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139 quotes from Rick Scott
“They have only themselves to blame.”
— Rick Scott
November 15, 2021   •   Scott blaming Biden administration economic policies for inflation. Economists attributed the inflation surge to multiple factors, including pandemic disruptions, demand, fiscal policy, energy and supply constraints.
National Review / Office of Senator Rick Scott
“Look at what is happening to our country.”
— Rick Scott
May 10, 2023   •   Scott criticizing economic conditions and federal fiscal policy.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“However long it takes.”
— Rick Scott
July 16, 2026   •   Scott urging senators to remain in Washington until election legislation was addressed.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“Communist China is our adversary.”
— Rick Scott
April 1, 2025   •   Scott describing China while announcing financial-market legislation.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“Communist China is our enemy and will stop at nothing to undermine our republic.”
— Rick Scott
July 16, 2026   •   Scott reacting to claims released by President Trump concerning alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election. The broader interpretation and significance of the released material were politically contested.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“American families are not only seeing his dysfunction, they're feeling it every day.”
— Rick Scott
November 9, 2021   •   Scott criticizing Biden while discussing rising consumer prices.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“Cancel recess.”
— Rick Scott
July 16, 2026   •   Scott urging the Senate to remain in Washington to pass election legislation.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“It cannot be spent on national security, Social Security, roads, or Medicare.”
— Rick Scott
September 1, 2026   •   Scott discussing the opportunity cost of federal interest payments.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“We are borrowing $280 billion to do this.”
— Rick Scott
July 1, 2022   •   Scott criticizing the CHIPS and Science Act.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“Nor was it about sunsetting the Navy.”
— Rick Scott
November 1, 2022   •   Scott responding to criticism of the broad wording in his proposed five-year federal-law sunset.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“The conflict in the Red Sea makes this fact indisputable.”
— Rick Scott
January 12, 2024   •   Scott arguing that Houthi attacks in the Red Sea demonstrated weakness in U.S. foreign policy.
Fox News / Office of Senator Rick Scott
“We've got to get this skyrocketing inflation and reckless spending under control.”
— Rick Scott
July 12, 2023   •   Scott advocating reductions in federal spending.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“I'm no longer surprised that Joe Biden is incapable of leading.”
— Rick Scott
December 10, 2021   •   Scott's political assessment of Biden.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“This is why the American people hate Congress.”
— Rick Scott
July 1, 2022   •   Scott criticizing the CHIPS and Science Act and congressional spending.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“IT'S ALL A LIE.”
— Rick Scott
December 10, 2021   •   Scott accusing Biden of misleading Americans about inflation.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“Where is Joe Biden?”
— Rick Scott
December 10, 2021   •   Scott criticizing Biden's leadership on inflation and supply-chain issues.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“We know terrorists are coming into America.”
— Rick Scott
April 1, 2024   •   Scott discussing encounters involving people on the terrorism watchlist at U.S. borders. Such encounters do not establish that every individual intended to conduct terrorism in the United States.
U.S. Senate Floor / Office of Senator Rick Scott
“No one respects this administration.”
— Rick Scott
January 12, 2024   •   Scott's political characterization of Biden administration foreign policy.
Fox News / Office of Senator Rick Scott
“He wants to set the terms of debate.”
— Rick Scott
February 10, 2022   •   Scott describing what he viewed as Xi Jinping's global ambitions.
Office of Senator Rick Scott / America First Policy Institute
“One of them suggested sunsetting laws after five years.”
— Rick Scott
November 1, 2022   •   Scott acknowledging the provision in his Rescue America plan that proposed federal laws sunset after five years unless renewed by Congress.
Office of Senator Rick Scott