Richard Lynn Scott is an American politician, businessman, and venture capitalist. He has been serving as the junior United States Senator from Florida since 2019. Scott was the governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019.
Senator Rick Scott was born in Bloomington, Illinois, on December 1, 1952, as Richard Lynn Myers. He took his step-father’s name after his biological parents divorced. The new family moved to North Kansas City, Missouri, where he attended high school and college.
Senator Rick Scott served two years in the US Navy, after which he attended the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He graduated with a BSc. in Business Administration and earned a law degree from Southern Methodist University. During this time, he acquired a donut shop which marked his foray into business.
In 1988, Scott co-founded the healthcare company Columbia Hospital Corporation. The company merged with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in 1994. This new company became the largest for-profit healthcare company in the US. Rick Scott stayed on as CEO.
In 2009, Scott formed a healthcare pressure group, Conservatives for Patients’ Rights (CPR). The group advocated for healthcare legislation based on free-market principles.
It opposed President Obama’s healthcare reform plan. Rick Scott’s involvement with CPR paved the way for his political career.
Scott holds conservative views. He is a staunch member of the Republican party and beneficiary of the Tea Party movement. As governor, he signed several pro-gun bills into law and is a persistent critic of the Obamacare act.
In 2010, Senator Rick Scott got the Republican nomination to contest for governor of Florida. He won the election to become the 45th governor of the state. He won reelection in 2014 to complete a second four-year tenure.
Senator Rick Scott won a close contest in 2018 to become the junior senator from Florida in the 116th congress. In the 117th congress, he is a member of the Senate committees on Budget, Armed Forces, among others.
He became the leader of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2021. The group works to elect more Republicans to the senate.
As governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019, Scott focused on job creation. He created 1.5 million jobs as unemployment dropped from over 11 percent to 3.7 percent.
Gov. Scott helped bring down state debt during his tenure. This lower debt profile, in turn, improved the state’s bond rating.
The governor earned plaudits for his handling of Hurricane Irma. People liked that he was proactive and relentless in evacuation and relief efforts.
He was a former governor of Florida and spent eight years in the office. Scott has emphasized on the need to have a secure border and has signed a Pledge to Support Law Enforcement.
You can find out more about the senator here.
Here’s our collection of the best Rick Scott Quotes:
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Rick Scott Quotes on Politics/Trump/Power
I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.
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Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.
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If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn’t be in the mess that we are.
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If I believe your jobs plan, I’m going to vote for you.
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When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.
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Let’s remember, the Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years.
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It’s time for an end to the Republican-on-Republican violence.
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I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters’ job.
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In business, you learn from mistakes. In government, they never do.
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I support Donald Trump because I believe he’s a businessperson that’s going to get the economy going, but also he’s going to focus on how we destroy ISIS.
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In my case, I think people are surprised that I’m doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that’s not the typical politician.
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I’m never going to become an expert on how you get delegates. I think what you’ve got to do is follow the will of voters.
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While the federal government is committed to paying 100% of the cost of new people in Medicaid, I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care.
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History has repeatedly shown that the costs of many government healthcare programs far exceed early projections.
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No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.
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Rick Scott Quotes on Equality/Economy
General revenue – what taxpayers are willing to give the government, what they think is fair to give the government – is not going to grow at the same amount that the federal government basically forces us to spend on Medicaid.
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I don’t go to the federal government and say, ‘Fund my program.’
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I believe in the principle that if you have more competition, it will drive down the prices.
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Faced with a deep recession, some say the answer is to expand the role of government.
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The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote
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I believe in the principle that if you have more competition, it will drive down the prices.
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Rick Scott Quotes on Society
I want everybody in Florida to live the American dream.
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By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that’s what I’m going after.
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It is up to all of us – the state, Florida’s local communities, and the federal government – to work together on long-term solutions to improve the quality of our water.
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In Florida, Medicaid is the fastest-growing part of our state budget – hands down. It is increasing at more than 3.5 times the rate of our general revenue.
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When businesses think of locating in North America, I want to make sure that they think first about Florida.
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We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.
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If poor people are spending their own money, it is amazing how fast they will figure out how to keep a lid on medical bills.
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Floridians are a strong, resilient people. We are fortunate to live in a great state where all Floridians enjoy opportunities to get a great job and a world-class education.
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Rick Scott Quotes on Business/Tax
I believe – I clearly believe that government-run health care will be bad for you as a patient. It will be bad for you as a taxpayer.
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Every business has to figure out how to make itself more efficient. They’ve got to use technology. They’ve got to use the Internet, things like that. We can do the same thing with our state colleges.
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Successful companies hire people.
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Do you want to use your tax dollars to educate more people who can’t get jobs? I want to make sure that we spend our money where people can get jobs when they get out.
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I don’t think it’s good in any business for anyone to have a monopoly. On the other hand, you need to have size to get costs down.
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Rick Scott Quotes on Terrorism
Somebody’s going to have to stand up to ISIS. It is a threat. When we have Americans beheaded, when we have people posing as refugees and become terrorists as in France, this is a scary time in the world.
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Let’s have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.
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Rick Scott Quotes on Rights/Justice/Constitution
My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.
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Everybody handles protesters differently.
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Allowing casinos to operate without having races could result in the end of dog racing in Florida as we know it. Right now, greyhound racing is in many cases a money-losing proposition, but the dog tracks are forced to continue it because they have to have races in order to operate the lucrative casinos.
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Nobody would think that anybody on a terror watch list should have a gun, right?
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I believe in the right to defend yourself.
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America’s greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.
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Other Rick Scott Quotes
I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.
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I grew up in a family struggling for work.
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My position on immigration has been clear for a long time. I believe the federal government ought to do their job. You know, secure our borders. Come up with an immigration policy that Americans understand and people who want to come to this country understand.
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Jesus Christ is my savior.
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I need a partner in D.C. that cares about jobs.
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I’m very proud that 40 sheriffs have endorsed me.
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I learned hard lessons, and I’ve taken that lesson and it’s helped me become a better business person and a better leader.
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