FLORIDA - SENATOR RICK SCOTT SENDS NEWS 02/09/2021

 

In Case You Missed It! Sen. Rick Scott: Families & Businesses Need Targeted COVID-19 Relief, Not $2 Trillion for Blue-State Bailouts and Wasteful Liberal Priorities

Sen. Rick Scott Votes Against Dems’ $2 Trillion Spending Package That Hurts American Families Last week, Senator Rick Scott voted against Senate Democrats’ partisan $2 trillion spending bill that increases America’s crushing national debt and does more to advance wasteful liberal priorities than actually help American families and small businesses. He will continue fighting for targeted relief for Americans and against these reckless proposals. See more in Senator Scott’s statement HERE and in his interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News HERE or below.

Sen. Rick Scott to OMB: Taxpayers Need Transparency on $4.5 Trillion Allocated for COVID Relief Earlier this month, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an update on the more than $4.5 trillion in tax dollars that has been already allocated to provide financial support to individuals and businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis. As Congress considers additional COVID-19 relief, Senator Scott is asking that all available information is released regarding tax dollar allocations and spending to make the best decisions for how to move the nation forward. Read the Senator’s letter HERE.

Sen. Rick Scott on Biden COVID-19 Spending Package: Families Need Targeted Relief, Not Blue-State Bailouts and Wasteful Liberal Priorities Last month, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following President-elect Biden’s announcement of his proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package. Senator Rick Scott said, “We have to get serious about how we’re spending taxpayer dollars. Biden wants to spend more than $350 billion to bailout wasteful states. I’ve been clear – asking taxpayers to bailout failed politicians in liberal states like New York and Illinois and save them from their own bad decisions isn’t fair to fiscally responsible states like Florida. It makes no sense. Congress has already allocated more than $4.5 trillion to address this crisis. We still don’t know how much money is unspent from previous coronavirus relief packages; including the nearly $1 trillion package that was passed just three weeks ago. We cannot simply throw massive spending at this with no accountability to the current and future American taxpayer. I will continue fighting for targeted relief that provides needed assistance to Americans hit hardest by this pandemic; but I will not stand by and let failed liberal policies be used to mortgage our kids and grandkids futures." Read more HERE.

Sen. Rick Scott: Democrats’ Partisan Plan to Spend Trillions Hurts American Families Last week, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement condemning Democrats for outright rejecting bipartisanship and using the budget reconciliation process to pass a $2 trillion spending bill that increases America’s crushing national debt and does more to advance wasteful liberal priorities than actually help American families and small businesses. Senator Rick Scott said, “Congress is as dysfunctional as ever. Democrats only lasted 10 days before they completely rejected bipartisanship and began their one-sided push for a $2 trillion spending bill. Democrats have moved forward with a wasteful spending bill that would increase our already massive national debt, trigger devastating cuts to Medicare, and hurt the poorest families in our nation the most. Only in Washington does that make sense. So much for the Left’s call for unity. "While the process the Democrats have chosen makes absolutely no sense and ultimately hurts American families, I will never stop fighting for Floridians. I am filing a number of amendments to the budget to rein in Washington’s out-of-control spending, protect Americans, secure the border, and get our children back to school." Read more HERE.

Sen. Scott on Fox News: Biden COVID bill ‘makes no sense,’ just a ‘payback to the liberal left’ Last month, Senator Rick Scott joined Fox News to discuss Democrats’ plans to use the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package to bailout wasteful states, like New York, Illinois and California, that want to use taxpayer money to backfill their poorly-managed budgets and pension plans. Senator Rick Scott said, “Senate Republicans are all in for getting targeted relief to Americans that are still hurting from this pandemic. But President Biden and the Democrats want to spend more than $350 billion to bailout their friends in New York, Illinois, and California. And they are lying about the need for this money. Congress has already given states roughly $400 billion to combat this crisis. States across the country are seeing increases in revenue — in some cases, well above projections. Now, we are learning that 47 states show an average decline of just 0.12 percent compared to 2019, and twenty-one of the 47 states show positive year over year growth of tax receipts. Over half of states reported positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois." Watch more in his interview with Fox News HERE or below.

Sen. Rick Scott in the Wall Street Journal: Biden’s COVID Spending Plan is Filled with Wasteful, Liberal Priorities Last month, Senator Rick Scott wrote a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal in response to a recent editorial, “Biden’s First Spending Blowout” on President Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion COVID spending package, which includes wasteful and unnecessary spending provisions, like billions to bailout liberal states. In the letter, Senator Rick Scott wrote, “…I agree that more must be done to support those whose livelihoods have been ripped apart due to the pandemic, but President Biden’s proposal goes far beyond that. His plan is filled with progressive pipe dreams and wasteful spending. We ought to be working on solutions that provide targeted relief and deal directly with the horrific economic and health impact of Covid-19. Unfortunately, his plan is more focused on using the pandemic to push harmful liberal priorities.…" Read the full letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal HERE.