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Rick Scott: “The last time Congress passed all 12 appropriation bills on…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

Democrats just BLOCKED my bill to hold Congress accountable to pass a budget or forgo their pay

Published November 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:47

I was governor of Florida. Every year we passed a budget and we balanced the budget and we did it on time. The last time Congress passed all 12 appropriation bills on time was... three decades ago. Congress has failed time and time again to do its most basic job. I came to the Senate to fix this. (00:47–00:56)

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States that Congress has not passed all appropriation bills on time for thirty years.

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