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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) following reports that President Biden is working with Senator Chuck Schumer to give New York City and the State of New York $2 billion in additional FEMA emergency funding. Senator Scott is requesting that FEMA address these reports and provide American taxpayers with an explanation on how this plan to bailout New York’s budget shortfalls and pension plans using the Disaster Relief Fund...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement calling on the Biden Administration to address the millions in taxpayer money the United States government provides annually to China and Chinese-affiliated enterprises. In 2019, Senator Scott requested detailed information on exactly how much funding the United States government provides annually to China and Chinese-affiliated enterprises, and this information was just made publicly available by the Trump Administration....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – El Senador Rick Scott hizo hoy la siguiente declaración luego de que el presidente Biden publicara parte de su propuesta de reforma migratoria.

El Senador Rick Scott dijo: “Menos de un día desde su inauguración, el presidente Biden y los demócratas del Senado de Chuck Schumer ya están impulsando una agenda migratoria radical de amnistía y fronteras abiertas. Han detenido las deportaciones de inmigrantes ilegales e implementado políticas que crearán una crisis humanitaria en...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – En caso de que se lo haya perdido, el Senador Rick Scott escribió un artículo de opinión para El Nuevo Herald donde insta al Presidente-electo Joe Biden a continuar la lucha por la libertad y democracia en Cuba y América Latina rechazando las políticas de apaciguamiento de la administración Obama que no hicieron nada para promover la libertad en Cuba.

En el artículo de opinión el Senador Rick Scott escribió, “Cubanoamericanos en la Florida y alrededor de Estados Unidos...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following his vote to confirm retried General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Senator Rick Scott said, “I voted today to confirm General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense. I worked with General Austin at MacDill Air Force Base when I was Governor of Florida, and I respect his decades of military service to our nation. Although I did not vote in favor of a waiver...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott spoke on the Senate floor about U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen and the Biden Administration’s plans for excessive government spending, higher taxes, and increased regulation. Senator Scott will keep fighting every day for policies that truly serve and support hardworking American families and ensure a strong economic future for our nation.

Watch Senator Scott’s speech HERE or below.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the following statement after President Biden released portions of his proposed immigration plan.

Senator Rick Scott said, “No more than a day after being sworn in, President Biden and Chuck Schumer’s Senate Democrats are already pushing a radical immigration agenda of amnesty and open borders. They have paused deportations of illegal immigrants and implemented policies that will create a humanitarian crisis at the border once again,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – En caso de que se lo haya perdido, el Senador Rick Scott escribió un artículo de opinión para El Nuevo Herald donde insta al Presidente-electo Joe Biden a continuar la lucha por la libertad y democracia en Cuba y América Latina rechazando las políticas de apaciguamiento de la administración Obama que no hicieron nada para promover la libertad en Cuba.

En el artículo de opinión el Senador Rick Scott escribió, “Cubanoamericanos en la Florida y alrededor de Estados Unidos...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, following President-elect Biden’s announcement of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package, Senator Rick Scott called out the numerous wasteful and unnecessary spending provisions, like billions to bailout liberal states.  

Read more from the Fox Business article, Sen. Rick Scott: 'We should not have Florida taxpayers bailing out New York', below:

“Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., argued on Sunday that President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus relief plan,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for the Miami Herald urging President-elect Joe Biden to stand up for a free Cuba and Latin America by rejecting the appeasement policies of the Obama administration, which did nothing to advance freedom in Cuba.

In the op-ed, Senator Rick Scott wrote, “Cuban Americans in Florida and across the United States want to know: What is Joe Biden’s Cuba plan? Over the past four years, the United States has taken an...