Sen. Rick Scott Rallies Senate Republicans to Advance Trump’s Priorities

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) known as on Senate Republicans to work with President Donald Trump and advance the SAVE America Act, urging lawmakers in a Monday social media publish to “hit the bottom working” as Congress returns to Washington.

“Let’s hit the bottom working this week,” Scott wrote in a message posted on social media. “The Senate wants to return collectively, have conversations, work with President Trump, and get the SAVE America Act executed.”

In accordance with Scott’s proposal, Republicans ought to give attention to stopping one other authorities shutdown and passing the SAVE America Act, laws that might require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

“I hope we will proceed to have strong conversations as a convention this week as to how we must always spend our time between now and the November elections. President Trump is scheduled to be at our Wednesday lunch. I hope everybody can be vocal as to what they assume is one of the best path ahead, however right here is mine,” Scott wrote in his letter obtained by the Hill.

Scott mentioned Republicans ought to clarify distinctions between the 2 events on authorities funding and election safety as lawmakers put together for upcoming spending battles and the midterm elections. Scott mentioned he doesn’t anticipate Democrats to help passage of all 12 annual appropriations payments earlier than the Sept. 30 funding deadline, saying that Republicans ought to as an alternative pursue a seamless decision to avert a shutdown.

“We have to make it clear to all People that Democrats need to shut down authorities and don’t care the way it impacts federal staff or the financial system and Republicans need to fund the federal government,” he wrote. “We have to make it clear Republicans need election safety and Democrats need fraud.”