Building an America where everyone can succeed. Ranking Member @BobbyScott.
Washington, DC
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Everyone deserves a second chance to become a productive community member, and finding stable employment is one of the best ways to reduce recidivism.
Background checks disproportionately shut out Black workers, which is illegal under federal law unless the check is job-related.
The EEOC has rescinded longstanding guidance that advises employers against considering arrest and conviction records when making hiring decisions. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…
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Their school closed. Legally, these students are entitled to student loan forgiveness. But now the Trump administration is refusing to do so.
This is cruel, unnecessary, and illegal. The Trump administration must reverse course and grant these students the relief they are owed.
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Dolores Huerta dedicated her life to fighting for civil rights, workers’ rights, and dignity for farm workers at @UFWUpdates.
May we honor her life by carrying forward the work she began: ¡Sí, se puede! nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/do…
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Republicans’ cuts to SNAP are leaving children more likely to go hungry at lunch so that millionaires, billionaires, and corporations can enjoy bigger tax breaks.
Kids can’t learn on an empty stomach.
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Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats retweeted
Trump keeps lying about how well the economy is doing. Most of last year's job gains have been revised away, but we didn't need a graph to know that.
Families feel it every day in paychecks that don't stretch and prices that keep climbing.
When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs.
After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.
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While Trump’s DOJ turns its back on workers and students by abandoning entire categories of discrimination cases and ending the fight against school desegregation, Committee Dems will keep fighting to protect the civil rights of every person in America. commondreams.org/news/depart…
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Getting into college is a major accomplishment, but for many students, it's only the start of an uphill battle.
A new report reveals how policymakers can help students reach the finish line and receive their hard-earned diplomas.
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CEC Chair @RepMarkTakano & @EdWorkforceDems RM @BobbyScott are conducting oversight of the EEOC's recent settlement that immunizes some businesses from all future investigations into certain illegal gender identity-based discrimination.
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My heart and my prayers and everything else I got is with the families at Silver Rail Elementary.
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Congratulations to @ShawnFainUAW on your decisive victory as @UAW's President! Under your leadership, UAW is challenging corporate greed and lifting up American workers.
We look forward to continuing the fight for workers together.
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You aren’t crazy. The reason you feel like your paycheck isn’t going as far is that it isn’t.
Because of Trump’s chaotic tariffs and the Iran war, inflation has outpaced wage growth for 6 months in a row.
While the price of everything else is going up, your wages can’t keep up.
Here's the key problem...inflation has wiped out wage gains for 6 months now.
It's a financial squeeze.
Americans are trying to work more hours to make up for it, but many are still falling behind.
Many people are worse off. As BLS wrote,
In the past year, "real average hourly earnings decreased 0.7%. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.6% increase in the average workweek resulted in a 0.1% decrease in real average weekly earnings."
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This raid follows a disturbing pattern of abusing the criminal justice system to seek retribution against political opponents. President Trump has repeatedly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric that has contributed to threats of violence against her. We cannot ignore the troubling timing of this raid, just weeks before an election in which Congresswoman Omar is on the ballot.
House Democratic leaders have condemned the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as an "abuse of power" by the Trump administration. Follow the latest updates: apnews.com/live/trump-greece…
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The public deserves to know if HHS lied in active litigation.
HHS's failure to cooperate with requests for information about DOGE's access to sensitive information is alarming.
@BobbyScott is demanding HHS's internal watchdog investigate the matter now.
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NEW: Ranking Members @BobbyScott and @RepDeSaulnier are demanding a detailed accounting of the damage DOGE has done to the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s ability to protect the hard-earned benefits of 155 million workers.
🔗: fedscoop.com/employee-benefi…
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As a senior member of @EdWorkforceDems, one of the best parts of my job is meeting with students and educators across the East Bay. This morning, I was joined by Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder Kristin Connelly and we sat down with students at Monte Vista High School in Danville to discuss youth civic engagement, election security, and my day-to-day work in Congress on behalf of CA-10.
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Ranking Members @BobbyScott and @BernieSanders, joined by nearly 200 Members of Congress, demand that the Trump Administration end its attack on Head Start families and children.
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Since Trump returned to office, Black unemployment has risen nearly a full percentage point.
This Administration’s choices are having real world consequences on families’ ability to make ends meet and workers’ ability to receive equal pay for equal work.
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Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats retweeted
Last night, I joined AFL-CIO President @LizShuler to honor the late, great Bill Spriggs
Bill championed working people and economic justice. His legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of those of us who had the opportunity to learn from and work with him over the years
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