into… Read more »
Congressman David Scott (D-GA) and Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) recently introduced legislation to promote greater inclusion in our nation’s financial system. H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act, would empower the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Community Affairs to play the lead coordination role in investigating factors preventing financial… Read more »
Today, the Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act was signed into law by the President. This bipartisan piece of legislation was introduced in the House by Congressman David Scott with Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) on the House Financial Services Committee and Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Andy Barr (R-KY) of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, as well as in the Senate by Sens.… Read more »
Today, Congressman David Scott, along with Congresswomen Robin Kelly (IL-2), Marcia Fudge (OH-11), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At Large), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-At Large) introduced H.Res. 488, designating July 2019 as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month. By highlighting the importance of and increasing awareness about uterine fibroids, this resolution also contributes to efforts to… Read more »
House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following remarks at Thursday’s hearing on building opportunity in rural America through affordable, reliable and high-speed broadband.
[As Prepared for Delivery]
“Good Morning and welcome to today’s hearing of the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges,… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1988, the Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2019. This bipartisan piece of legislation, introduced by Congressman David Scott with Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) of the Financial Services Committee and Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Andy Barr (R-KY) of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, provides a technical fix critical to maintaining… Read more »
Today Congressman David Scott (GA-13) and Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) introduced H.R.3146, the Fair Flood Insurance Act, to improve flood insurance affordability by allowing consumers the option of paying flood insurance premiums in monthly installments, rather than as a large lump sum.
For Americans burdened by costly premiums, the option to make regular monthly payments can… Read more »
Today Congressman David Scott (GA-13) issued the following statement after House Republicans objected to passage of the $19.1 billion disaster relief bill adopted overwhelmingly by the Senate:
“It’s a shame and a disgrace. It’s so unfair to our farmers and to the people of this great nation who have suffered from natural disasters of devastating floods, hurricanes, tornadoes,… Read more »
