US Senator Rick Scott’s Week in Review 08/18/24
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Dear Fellow Floridian, Today, Vice President Harris, a person who — unlike so many hardworking Floridians — has never built a business, doesn’t understand profit and loss, has never met payrolls, and who has never competed in a consumer market, is going to propose federal price controls. That should terrify every American. She claims that Congress needs to ban ‘price gouging,’ which is already widely illegal and not the cause of high prices. The skyrocketing prices created by the Biden-Harris administration aren’t price-gouging, it’s inflation. Her solution to the Harris Price Hikes she caused is big government on steroids—where Washington bureaucrats stick their hands into American businesses and say what they can and can’t sell a product for. It never works because it causes companies to make much less of something—destroying supply and causing a mass shortage of goods. One day in a middle school economics class would teach her those basic principles. Unfortunately, it’s not surprising to see such a dangerous and clearly flawed proposal come from a career politician who has never run a business. Lucky for her, I put out a quarterly Economic Snapshot that exposes the truth about the Biden-Harris economy. Click HERE or below to see for yourself.
Getting inflation under control will happen when the federal government stops recklessly spending money it doesn’t have, and we finally beat back the destructive war that the Biden-Harris administration has waged on U.S. energy, which has made the cost of everything go up. That’s why I fight every day to get these things done and Make Washington Work for YOU, not put more power in the hands of big government. Read more HERE. Sincerely,
Rick Scott United States Senator — To be the first to find out about Senator Scott’s actions and statements, follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. — |
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After President Biden made comments that he supports a new election in Venezuela, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to President Biden requesting the Biden-Harris administration to put the full weight of the federal government behind the Venezuelan people’s fight for democracy and to stand with opposition leader María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect. Senator Scott is also requesting the administration take action to reimpose sanctions if Maduro is to remain in power and send a strong message to show America’s solidarity with the Venezuelan people in their fight for free and fair elections. Read the full letter HERE. Read more HERE. Lea más en español AQUÍ. — Senator Rick Scott joined bipartisan legislation, led by Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown, that would ensure public sector workers and their families can receive full Social Security benefits after two previous statutes reduced them. The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) from the Social Security Act, ensuring public sector workers and their families receive their full Social Security benefits. Senator Rick Scott said, “Folks preparing for retirement shouldn’t be caught in a game of ‘gotcha’ with the federal government. If you pay into Social Security, you ought to receive full Social Security benefits in retirement. I am proud to join my colleagues in this bipartisan legislation that will protect public sector employees, like teachers, firefighters and law enforcement, to ensure they aren’t punished for their service and rightly receive the full benefits they deserve for serving their communities so well. Our public sector employees do so much to ensure that Florida is the best state to live, work and raise a family, and they are entitled to the benefits they have paid into and earned.” Read more HERE. — Senator Rick Scott released the following statement demanding action and accountability from the Biden-Harris administration following reporting from the Los Angeles Times that a massive security breach, conducted four months ago, has potentially stolen the Social Security numbers and other sensitive information of every American citizen. Senator Rick Scott said, “It is disturbing and unacceptable that Americans are just now learning of this massive hack, which allowed criminal hackers to gain access to and now offer for sale approximately 2.9 billion records, which the Los Angeles Times reports include, ‘the full names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and phone numbers, along with alternate names and birth dates,’ of American citizens. While we learn more about this breach, the Biden-Harris administration must detail what is being done to hold the contractor that was holding this data, National Public Data, accountable for its failure to protect against this hack. The American people also deserve to know what is being done to recover this data, and how the administration is going to protect them and ensure that a security breach of this magnitude never happens again. It is absolutely critical that threats such as this hack are dealt with swiftly and not allowed to become yet another source of concern and anxiety for hardworking American families.” Read more HERE. — Sen. Rick Scott & Sen. Marco Rubio Introduce Resolution Condemning Cuban Regime While the illegitimate Cuban regime, just 90 miles off of Florida’s coast, continues its attempts to threaten stability and security in the Western Hemisphere and carry out heinous crimes against its citizens, Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio announced the introduction of their resolution calling for accountability. The illegitimate Cuban regime has made Cuba a safe haven for Communist China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela and the United States must continue to defend democracy and the rights of the Cuban people. Representative María Elvira Salazar introduced a companion resolution in the House. Senator Rick Scott said, “The illegitimate Communist Cuban regime is a destabilizing force in the Western Hemisphere, a safe harbor to terrorists, a friend to America’s