Bobby Scott | |
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| Ranking Member of the House Education Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Virginia Foxx |
| In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | George Miller |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Foxx |
| Chair of the House Education Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Virginia Foxx |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Foxx |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 3rd district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Bliley |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 2nd district | |
| In office January 12, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Bateman |
| Succeeded by | Henry Maxwell |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office January 11, 1978 – January 12, 1983 Serving with Ted Morrison, Alan Diamonstein | |
| Preceded by | Lewis McMurran |
| Succeeded by | Mary A. R. Marshall |
| Constituency | 49th district (1978–1982) 48th district (1982–1983) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Cortez Scott April 30, 1947 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Boston College (JD) |
| Website | House website |
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Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News (where he resides), Hampton and Portsmouth, and parts of the independent city of Chesapeake.[1] From 2019 to 2023, Scott was chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He has been ranking member on that committee since 2023.
- ^ "3rd District of Virginia". Congressman Bobby Scott. July 1, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2018.