DemocratRobert C. "Bobby" Scott
U.S. Representative · Virginia
Virginia's 3rd district
U.S. Representative from Virginia
4 tracked promises
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How they won their seat
Robert C âBobbyâ Scott won the 2022 U.S. House election in Virginia (District 3) with 67.2% of the vote (139,659 votes).
- Robert C âBobbyâ Scott · Democrat67.2%139,659
- Terry T Namkung · Republican32.6%67,668
- 1 Other Candidate0.3%523
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Robert C. Scott has sponsored bills related to education, labor rights, and child care. He has sponsored multiple bills aimed at improving school infrastructure, such as the Rebuild America’s Schools Act, and enhancing child care access through the Child Care for Working Families Act. Additionally, he has introduced legislation to raise the minimum wage and strengthen workers' rights, including the PRO Act. Focus areas (from the record): Education · Labor Rights · Child Care · Minimum Wage · Infrastructure Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Scott's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on education, child care, and labor rights, as seen in his support for the Rebuild America’s Schools Act and the Child Care for Working Families Act. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills is unclear, as none have become law; There is no information on the impact of his committee work; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication and advocacy strategies. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2021–2023 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Robert C. "Bobby" Scott has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$00%
- Large individual (itemized)$00%
- PAC / committee$154K100%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Education and WorkforceOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Not yet ratedNo promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
Topic coverage
4 promises across 4 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Child Care1
- Education / School Infrastructure1
- Labor / Right to Organize1
- Minimum Wage / Workers1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)4100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
4 tracked promises
“Establish a federal need-based grant program to fund long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities and restore school-infrastructure tax-credit bonds — via the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 (H.R. 7340), which Scott sponsors.”
“Lower child care costs for working families and increase the quality and supply of child care through the Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 4418), which Scott sponsors.”
“Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.”
“Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.”
Verified record
260 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $349,635, spent $348,485, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 7340: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026 ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6893: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act ↗Dec 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6597: LET’S Protect Workers Act ↗Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5740: WIC Benefits Protection Act ↗Oct 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4862: LOAN Act ↗Aug 1, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4771: Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act ↗Jul 25, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4418: Child Care for Working Families Act ↗Jul 15, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3997: Protecting Children Act ↗Jun 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3605: Strength in Diversity Act of 2025 ↗May 23, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3606: Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2025 ↗May 23, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 435: Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly. ↗May 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3522: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2025 ↗May 20, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 260 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 273
- Nay
- 378
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 4
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
6 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record urging congressional leadership to attach Fourth Amendment protections to FISA Section 702 reauthorization: closing the data broker loophole and requiring a judicial warrant before the government accesses Americans' sensitive information, ending the Section 702 backdoor search loophole, and repealing the Section 702 'visa vetting' provision.
SourcesLetter from 53 Members of Congress to Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader John Thune, Leader Charles E. Schumer and Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging Fourth Amendment protections in FISA Section 702 reauthorizationView position & sources → - Education / School InfrastructureStated position
Establish a federal need-based grant program to fund long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities and restore school-infrastructure tax-credit bonds — via the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 (H.R. 7340), which Scott sponsors.
SourcesCongress.gov (Library of Congress)GovTrack.usView position & sources → - Child CareStated position
Lower child care costs for working families and increase the quality and supply of child care through the Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 4418), which Scott sponsors.
SourcesCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedGovTrack.usView position & sources → - Minimum Wage / WorkersStated position
Raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 an hour, phased in over five years, and phase out the separate subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities — via the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (H.R. 2743), which Scott sponsors.
SourcesCongress.gov (bill text)· archivedCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedGovTrack.usView position & sources → - Labor / Right to OrganizeStated position
Enact the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20) to overhaul federal labor law — strengthening workers' right to organize and collectively bargain, adding penalties for violations, and closing loopholes that let employers misclassify employees — which Scott introduced as lead House sponsor.
SourcesOffice of Congressman Bobby Scott· archivedGovTrack.usCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
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