Defending Low-Income and Disadvantaged Kids

In 2019, Trump announced plans to close nearly 40% of all Department of Labor’s Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) program facilities and end the program in its current form. Scott requested full funding for Job Corps program in FY20 Appropriations. Later, Scott voted for an amendment to keep any money appropriated to Job Corps from being used to alter or terminate the program or close any of the CCC facilities. A week later, the Trump administration announced they were withdrawing their plan to shutter the program.

Supporting an Increased Minimum Wage

Scott co-sponsored and helped pass a federal $15 minimum wage bill out of the House in 2019. This bill would match California’s minimum wage and help support workers across the United States. Scott also cosponsored a bill creating a regional minimum wage, which would tailor the minimum wage to a specific region, based on its comparative purchasing power, as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Increasing the minimum wage ensures that working families receive a living wage.

Protecting Consumers from Forced Arbitration Agreements

In 2019, Scott co-sponsored and helped pass the FAIR Act. This bill would eliminate forced arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, and civil rights cases, restoring justice for millions of Americans who are locked out of the court system because of the use of mandatory arbitration in contracts such as Terms of Service agreements and employment contracts. Ending forced arbitration restores justice to Americans.