Greetings,

I hope this message finds you well and your family is preparing for a joyous holiday season and gearing up for the new year. While Republicans have allowed the extremists in their party to dictate what will come to the House floor and have not done anything to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, the House reached the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to extend the tax credits for three years. However, Speaker Mike Johnson is doing all he can to postpone a vote on the bill, canceling more votes and sending Members home early. 

As your Representative, I am committed to doing everything I can to limit the damage for Georgia’s thirteenth district, and work with my colleagues to extend ACA tax credits. I am also working to make the holidays more affordable, restore money to our public schools, grow apprenticeship programs, and working to make sure our workforce is prepared for innovations in Artificial Intelligence (AI) its impact on the labor market.

Read more to learn about what you may have missed during the month of December.

Ending the Trump Tariffs
As Georgians prepare for Christmas and the holiday season, families are facing increased costs and inflated prices from President Trump’s catastrophic trade policies. A recent report by Lending Tree estimates that Trump Tariffs amount to a $29 billion tax on consumers for the 2025 holiday shopping season. That is an extra $132 per shopper.

I sent a letter with the Georgia Democratic Congressional delegation urging Speaker Mike Johnson to bring S.J.Res. 88 to the House floor to terminate the national emergency declared to impose tariffs. We must stop these tariffs to help lower prices and ease the pain for American families this holiday season. Read More HERE.

Restoring Money to Clayton County Public Schools
This month, I introduced the Airport Revenue Clarity Act, which is a bill that will return $30 million in tax revenue to Clayton Country and Clayton Country Public Schools (CCPS). This measure addresses Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations that prevent the county from collecting revenue from local sales taxes on aviation fuel. These funds need to support students, strengthen classrooms, and ensure our teachers have the money they need to help our students succeed. I am committed to working with my colleagues in a bipartisan manner to fix this outdated and unfair rule. Read More HERE.

Ensuring Children Don’t Go Hungry
The damage caused by the Big Ugly Bill, the Republican reconciliation package, is hard to overstate. The bill slashed $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and dramatically increased the financial burden placed on states. As a result, there is increased uncertainty if states can continue participating in SNAP or Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT). No child deserves to go hungry over summer break.

As a senior member on the House Committee on Agriculture, I introduced the Bridge the Summer Nutrition Act, a bill that would protect children from hunger, strengthen states’ fiscal stability, and fight back against President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attack on nutrition programs. Specifically, my bill will reduce a state’s administrative cost share for states that opt-in to the summer EBT program and allow states to reprioritize that funding to other state programs. Most of all, this bill will help provide a continuity of nutritional assistance during the summer, when school meals are unavailable, and will help ensure that no child goes without food. Read More HERE. 

African American Apprenticeship Act
For too long the gap between talent and opportunity has disproportionately impacted the African American community. To bridge the gap and provide young African Americans the training, wages, and support needed to step into high-demand careers and build economic security, I introduced the Jobs, On-the-Job Earn-While-You-Lean Training and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act.

In Georgia’s thirteenth district, African Americans face an unemployment rate of almost 5% – a rate nearly double that of other workers. The same can be said in many communities across the United States. African Americans face steep barriers to entering the workforce – high unemployment rates, fewer paid training programs, and limited access to modern, in-demand skills. To address this, my bill is designed to grow and expand minority participation in America’s Registered Apprenticeship (RA) system by establishing a Diversity and Inclusion Administrator within the Office of Apprenticeship at the Department of Labor, updating the Registered Apprenticeship Application, and supporting the recruitment, employment, and retention of youth and other non-traditional populations for in-demand industries. Read More HERE.

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Although the final version of the FY26 NDAA was bipartisan, I could not in good conscious vote for it. Many Democratic priorities, previously agreed to in Committee, were cut from the final version of the bill. One of the most egregious provisions of this bill was the exclusion of a bipartisan amendment to restore collective bargaining rights to Department of Defense employees after an executive order from President Trump stripped 2/3 of the federal workforce of their rights. Make no mistake, our nation’s federal employees deserve the right to collectively bargain, and their unions should be respected.

Even though I did not support the final version, I am glad the NDAA authorized a 3.8% raise for all military personnel, extends the Child Care In Your Home pilot program, and protects the Department of Defense civilian workforce against arbitrary firings and reductions in force. Additionally, at a time when the Trump Administration is alienating our allies and undermining our security abroad, the NDAA authorized additional funding for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, the Taiwan Security Initiative, and placed restrictions on the ability to reduce U.S. military personnel in Europe of the Republic of Korea.

Strengthening HUD Oversight Authority
As a senior member on the House Financial Services Committee, I introduced legislation to bolster the quality, accountability, and effectiveness of house counseling services nationwide. My Reforms to Housing Counseling and Financial Literacy Programs Act would provide the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with enhanced authority to conduct performance reviews, improve accountability of housing counseling agencies, and expand foreclosure mitigation counseling. 

Housing counselors are on the front lines helping families navigate homeownership and foreclosure prevention.  We must ensure that these counselors are trained and resources are directed to the most successful programs to improve outcomes in communities harmed by predatory lending, high foreclosure rates, and limited access to trustworthy financial guidance. Read More HERE.

AI Impact on Union Jobs
Artificial Intelligence is changing the way America works, and too many Georgians are being pushed into lower wage, non-union jobs without labor protections. Unregulated AI is bad for workers. I support smart policy intervention to combat income inequality, weak job security, and to prevent the hollowing out of middle-class careers.

Our current unemployment insurance programs do nothing to compensate for income losses resulting from re-employment at lower wages. To fix this and to protect workers from AI job displacement, I am working on a bill expand wage insurance protection – guaranteeing temporary wage replacement for workers forced into lower-paying jobs by AI. Watch HERE.

Thank you for staying in touch with me, and I look forward to continuing to serve you and your family. As always, feel free to call on me and my staff in Stockbridge and DC. Learn more at www.DavidScott.House.gov and follow me on X, Facebook, and Instagram.

David Scott

Member of Congress