Duval Times

Senators Rick Scott and Jacky Rosen have expressed their approval following the signing of the No CORRUPTION Act into law. This legislation addresses a loophole that previously permitted former members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded pensions while appealing convictions for certain felonies related to their time in office.

Senator Rick Scott commented, “I am incredibly proud to see our No CORRUPTION Act become law. If you are a Member of Congress and convicted of a crime involving public corruption you should lose all pension benefits provided to you by taxpayers and hardworking families—period. Making Washington work for American families requires real reforms that end the current dysfunction. We must never stop working to hold elected officials accountable and protect taxpayers’ hard-earned money.”

Echoing these sentiments, Senator Jacky Rosen stated, “Nevadans elected me to the Senate to stand up to corruption and protect their taxpayer dollars from abuse. That’s why I worked across the aisle with Senator Scott to close the loophole allowing politicians convicted of corruption to continue collecting taxpayer-funded pensions. I’m proud to see our bill become law, and I’ll keep working across the aisle to clean up Washington.”

Demian Brady, Vice President of Research at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, also praised the reform: “The reform in Senators Jacky Rosen’s and Rick Scott’s No CORRUPTION Act is a win for taxpayers. The commonsense bipartisan legislation closes a loophole in federal law that allows former members of Congress convicted of a crime to still collect a taxpayer-funded pension. We commend Senators Rosen and Scott for their leadership on this good government bill.”