Rick Scott

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This week, the Senator and Astronaut received bipartisan support as reports indicate that he is President Joe Biden’s (D) pick to lead NASA.
Yesterday, Florida Senators Rick Scott (R) and Marco Rubio (R), joined by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), introduced the FORCE Act on the Senate floor. The FORCE Act, also known as the "Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends Act" aims to prevent President Joe Biden (D) or his administration at large from taking Cuba […]
The first order of business for Trump is to unseat Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowksi (R), calling her a “disloyal and very bad Senator.”
As the biggest COVID relief bill passed in the Senate, Democrats were quick to jam unrelated COVID policy into the bill that is intended to supply the American people with relief funds.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) has now directed a letter, urging President Joe Biden (D) to prioritize Florida Everglades restoration projects in congressional budget requests.
Both Republicans and Democrats have been at odds over the subject, and President Joe Biden (D) has since reframed his argument about schools reopening.
President Biden now faces mounting pressure from both Republicans and Democrats that believe the United States should be "vigilant against terrorism" from China and for the country to answer for transgressions like the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the country.
Rubio subsequently released a statement discussing his thoughts as to why he voted for President Trump's acquittal.
Reintroducing the Set Testing and Objectives Plan (STOP) COVID-19 Act, the goal is “to set vaccine distribution reporting and transparency standards for states and create a program for cities and counties to increase testing, contact tracing and transparency efforts in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
Senator Rick Scott (R) introduced an amendment that would ensure the enforcement of all immigration laws, but in a 50-50 vote, the amendment was not adopted.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R), a longtime critic of the Communist Party of China, is once again making the case as to why the Olympics Committee should move the 2022 Olympics Games outside of China.
the Lone Star state Senator has disregarded the complaints, and he’s since shifted his focus to reintroducing legislation that would ensure a Constitutional amendment that would impose congressional term limits.
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, the past several months have seen the federal government spend exorbitant amounts of taxpayer dollars to keep the US economy, and states economies afloat. On top of the stimulus checks already passed, more legislation to bail out New York is already in the works. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo […]
The Republican-led U.S. Senate is once again pushing back against funding for abortion. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rick Scott (R-FL), are leading the charge to fight Planned Parenthood " nation’s largest and most notorious abortion provider," from receiving illegal funds from the next round of COVID-19 PPP loans. Sens. Cotton and Scott have penned a […]
Tensions have only risen between the US and Iran since Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US Drone Strike one year ago, yesterday. However, an act that should have ignited the fires of patriotism, extinguished unity, and prompted more debate.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) praised the Senate for passing his and Senator Tammy Baldwin’s bipartisan resolution. It urges Americans to buy products that are made in the United States to support both American jobs and manufacturing. In turn, it is also meant to help build up the United States supply chain.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) took to the Senate floor this week to share his thoughts as to why he believes that lawmakers should reject any proposal “to bail out wasteful states, like New York and California, that want to use taxpayer money intended for coronavirus response to backfill their poorly-managed budgets and pension plans.”
As Congress prepares today to consider additional coronavirus relief measures, Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) released a statement, arguing that lawmakers should reject bailouts for what he says are liberal states that want to use taxpayer money that is intended for coronavirus response.
