Announcing 2023 Congressional Art Competition

My office is excited to announce that we are taking submissions for the 2023 Congressional Art Competition.

All high school students (9-12th grade) who reside in or attend school in the Eighth Congressional District are encouraged to participate.

The winning entry will be displayed in the United States Capitol for a year alongside artwork from every congressional district across the country.

All artwork must be framed and submitted by March 29th at one of the following five drop-off locations:

Howard High School: 6400 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA

Congressman Scott’s District Office in Warner Robins: 120 Byrd Way, Suite 100, Warner Robins, GA

Lowndes High School: 1606 Norman Dr., Valdosta, GA

Coffee County High School: 159 Trojan Way, Douglas, GA

Congressman Scott’s District Office in Tifton: 127-B Central Ave N, Tifton, GA

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Supporting Small Businesses

American small businesses and families got much-needed relief under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TJCA) in 2017, and I joined colleagues in an effort to make those cuts permanent by co-sponsoring the TCJA Permanency Act last week.

This legislation permanently lowers tax rates for individuals and families, allowing Americans at every income level to keep more of their hard-earned money. It also preserves the 20% deduction for small businesses, ensuring taxes won’t go up on Main Street businesses, which employ nearly half of the U.S. workforce.

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Protecting Farmers from Federal Overreach

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to impose burdensome Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards directly affecting farmers through their proposed rule, “Enhanced and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.” This harmful proposed rule on climate-related disclosures would increase costs and risks for producers.

I joined colleagues in cosponsoring the Protect Farmers from the SEC Act to prohibit the SEC from probing farmers to advance their progressive climate agenda.

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Joining Kennedy on Fox Business to Tell American Companies to Stop Deals with CCP

Joining CNN Newsroom to React to Chinese Spy Balloon

Breitbart | GOP Rep. Scott: We Must Declassify More on China So Corporate America Can’t ‘Look the Other Way’

"On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s 'Kennedy,' House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) stated that more information on China’s nefarious actions against Americans should be declassified so people understand what a threat China is and 'corporate America can’t simply turn their head and look the other way and pretend that China is anything other than an adversary.'

Scott stated, 'So, we have been briefed on a lot of things, including TikTok, fentanyl, balloons, Chinese weapons systems that Americans need to be made aware of. And I think there is pretty broad agreement that we want to begin to declassify more and more of the information with regard to China and the threat they are, Kennedy. And it’s amazing to me that…the Chinese flew a spy balloon across the United States of America, gathering intelligence information on our military bases and other American institutions, and yet, Ford Motor Company comes out yesterday and says they’re going to partner with China in the development of batteries. And so, if we’re going to defeat China in the economic war that we’re in with them, then it’s got to be all hands on deck, and that includes corporate America.'"

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