Honorable Bobby Scott
United States Representative, Virginia, Democrat
Representative Scott, of the Third District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1977 to 1982 and in the Virginia Senate from 1983 to 1992. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Education and the Workforce Committee. The following is from the May 22, 2018, House floor debate on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act. Historically, the United States of America has been plagued with serious, fundamental problems within our criminal justice system. For far too long, policymakers have chosen to play politics and…
