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Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 a television interview

Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025

Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 a press release

The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022

Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 a press release headline

An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”

By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview

"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on September 23, 2021 an op-ed

“Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on July 26, 2021 a press release

“Thanks to the insane tax-and-spending spree of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Washington, we are seeing six straight months of raging inflation.”

By Jon Greenberg • July 29, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on March 1, 2021 an interview with CBS News

The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on February 1, 2021 a press release

States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.

By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2021 a statement given to the press

The Paris Climate Agreement is “bad for America,” because it "does nothing to hold real polluters, like Communist China and India, accountable."

By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 an interview

Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”

By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian

When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."

By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2018 in a TV ad

"Fourth grade reading and math scores, first in the nation. Eighth grade reading, first. High school AP classes and college education, both ranked first in the nation."

By Kyra Haas • September 26, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2018 in a campaign ad

Says Bill Nelson "doesn’t pay payroll taxes for his employees. He doesn’t even provide them with health benefits. It’s stealing money from Medicare and Social Security."

By Katie Akin • August 16, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press

"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."

By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion

"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."

By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 an op-ed in USA Today

Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."

By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview

"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."

By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 a press conference

"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."

By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview in Washington, D.C.

"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."

By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on January 6, 2015 his second inaugural address

"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."

By Joshua Gillin • January 8, 2015

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