Sen. Rick Scott Fights for Passage of No Budget, No Pay Act on Senate Floor: Congress Shouldn’t Get Paid While Dems Deprive Troops & Federal Employees of their Paychecks – It’s[...]

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Sen. Rick Scott Fights for Passage of No Budget, No Pay Acton Senate Floor: Congress Shouldn't Get Paid While Dems Deprive Troops & Federal Employees of their Paychecks - It's Wrong!

Senate Democrats Block Passage of Senator Scott's Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, as Democrats continued to deprive federal employees and our military of paychecks with their reckless government shutdown, Senator Rick Scott spokeon the Senate floor calling for the immediate passage of his No Budget, No Pay Act to prevent members of Congress from receiving their paychecks if they fail to do their most basic job of funding the federal government. Senate Democrats blocked the passage of this bill, which simply puts the paychecks of Democrats and all members at risk if they choose to put the paychecks of millions of our military members and federal employees at risk during a government shutdown.

Since becoming a U.S. senator in 2019, Senator Scott has been fighting to pass his No Budget, No Pay Actto hold members accountable for passing a budget, or forgo their pay, as part of his plan to make Washington work better for families in Florida and across the nation.

Watch Senator Scott's full remarks HERE or as prepared for delivery below:

" Mr. President, I rise today with my bipartisan and common sense No Budget, No Pay Act - a simple proposal that says if members of Congress can't complete one of our basic jobs of funding the government, we don't get paid.

This shouldn't even be necessary. We should just do our jobs, but as we sit here over a month into the Democrat Shutdown, it's clear we need something to hold Congress accountable.

Every year, we are tasked with putting together a budget with the expectation that it is on time and fits the needs of the American people.

The American people elected us to come together, look at what we're collecting in revenues and put together and pass 12 appropriations bills that use those dollars effectively.

The last time Congress passed all 12 appropriations bills on time was nearly three decades ago. Congress has failed, time and time again, to do one of its basic duties.

I came to the Senate to fix this. I ran on a plan to Make Washington Work better for families, which included my No Budget, No Pay Act, and I've been fighting to get this passed since I got here in 2019 and have been met with resistance from many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

But Democrats have thrived in the dysfunction and have fought endlessly to keep the status quo.

They've passed massive spending bill after massive spending bill. Raising taxes and expanding government. Putting us $38 trillion in debt and running $2 trillion deficits.

Now Democrats are using this same dysfunction to shut down the government.

They're prioritizing their own liberal wish list over the needs of the American people. And they're more than happy to deprive federal workers, TSA, FAA and law enforcement of their paychecks while members of Congress still get their own paychecks. Democrats are happy to stop 40 million Americans from getting SNAP benefits they depend on to put food on the table.

Because guess what? These Democrats voting to shut down the government time and time again are still getting paid.

This the problem with Washington - any working American will tell you that if you don't do your job, you don't get paid. But in Washington? Members of Congress consistently fail one of our basic duties of funding the government on time and still get a paycheck, even when others don't.

Think about that - Senate Democrats have now voted against funding the government 14 times in the last five weeks. They've voted time and time again to continue the longest shutdown in our nation's history and stop people from getting paid. But they're still cashing their paychecks.

Democrats shouldn't be shutting down the government and risking others paychecks without being willing to put their paycheck on the line too.

I ask every one of my colleagues to support passage of my No Budget, No Pay Act to tell every member: do your job and fund the government or forgo your taxpayer-funded salary."

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