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US Sen. Rick Scott Previews Legislative Agenda at Doral Event

Florida Sen. Rick Scott

One of Florida's two United States Senators previewed his upcoming agenda in the 118th Congressional Session during an event Wednesday in Doral.

Sen. Rick Scott was joined by members of the South Florida business community along with members of the Police Benevolent Association of South Florida and Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay.

Scott said he'll be making a "Make Washington Work" tour through the state to outline what he says is a "broken" system in the Capitol.

"I've been in Washington for four years, it is completely dysfunctional, you should be extremely disappointed in how your federal government works. And you can look at example after example, how we spend money, there's no accountability, all sorts of things," Scott said.

Scott said a recent example of the lack of accountability was the passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill.

"We just had an omnibus bill, $1.7 trillion, here's the thing, they gave us at 1:30 in the morning, Tuesday morning, three times the size of the bible, over 4,000 pages, we had to vote on it within two days," Scott said. "Nobody read that bill, it is impossible. Any of us try to read the Bible? Think you can do it in two days? And this was three times the size of the Bible."

Scott said he'll be focusing on immigration, human rights in countries including China and Venezuela, and other issues.

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