Democrats Block Sen. Rick Scott Bill to Address Biden's Supply Chain Crisis

Statement

Today, Senator Rick Scott asked for unanimous consent on the Senate floor to pass his Supply Chain Emergency Response Act. This bill would allow unspent CARES Act funding to be used to alleviate the impacts of President Biden's supply chain crisis which continues to fuel his raging inflation disaster and hurt families with higher prices and empty shelves. Senate Democrats blocked its passage. Congressman Carlos Giménez introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives earlier this month.

Senator Rick Scott said, "Just last week I met with port and business leaders at the Port of Palm Beach and heard firsthand from them how Joe Biden's disastrous policies and socialist agenda have created a massive supply chain crisis that is hurting businesses, fueling inflation and leaving shelves empty in Florida and across the nation. Unlike the Biden administration, we got together to talk about solutions and how we can fix this problem with commonsense legislation like my Supply Chain Emergency Response Act. While I'm fighting to solve problems, the Democrats only care to obstruct.

"Where are Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo? I've asked that they testify in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. They haven't shown up and the committee hasn't held a single hearing on this. All year Democrats have made clear that they have ZERO interest in solving problems. I feel sorry for them that they have to do so much to cover for Biden's failures and can't seem to do anything that actually helps the American people. Florida families deserve more from their government than a bunch of agency heads that would rather be TV pundits than actually work to solve problems. I won't stop fighting to put forward real solutions and make Washington work for the American people."

Michael Rubin, President and CEO of the Florida Ports Council said, "The Florida Ports Council is grateful for the hard work Senator Rick Scott continues to do to push forward commonsense solutions, like the Supply Chain Emergency Response Act, and engage Florida's 15 seaports to help fix the supply chain crisis. Florida's ports are ready, willing and able to be a partner in getting America's supply chains back on track, and we hope to see this good bill reconsidered and passed as soon as possible."

The Supply Chain Emergency Response Act would:

Redirect $125 million of unspent, unobligated funding from the CARES Act to help facilitate the move of cargo vessels currently holding along the West Coast across the Panama Canal and dock in the East.
Allow state governors to use unspent, unobligated CARES Act funding to help offset port fees and other related state-level expenses.
Prohibits any individual who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party or any company owned, in whole or in part, by the Chinese Communist Party from being eligible for the provisions under this ac

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