Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), questioned General David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force (USAF), on how a continuing resolution (CR) would negatively affect USAF’s ability to modernize the aging E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft fleet.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, held a hearing to evaluate the effectiveness of farm bill authorized credit programs administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today issued the following statement upon votes on the American Health Care Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628) being postponed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today introduced the Protecting American Jobs Act, a bill which would reign in the arbitrary judicial powers of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to better protect American industry and jobs and provide more clarity and certainty in the ruling on labor disputes. Twenty-four Members of Congress joined Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today released the following statement upon a bipartisan House majority passing H.R. 372, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017, which would reapply federal antitrust laws to certain health insurers to protect competition and consumers. The bipartisan legislation passed the House by a vote of 416 to 7.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 372, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017, which would reapply federal antitrust laws to certain health insurers to protect competition and consumers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Mac Thornberry, announced the Armed Services subcommittees on which Congressman Austin Scott will lead and serve for the 115th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today released the following statement after Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) his Senate confirmation for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott today announced his appointment as House Vice Chairman of Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) for the 115th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”: