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Rick Scott
Richard Lynn Scott is an American attorney, businessman, politician, and Navy veteran serving as the senior United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 45th governor of Florida.
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Born 1 December 1952 · Q439729
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2026· 16 entries
“I have been very clear that I absolutely do not agree with the practice of separating children from their families. This practice needs to stop now.”
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“Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare”
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Jewish Insider: Rick Scott: We have to ‘fight, fight fight’ antisemites running in the Republican Party
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Yahoo: Rick Scott Questioned Over Dr. Fauci's Use of Fifth Amendment
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Published video “Sen. Rick Scott Highlights Senate To-Do List Before Leaving Town on “Mornings with Maria””.
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Published video “Sen. Rick Scott Discusses Protecting Medicaid, Closing Fraud Loopholes at Budget Committee Hearing”.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 'Putin Is a Thug:' Senator Rick Scott Says Congress Must Hold Russia Accountable
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Published video “Senator Rick Scott Hosts Hurricane Preparedness Press Conference in Brevard County”.
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Published video “Senator Rick Scott Hosts Hurricane Preparedness Event at Ponte Vedra Beach”.
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Published video “Senator Rick Scott and Members of Florida Delegation React to Raul Castro Indictment”.
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Published video “Senator Rick Scott Leads Roundtable with Florida’s Agricultural Community Leaders”.
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Published video “Sen. Rick Scott Dives into True Meaning of the American Dream with FL Restaurant Owner”.
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Published video “Sen. Rick Scott Visits Taffer’s Tavern and Talks Jobs in ‘American Dream at Work’ Series”.
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Published video “Pass the SAVE Act”.
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Published video “Sen. Rick Scott Joins Fox Business to Call for Immediate Passage of His More Affordable Care Act”.
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2025· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In August 2025, Florida Sen. Rick Scott disclosed more than $26 million in stock trades more than a year later than the deadline required by law.” False.
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Claimed: ““Well, first off, Donald Trump walked in with a crappy economy. The number of full-time jobs has been dropping almost the entire Biden administration."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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When Marco Rubio resigned from the Senate to become Secretary of State
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2024· 5 entries
Claimed: ““This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Sen. Rick Scott does not support abortion exceptions.” False.
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Claimed: “Under Donald Trump, we weren’t at war” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Defeating Democratic nominee Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by over 12 points
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2023· 3 entries
Claimed: “Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”” Mostly False.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2023).
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2022· 4 entries
Claimed: “Says his plan, which called for “all Americans” to “pay some income tax to have skin in the game,” wasn’t a proposal to increase taxes for some Americans.” — rated Plan lacks sufficient detail by PolitiFact.
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Scott voted against the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a gun reform bill introduced following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
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Scott voted against the Respect for Marriage Act
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Which allows Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices
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2021· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2021–2023).
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2020· 2 entries
The Tampa Bay Times released an investigative report into Scott-appointed Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco's "predictive policing" program, which relies on unproven algorithms
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Claimed: “"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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2019· 2 entries
But Scott's term as governor ended on January 8
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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2018· 5 entries
Claimed: “Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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That he would challenge incumbent Democratic U
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Scott reversed course and supported a high-speed rail project between Tampa and Orlando when the company All Aboard Florida sought to get taxpayer-backed funding from state and federal governments
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That Scott's job creation pledge was a "Promise Kept"
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When Florida faced a water contamination crisis
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2017· 5 entries
Scott signed an expanded version of Florida's stand-your-ground law into law
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Donald Hinkle, a Democratic activist and lawyer, filed a lawsuit claiming that Scott had not disclosed sufficient information about his wealth and holdings and may have underestimated his net worth
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Said that people with preexisting conditions should be protected
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By the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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Scott signed a $419 million public school bill that included charter school expansion
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2016· 2 entries
Scott refused to extend registration deadlines after ordering evacuations due to Hurricane Matthew; courts ultimately extended the deadline
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Scott signed a bill allowing parents to pick any public school in the state for their children, regardless of traditional attendance lines or county boundaries
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2015· 1 entry
In Hialeah, Florida, Scott did not say whether he believes global warming is a problem or whether Florida's Department of Environmental Protection has made or is making preparations for its potential consequences
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2014· 4 entries
Scott and Carlos Lopez-Cantera won the general election against Crist and Annette Taddeo-Goldstein by 64,000 votes
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Scott blocked a request by the city of Gainesville to use a facility at the University of Florida as a site for early voting
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“s Get to Work, had raised $28 million for his campaign as of May 2014. As of early June 2014, Scott had spent almost $13 million since March on television advertisements attacking former governor Charlie Crist, who then appeared to be the likely Democratic nominee, and who was eventually nominated. The ads resulted in a tightening of the race, mainly due to a decline in Crist”
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Again by just over one point, against former governor Charlie Crist
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2013· 4 entries
Scott vetoed legislation that would have given DACA-eligible immigrants the ability to obtain temporary driving licenses
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Came out in support of Medicaid expansion, and reiterated his support in 2014 when he was up for reelection
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Scott signed the Timely Justice Act (HB 7101) to overhaul the processes for capital punishment in Florida
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Scott ordered Pinellas County to close down sites where voters could submit mail ballots
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2012· 2 entries
A court ruled that Scott could not place heavy fines on groups that registered voters but failed to submit the registrations within 48 hours
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Scott attempted to purge non-citizens from voter rolls just before the election; a court stopped him from doing so, and it was revealed that legitimate voters were on the voter rolls
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2011· 5 entries
Two Florida state senators filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court to compel Scott to accept the rail funds on the grounds that he lacked constitutional authority to reject funds that had been approved by a prior
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As among the most restrictive in the country
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Scott opposed giving in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, but reversed course in 2014 and signed a bill giving DREAMers in-state tuition in an effort to place limits on how much state institutions can raise tuition e
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Scott signed the Firearm Owners' Privacy Act (informally called "Docs vs
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Career landmark: Governor of Florida (2011–2019).
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2010· 4 entries
Scott announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of Florida
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Scott ran for governor as an immigration hard-liner
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Defeating Bill McCollum in a vigorously contested Republican primary election and Democratic nominee Alex Sink by just over one point in the general election
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And 2014, stating in 2014 that he had "signed more pro-gun bills into law–in one term–than any other governor in Florida history"
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2006· 3 entries
Scott said that his plans for Solantic were to establish a national brand of medical clinics
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CyberGuard was sold to Secure Computing for more than $300 million
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“the status quo is broken and big change is needed”
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2003· 1 entry
That it had settled the case against Columbia/HCA for $1
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2001· 1 entry
By Scott and Karen Bowling, a former television anchor Scott met after Columbia bought what is now Memorial Hospital in 1995
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2000· 2 entries
And 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U
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During a deposition for a civil suit unrelated to the fraud investigation, Scott pleaded the Fifth Amendment 75 times
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1998· 1 entry
Scott and Vandewater led a group of investors who gave AHN a major infusion of cash so that the company could continue to operate
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1997· 1 entry
Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services served search warrants at Columbia/HCA facilities in El Paso and on dozens of doctors
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1994· 1 entry
Columbia Hospital Corporation merged with HCA, "forming the single largest for-profit health care company in the country
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1992· 1 entry
Columbia made a stock purchase of Basic American Medical, which owned eight hospitals, primarily in Southwestern Florida
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1988· 1 entry
Scott and Richard Rainwater, a financier from Fort Worth, each put up $125,000 in working capital in their new company, Columbia Hospital Corporation; they borrowed the remaining money needed to purchase two struggling h
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1975· 1 entry
From the University of Missouri–Kansas City with a Bachelor of Business Administration
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1972· 1 entry
Married Ann Holland, whom he met in high school, at a Baptist church in Kansas City
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1954· 1 entry
Esther married Orba George Scott Jr
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-12-01.
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