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This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  As someone who has seen a spouse fight breast cancer, Congressman Scott has been a fighter for breast cancer resources for a long-time.  While a member of the Georgia State Senate, Congressman Scott passed the State law banning the practice of sending women home the same day after undergoing a mastectomy even if they needed more time to… Read more »

Starting on September 27, 2010, new telemarketing sales rules will take affect.  The rules covers telemarketers of for-profit debt relief services, including credit counseling, debt settlement, and debt negotiation services.  The rules will: require debt relief companies to make disclosures to consumers; prohibit them from misrepresenting their services; and extend the… Read more »

Hopefully, there are a few good Georgia students who would want to represent the state as a White House intern in the spring.  The application deadline is October 3.  For information on how to apply, click this link. Congressman Scott's office is also accepting applications for winter and spring interns.  Read more »

Today, Congressman David Scott continued his support for small businesses by voting for the Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297).  The bill passed the House and will be sent to the President to be signed into law. "I am committed to help grow small businesses, which created two-thirds of the new jobs over the last 15 years," Congressman Scott said.  "When small businesses grow, America… Read more »

The House Committee on House Administration (CHA)  is hosting a Vendor Diversity Procurement Webinar on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are thousands of opportunities for private contractors to provide goods and services to the Federal government each year.  This session will focus on the contracts available in the offices of the Architect of the Capitol… Read more »

Congressman Scott recently voted for H.R. 6080, which provides needed security for the US-Mexico border.  The new law will: Help hire 1,000 new Border Patrol agents to permanently patrol our southern border and 250 new Customs and Border Protection agents for our ports of entry.  It will also create a “strike force” that will be deployed in different areas of the Southwest border… Read more »

An overdraft occurs when you make a purchase or ATM transaction but don't have enough money in your account to pay for it. For a fee, your bank will cover you when you become overdrawn. This fee can apply each time you overdraw your account. New rules give debit and ATM card users additional options regarding overdrafts.  The new rules You choose. In the past, some banks… Read more »

Congressman Scott returned to Washington this week to vote for the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (H.R. 1586).  This new law provides funding for local education jobs and helps states with Medicaid costs.   “These funds are crucial to Georgia teachers who head back to classrooms this week,” Congressman Scott said.  “Many states have lost significant tax revenue due to the… Read more »

The FDIC is hosting a series of seminars to provide information on how to be an FDIC Investor and/or Asset Purchaser and how to establish or acquire a minority depository institution. The FDIC is aggressively expanding outreach efforts to encourage participation of Minority and Women-Owned businesses, Minority Depository Institutions, investors and asset managers in: -  Financial… Read more »

You can read more about this by clicking on 11 Alive, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and the Douglasville Neighbor. On July 28, Congressman Scott voted for supplemental FEMA funding for property buyouts in the Atlanta suburbs.  The funding is included as a part of H.R. 4899, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010.  H.R. 4899 is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed… Read more »