enemies, an oppressor of the Cuban people and violator of human rights. Sadly, that hasn’t stopped the Biden-Harris administration from chasing the same weak appeasement policies prioritized by Obama for this State Sponsor of Terrorism, which have done nothing but strengthen the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime. As we speak, Cuban military thugs are being used to prop up puppets like Maduro and repress the Venezuelan people. The United States must take a stand, and I’m proud to join my colleagues in this resolution to make clear we will NOT condone the illegitimate communist Cuban regime’s human rights abuses and will use the full force of our government to hold them accountable. I stand with the brave Cuban people and will never forget their fight.” Read more HERE. Lea más en español AQUÍ. — Sen. Rick Scott on PPI Report: The Biden-Harris Administration has Failed the American People Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) highlighting the need to implement substantive fiscal reforms to end the ongoing inflation crisis fueled by the Biden-Harris administration’s reckless tax-and-spend agenda. July’s PPI data shows that there has been a significant rise in inflation during the Biden-Harris administration, with a 2.2 percent year-over-year increase in July. Since President Biden and Vice President Harris took office, PPI inflation is up 20 percent. Senator Rick Scott said, “Biden-Harris Price Hikes continue to increase prices of goods and services, making it harder for small businesses and families to make ends meet. Every increase in costs is a burden for small businesses and when these folks face the historic inflation caused by Biden-Harris Price Hikes, those skyrocketing costs can quickly force them under. Under the failure of Bidenomics and the resulting Biden-Harris Price Hikes, the American Dream is growing further out of reach while families are having to choose which bills to pay this month and whether they can afford new school supplies for their children. Fighting inflation is about protecting opportunity and the chance for every family, even one like mine growing up that lived in public housing, to work hard and achieve their dreams. We can make Washington work for Florida families, and that starts with ending the reckless spending that is spiraling our country and too many American families into financial ruin. That’s why I am fighting to bring fiscal sanity back to Washington and I won’t stop until it happens.” Read more HERE. — In the wake of the shocking decision by the Biden-Harris administration in May to allow operatives representing the illegitimate communist Cuban regime, which is a state sponsor of terrorism, to tour the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) facilities and U.S. security areas at Miami International Airport, Senator Rick Scott introduced the Stopping Adversaries From Exploring (SAFE) U.S. Facilities Act. This bill would limit federal funding for events involving officials from foreign entities deemed adversarial to the United States, particularly Communist China, Russia, Cuba, Iran, and other State Sponsors of Terrorism. Senator Marco Rubio is a cosponsor of the bill. Senator Rick Scott said, “It should infuriate every American that the Biden-Harris administration granted operatives representing the illegitimate communist Cuban regime a VIP tour of U.S. security areas at Miami International Airport, all at the expense of the American taxpayer. My SAFE U.S. Facilities Act will block federal funding for these events with adversarial nations, effectively stopping what happened at Miami International Airport from ever happening again. I appreciate the support of Senator Rubio and urge our fellow colleagues to work with us to protect U.S. national security, and the safety of all Americans, by passing this bill immediately.” Read more HERE. Lea más en español AQUÍ. — Sen. Rick Scott on CPI Report: Biden-Harris Price Hikes Brings Hardship on American Families following the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Senator Rick Scott released the below statement highlighting the need to implement substantive fiscal reforms to end the ongoing inflation crisis fueled by the Biden-Harris administration’s reckless tax-and-spend agenda. July’s CPI data shows that there has been a significant rise in inflation during Biden’s presidency, with CPI increasing 2.9 percent over the year in July 2024. Since the Biden-Harris administration took office, inflation is up 20.3%. Senator Rick Scott said, “For months, Biden-Harris Price Hikes have plagued Americans’ wallets and savings accounts – forcing millions of families to do more with less. Skyrocketing prices for groceries, gas and utility bills across the nation due to the Biden-Harris administration’s failed policies and reckless spending has destroyed the American dream for so many, and for folks like my family growing up, it can feel like digging a hole too deep to climb out of. I am always optimistic about the future of America and our ability to save the American Dream, but we need new leadership that will end the reckless spending and dangerous socialist policies that got us into this mess and are now crushing hardworking Americans every single day. Families have to balance their budgets every day, we must force Washington to do the same. That’s why I am fighting like hell to bring down prices and bring fiscal sanity back to Washington so it works for you.” Read more HERE. — Sen. Rick Scott Urges Department of Commerce to Investigate CCP-Linked Temu Senator Rick Scott and Senator Marco Rubio led a letter to President Joe Biden urging his immediate approval of the State of Florida’s request for a pre-landfall emergency declaration for 61 Florida counties as Tropical Storm Debby is forecast to bring severe weather and flooding to communities across the state. Read the full letter HERE. Read more HERE. — Sen. Rick Scott: VP Harris’ Radical Plan for Federal Price Controls Should Terrify Every American Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following reports that Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing federal price controls to combat the historic