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139 quotes from Rick Scott
“Communist China steals American technology and intellectual property.”
— Rick Scott
March 11, 2021   •   Scott criticizing Chinese intellectual-property practices.
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
“Communist China has chosen to be our enemy.”
— Rick Scott
February 10, 2022   •   Scott discussing U.S.-China relations during a speech at the America First Policy Institute.
Office of Senator Rick Scott / America First Policy Institute
“He has failed them over and over.”
— Rick Scott
October 13, 2021   •   Scott criticizing President Biden.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“We must reduce government spending.”
— Rick Scott
September 1, 2026   •   Scott arguing that spending reductions are necessary to protect major federal programs.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“This so-called 'border deal' just codifies into law Biden's open-border-agenda.”
— Rick Scott
January 24, 2024   •   Scott criticizing Senate border negotiations.
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
“General Secretary Xi knows President Biden is weak on China.”
— Rick Scott
March 11, 2021   •   Scott's political characterization of Biden's China policy.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“There is a day of reckoning coming if we don't get our fiscal house in order.”
— Rick Scott
July 19, 2021   •   Scott warning about federal debt and deficit spending.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“This bill won't solve Joe Biden's crisis.”
— Rick Scott
May 22, 2024   •   Scott criticizing Senate immigration legislation.
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
“Whatever it takes.”
— Rick Scott
July 16, 2026   •   Scott urging passage of election-security legislation.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“It's got to stop.”
— Rick Scott
July 12, 2023   •   Scott calling for reductions in federal spending and inflation.
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
“President Biden and the Democrats don't care.”
— Rick Scott
July 19, 2021   •   Scott's political characterization of Democratic attitudes toward inflation and federal spending.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“It's disgusting and it happens up here all the time.”
— Rick Scott
July 1, 2022   •   Scott criticizing lawmakers who campaign against federal spending but support spending legislation.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“My dad's car being repossessed.”
— Rick Scott
June 12, 2024   •   Scott recalling financial hardship his family experienced during his childhood.
Office of Senator 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
“My bill draws a hard line.”
— Rick Scott
July 1, 2025   •   Scott describing legislation concerning people legally obligated to serve hostile foreign governments.
Office of Senator Rick Scott
“This bill doesn't help us combat Communist China at all.”
— Rick Scott
July 1, 2022   •   Scott's assessment of the CHIPS and Science Act.
Office of Senator Rick Scott