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Representative · Virginia · District 3

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott

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District3rd

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott is the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 3rd District (VA-3).

District Geography

District covers all of Hampton city, Newport News city, Norfolk city, and Portsmouth city and part of Chesapeake city, including Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, and Portsmouth and part of Chesapeake.

District boundaries: 119th Congress · U.S. Census Bureau relationship files.
On the Record 98 tracked votes
Yea 47Nay 49Not Voting 2
Biography

Robert Cortez Scott 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 since 2019, he previously shared the deanship with Bob Goodlatte until the latter's retirement that year, and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News, 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.

Wikipedia
“It says, in part: ``H.R. 7892, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act, is seemingly about cracking down on the real concern about fraud in the Federal financial aid system. However, according to the Secretary of Education's own recent congressional testimony, that fraud is already being successfully addressed with existing tools at the Department of Education's disposal.”
Jun 9, 2026
“I include in the Record a letter from public health and anti-hunger organizations, a couple of dozen of them, that says in part that the provisions of H.R. 7723 which are now in this bill ``would use existing Serious Deficiency process to trigger disbarment, which is problematic because it is a tool that is inconsistently applied and is often triggered by minor errors rather than fraud or misconduct.'' May 18, 2026.”
Jun 3, 2026
NayJuly 22, 2026
NayJuly 21, 2026
NayJuly 21, 2026
NayJuly 20, 2026
KIDS ActH.R. 7757
NayJune 29, 2026
YeaJune 23, 2026
NayJune 10, 2026
NayJune 9, 2026
YeaJune 9, 2026
YeaJune 4, 2026
YeaJune 3, 2026
YeaMay 20, 2026
NayMay 14, 2026
NayMay 14, 2026
Clergy ActH.R. 227
YeaApril 27, 2026
FIRE ActH.R. 6387
NayApril 22, 2026
YeaApril 20, 2026
NayMarch 26, 2026
NayFebruary 12, 2026
NayFebruary 3, 2026
NayJanuary 22, 2026
NayJanuary 13, 2026
NayDecember 16, 2025
YeaDecember 11, 2025
AyeNovember 18, 2025
NaySeptember 16, 2025
NaySeptember 11, 2025
SPEED ActH.R. 3838
NaySeptember 10, 2025
YeaJuly 22, 2025
GENIUS ActS. 1582
NayJuly 17, 2025
NayJuly 17, 2025
NayJuly 3, 2025
NayJune 12, 2025
NayJune 12, 2025
YeaMay 5, 2025
YeaApril 28, 2025
SAVE ActH.R. 22
NayApril 10, 2025
YeaFebruary 26, 2025
NayJanuary 22, 2025
YeaJanuary 21, 2025