Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
Details
- Party Affiliation
- Democratic
- In Office Since
- Jan 1, 1993
- Organization
- United States Federal Government
Federal Roster & Campaign Finance
- Bioguide ID
- S000185
- Chamber
- US House
- State
- VA
- District
- 3
Meetings
No relevant meetings found.
Election History
No election history found.
Recent Votes
| Bill | Chamber | Roll call | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayer Protection Act | house | — | Yea |
| Retire through Ownership Act | senate | — | Yea |
| Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. | house | — | Yea |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Nay |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Yea |
Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.
Biography
Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation, a position he has held since 2019. He previously shared the deanship with Bob Goodlatte until the latter's retirement that year. He is also the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. His district serves most of the majority-Black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News (where he resides), Hampton and Portsmouth, and parts of the independent city of Chesapeake. From 2019 to 2023, Scott was chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He has been ranking member on that committee since 2023.
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