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Update: The Wall Street Journal has a good article about accessing government grants for small business contractors.  Read the article at this link. This week, Congressman Scott recognized the importance of small businesses in creating jobs and rebuilding America's economy: "Small businesses created two-thirds of the new jobs over the last 15 years," Congressman Scott… Read more »

The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) has recognized Rep. Scott's website for winning a 112th Congress Bronze Mouse Award.  He is the only Member of the Georgia Delegation to have his website be recognized. CMF created the awards in 2001 to recognize and honor the best use of online communications in Congress. The award is part of CMF's latest report -- "112th Congress… Read more »

Today Congressman David Scott (D-GA) announced his sponsorship of the 10th Annual Congressional Art Competition, An Artistic Discovery, for Georgia’s Thirteenth Congressional District.  High school students from throughout Georgia’s 13th District are invited to submit artwork for the competition. Artwork submitted to the competition will be on display March 1 – 25 at the Arts Clayton… Read more »

This column ran in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on December 7, 2011.  Click HERE to read it in the original format .......... Everyone, from the tea party to the Occupy Wall Street movement, knows Congress must get its economic house in order. We can talk about how we got into this mess, but that would not answer the question of how to get out of this mess. Bipartisan… Read more »

This week the House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing to investigate the loss of $1.2 billion of investor funds by MF Global.  The Committee has jurisdiction over the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulated MF Global.  Congressman Scott participated in the hearings and asked questions of former CEO Jon Corzine. There are obviously many unanswered… Read more »

Update - the President signed most of these provisions into law on April 5, (Public Law No: 112-106).  Several of the small business bills listed below were merged as part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606). November 4, 2011 - This week, the House passed several positive small business bills to allow more flexibility in raising capital and to reduce… Read more »

UPDATE: On 11/16, the jobs and training related sections discussed below officially passed both Houses of Congress (added to H.R. 674) and will be sent to the President for his signature into law.  On this Veterans Day, we take comfort in knowing that our wartime commitment in Iraq will soon end. And while America’s fighting men and women will no longer be in harm’s way in Iraq, new… Read more »

Two major policy changes have been announced that could help millions of homeowners.  First, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently announced a series of changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) to allow more borrowers refinance their home mortgage. Second, a consent order with federal regulators and banks have resulted in an Independent Foreclosure Review. … Read more »

This column was submitted to the The National Newspaper Association via the Congressional Black Caucus. Read more »

Congressman Scott has joined with House Democrats to introduce plans to create jobs, including the Make It In America proposals.  Manufacturing will be a critical sector in our recovery and the Make It In America plan will help businesses to innovate and make products in the U.S. A documentary on the Make It In America plan was just released.  It highlights how the plan will… Read more »