US Senator Rick Scott’s Week in Review 06/24/2022
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Dear Floridian,
Rick Scott See more of what Senator Scott has been up to this week below. |
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Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Bill to Get Americans Back to Work Senator Rick Scott introduced the Let’s Get to Work Act. This legislation would encourage Americans who are able to work to return to the workforce by ending the current suspension of work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which was put in in place during the pandemic, and expanding these requirements to apply to all able-bodied adults receiving benefits who are under 60-years-old and do not have children under the age of six or care for incapacitated individuals. This legislation also establishes similar work requirements for individuals receiving federal benefits through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public Housing and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance programs. Read more about Senator Scott’s proposal in his Wall Street Journal op-ed HERE. — Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio welcomed the Senate’s unanimous passage of their resolutioncommemorating one year since the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida that took the lives of 98 people. — Sen. Rick Scott: SCOTUS is Right to Protect Life, Respect Federalism & Reverse Roe Senator Rick Scott released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to return the authority to regulate abortion to the states. Since the Court ruled in Roe in 1973, more than 60 million unborn children have lost their lives to abortion. Last year, Senator Scott joined more than 200 of his colleagues in Congress in an amicus brief asking the Court to uphold Mississippi’s law restricting elective abortions of unborn children after 15 weeks. Senator Rick Scott said, “The importance of today’s decision by the Supreme Court cannot be overstated. For nearly 50 years, our country endured flawed legal reasoning that invented an implied constitutional right to abortion while stripping authority from lawmakers according to the will of the people. Today, the Court correctly interpreted the Constitution, defended human dignity and the foundational principle of federalism, and rightly declared that there is no constitutional right to end the life of an unborn child. “I firmly believe that life begins at conception and that every child deserves to be welcomed into this world with open and loving arms. Abortion ends a life. It is abhorrent and has no place in our society. While we celebrate the Court’s latest ruling, the fight to protect the sanctity of life is not over. Lawmakers and the pro-life movement have the responsibility to make adoption more accessible and affordable, and do everything in our power to meet the needs of struggling women and their families so they can choose life. We cannot stop fighting until every life, born and unborn, is valued.” Read more HERE. — Sen. Rick Scott: Senate Bill Not Like Florida Law & Weakens Due Process As the Senate continues to consider hastily drafted legislation, Senator Rick Scott released the following statement on his objections to the bill’s unacceptably weak language on protecting due process and a provision to automatically restore gun rights to convicted domestic abusers. Senator Rick Scott said, “Since the tragic shooting in Uvalde that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, I have heard from many Floridians about the need to support common sense legislation that follows the action Florida took after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. While there are elements of the bill now being considered in the Senate that I support, like the Luke and Alex School Safety Actthat I have been fighting to pass for years, the Senate also unfortunately decided to take action that is not consistent with the aggressive due process protections that I fought for when I was Governor. “Over the last two weeks, I’ve seen many people compare the bill being considered in the Senate to what we did in Florida. These bills are not the same at all. One was the product of a collaborative, well-defined and transparent process. The other was the result of secret backroom dealings that did not include input from the majority of Republican members, committee hearings, nor opportunities for amendments, giving members barely an hour to read the bill before we were asked to vote on it. “In Florida, we used a thorough process that included meetings with mental health, education and law enforcement experts to get valuable feedback on our bill. At the conclusion of that process, I signed a bill that improved school safety and has kept guns out of the hands of dangerous people and those suffering with mental illness, all while ensuring strong due process protections that stop unlawful infringement on the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Floridians. The bill the Senate is considering abandons Florida’s model and allows even the most radical policies, like California’s red flag law, to be implemented and supported with federal funding. Ironclad due process protections are essential to protecting the constitutional rights of Americans and we can NEVER compromise on that. “This bill also allows convicted domestic abusers to have automatic restoration of their gun rights. People who have