All posts tagged "Rick Scott"

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) left the internet stunned on Thursday when he suggested that Americans should work seven days a week.

Scott made the comment during a Fox News interview about a new bipartisan tariff measure.

"Americans work five days a week, the minimum we ought to work is seven days a week," Scott said. "I'm a business guy. Business people have to work every day. We need to work every day to get this stuff done."...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is still struggling to get along with the GOP senator tasked with overseeing his agency, according to a new report.

Politico reported on Friday that "tension still exists" between DHS head Markwayne Mullin and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

"There needs to be a good relationship between the Secretary of Homeland Security and the chairman of the committee," Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told Politico. "I think it's important they figure out how to have a positive human relationship." ...

A GOP senator was forced to backtrack on comments he made regarding filibusters after he switched sides when it came to voting on the Iran war.

"When Republicans were in the minority, you described it and repeatedly defended it as vital and necessary to protect minority parties' rights," CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins told Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) during an appearance on her show on Thursday.

Scott had been complaining about how Democrats "only block all the votes" Republicans try to make. He blamed "this sixty-vote threshold, which I think we ought to get rid of."...

A Senate Republican refused to get on board with a vote to approve hundreds of Coast Guard promotions as a way to force the Trump administration to resolve an issue with an anonymous Florida shipbuilder.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida blocked a vote on Tuesday that would immediately approve the promotion of a tranche of Coast Guard personnel, Politico reported. Votes on a package of personnel promotions usually pass with little fuss or opposition, Politico noted. Majority Leader John Thune told reporters a day earlier that the promotions were a priority for the Trump administration.

“Since Trump came into office [I've been talking] about trying to resolve an issue they have with a boat builder in Florida. And they … won’t put the time in to get a result,” Scott said in an interview. "You have to get this resolved." ...

Republican lawmakers were facing off on Tuesday over a path to end the partial government shutdown as a staunch ally of President Donald Trump bashed a GOP proposal his colleagues have hinted could be a solution.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called the potential agreement to end the five-week stalemate by funding emergency removal operations with a budget reconciliation package and reopening the Department of Homeland Security a "pipe dream," The Hill reported.

Scott argued that this proposal "doesn't make any sense." ...

Surging gas prices amid the war in Iran have sent Republicans in a tailspin.

With midterms approaching, GOP lawmakers have growing concerns over how voters will respond at the polls, according to The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack.

"GOP mutiny over rising gas prices," The Swamp reported. "Republicans are panicking over prices at the pumps hurting their midterm prospects, with Rick Scott saying he doesn’t buy the administration’s claim that it’s a temporary spike." ...