inflation caused by the Biden-Harris administration’s failed policies, reckless government spending and total war on U.S. energy. Federal price controls are a dangerous and radical policy that will cause tremendous harm to American families and businesses, which is why the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a report in 2022 titled, “Why Price Controls Should Stay in the History Books.” Senator Rick Scott, “Tomorrow, Vice President Harris, a person who has never built a business, doesn’t understand profit and loss, has never met payrolls, and who has never competed in a consumer market, is going to propose federal price controls. That should terrify every American. She claims that Congress needs to ban ‘price gouging,’ which is already widely illegal and not the cause of high prices. The skyrocketing prices created by the Biden-Harris administration aren’t price-gouging, it’s inflation. Her solution to the Harris Price Hikes she caused is big government on steroids—where Washington bureaucrats stick their hands into American businesses and say what they can and can’t sell a product for. It never works because it causes companies to make much less of something—destroying supply and causing a mass shortage of goods. One day in a middle school economics class would teach her those basic principles. Unfortunately, it’s not surprising to see such a dangerous and clearly flawed proposal come from a career politician who has never run a business. “Getting inflation under control will happen when the federal government stops recklessly spending money it doesn’t have, and we finally beat back the destructive war that the Biden-Harris administration has waged on U.S. energy which has made the cost of everything go up.” Read more HERE. — Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following reports that Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing federal price controls to combat the historic inflation caused by the Biden-Harris administration’s failed policies, reckless government spending and total war on U.S. energy. Federal price controls are a dangerous and radical policy that will cause tremendous harm to American families and businesses, which is why the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a report in 2022 titled, “Why Price Controls Should Stay in the History Books.” Senator Rick Scott, “Tomorrow, Vice President Harris, a person who has never built a business, doesn’t understand profit and loss, has never met payrolls, and who has never competed in a consumer market, is going to propose federal price controls. That should terrify every American. She claims that Congress needs to ban ‘price gouging,’ which is already widely illegal and not the cause of high prices. The skyrocketing prices created by the Biden-Harris administration aren’t price-gouging, it’s inflation. Her solution to the Harris Price Hikes she caused is big government on steroids—where Washington bureaucrats stick their hands into American businesses and say what they can and can’t sell a product for. It never works because it causes companies to make much less of something—destroying supply and causing a mass shortage of goods. One day in a middle school economics class would teach her those basic principles. Unfortunately, it’s not surprising to see such a dangerous and clearly flawed proposal come from a career politician who has never run a business. “Getting inflation under control will happen when the federal government stops recklessly spending money it doesn’t have, and we finally beat back the destructive war that the Biden-Harris administration has waged on U.S. energy which has made the cost of everything go up.” Read more HERE. Lea más en español AQUÍ. — |
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Senator Rick Scott responded to a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal with a letter to the editor echoing the need for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to express unwavering support for Venezuelans in the fight for freedom in the aftermath of dictator Nicolás Maduro’s corrupt attempt to maintain power and points to three things the administration must do to show its support. In the letter to the editor, Senator Rick Scott writes, “The Biden-Harris administration’s history of disgusting appeasement of Nicolás Maduro, the madman ruling Venezuela, has done nothing but enable more repression, torture and oppression of the Venezuelan people. “If the administration is now serious about supporting Venezuela and ensuring a more stable hemisphere, it will go beyond words and immediately do three things:
Read the full letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal HERE. — Newsmax: Sen. Rick Scott to Newsmax: Israel Has to Go on Offensive Washington Times: Inflation may be cooling, but high prices pounding families, says Sen. Rick Scott The Floridian: Scott Introduces SAFE U.S. Facilities Act The Floridian: Rubio, Scott Introduce Resolution Condemning Cuban Regime Tampa Free Press: Florida Sens Rubio, Scott Call For Accountability Of Cuban Regime’s Crimes Against Citizens Tampa Free Press: Florida Senators Scott And Rubio Intro Bill To Block Adversaries From Touring U.S. Secure Facilities Tampa Free Press: Florida Sen. Scott, New Hampshire Sen. Shaheen Urge Programs Combating Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery |
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Senator Scott in Miami
Senator Rick Scott spoke with Miami Community Newspapers and shared his story of growing up in public housing and going on to live the American Dream. — Senator Scott’s Team in Leesburg
This week, Senator Scott’s team attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Lake-Sumter State College Workforce Development. — Senator Scott’s Team in Altamonte Springs
Senator Rick Scott’s team also attended Unidos por Ecuador’s 10th Year of Incorporation in Florida and the Commemoration of the First Cry of Independence of Ecuador. — Senator Scott’s Team in Miami
Additionally, Senator Scott’s team was honored to join in celebrating the National Day of the Republic of Ecuador. — |
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