been accused, tried and convicted of beating their significant other would automatically get their gun rights back after just five years. I will not support soft-on-crime policies like this. As Governor of Florida, I always weighed past domestic abuse when considering a restoration of gun rights through the clemency process and I do not support efforts to allow someone who has been convicted of domestic abuse to have the opportunity to automatically get a gun. “I was hopeful the Senate would follow an open and thorough process like we did in Florida. That is unfortunately not the case with the current bill and why I will vote no.” Read more HERE. Sen. Rick Scott Issues Weekly Update on Biden’s Inflation Crisis Senator Rick Scott released a weekly update on his actions to address America’s debt crisis and rising inflation caused by President Biden and Democrats’ reckless government spending and socialist policies. — El Senador Rick Scott publica una actualización semanal sobre la crisis inflacionaria de Biden El Senador Rick Scott publicó hoy su actualización semanal sobre sus acciones para abordar la crisis de la deuda de Estados Unidos y el aumento de la inflación causados ??por el gasto gubernamental imprudente y las políticas socialistas del Presidente Biden y los demócratas. — Senator Rick Scott joined Senators Marco Rubio and Joni Ernst in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to work with our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies to update NATO’s strategic concept to reflect the reality of great power competition with the Chinese Communist Party even as the alliance contends with Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Next week, NATO members will meet in Madrid, where they are expected to release a new strategic concept that will guide NATO decision-making for the next several years. Read more HERE. — |
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Sen. Rick Scott in the Wall Street Journal: A Plan to Get Americans Back to Work Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal sharing his newly introduced Let’s Get to Work Act that would encourage able-bodied, working-age Americans to return to the workforce by reintroducing work requirements for those on government benefits like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Public Housing and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance programs. Read more about the Let’s Get to Work Act in Senator Scott’s announcement HERE. In the op-ed, Senator Rick Scott wrote, “The American dream is rooted in a simple principle: If you’re willing to work hard, anything is possible. What’s troubling is that our leaders have lost sight of this. For our country to thrive, we can’t let their toxic plan of increased handouts and getting something for nothing continue. — Newsmax: Rick Scott’s Warning: Senate Gun Bill Not Like Florida’s Law AP: ‘Inadequate’: Florida Senators oppose bipartisan gun violence bill in Senate The Hill: Rick Scott says he’ll vote no on gun legislation Washington Times: NRSC Chair Rick Scott declares ‘I will vote no’ on bipartisan gun bill The Epoch Times: ‘Weakens Due Process’: Sen. Rick Scott Announces Opposition to Gun Control Bill Huff Post: Rick Scott Calls Bipartisan Gun Deal ‘Soft On Crime’ Daily Caller: GOP To File FEC Complaint Over Dems’ Alleged ‘Illegal Activities’ In Colorado Forbes: ‘The Biden Administration Is Just Tone-Deaf’: Rick Scott Takes Aim At POTUS Forbes: Rick Scott: ‘Joe Biden And The Democrats Have A War Against Work’ Miami Herald: Florida Senators Rubio, Scott vote ‘no’ on bipartisan gun bill WFLA: Sen. Rick Scott proposes changes to SNAP, welfare eligibility WFLA: Senator Rick Scott Speaks Out Against Bipartisan Gun Bill WFLA: Rubio, Scott praise unanimous passage of Surfside commemoration in Senate WESH: ‘We won’t go back’: Florida leaders react to US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade WTVJ: Florida Lawmakers React to Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision WTSP: Florida lawmakers react to SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade KGPE: Florida, Georgia leaders react to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade The Floridian: Rubio, Scott Sponsor Bill Aimed at Stopping the Export of Oil to China Florida Daily: Florida Delegation Rallies Behind the Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act Florida Daily: Rick Scott on NDAA: ‘Great Win for Florida’s Military Communities, Families and Our National Security’ Florida Daily: Florida’s Senators Back GOP Bill to Stop Political Emails From Automatically Being Classified as Spam NTN24: “Hay preocupación con la victoria de Gustavo Petro, es un socialista radical”: Rick Scott |
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Sen. Rick Scott Visits Surfside Ahead of the One-Year Anniversary of the Tragic Surfside Building Collapse Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the tragic Surfside building collapse, Senator Rick Scott, along with Senator Marco Rubio, met with Jewish community leaders in Surfside and joined them in honoring the 98 lives lost too soon. Senator Scott met with the local and international teams of first responders who were deployed in the aftermath of the devastating collapse. He also joined Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger and local officials to pay their respects at the Surfside memorial site. |
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