WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Last week, Senator Rick Scott and Senator Dan Sullivan, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), along with five of their Republican colleagues, sent a letter to President Biden urging the administration not to renew oil sanctions relief for Venezuela. The administration must decide whether to reauthorize the sanctions relief by Thursday when the previous authorization expires. The letter was fi  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ch  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida-02) and Congresswoman Angie Craig (Minnesota-02) introduced the Improving CARE for Youth Act. The bill allows for same-day billing for mental health services for youth Medicaid beneficiaries who are being seen for a primary care service. "Our youth's mental health is worse than it's ever been, especially following the destructive COVID-19 lockdowns  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Today, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) led a bipartisan letter alongside Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), and 15 additional colleagues from across the Sunshine State in demanding that the Biden administration does not proceed with any proposed wilderness designation at Big Cypress National Preserve. Federally-designated wilderness areas are defined as  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Florida, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the military construction program and infrastructure, including barracks, housing, and range infrastructure. The hearing also covers environment and energy programs, as well as facility sustainment, restorati  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Elites Love the "Deep State" Because They Loathe the American People U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) April 16, 2024 Federalist ...It comes as no surprise that America's self-proclaimed "newspaper of record" is leading the charge to defend the "deep state." After all, this is the paper that published an anonymous op-ed in 2018--two months before the mid-term elections--from "a senior [Trump] official" cla  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL - 21) called on the Federal Trade Commission to probe the parent company of online retailer Temu over its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. "Whether it's Tiktok or Temu, behind these friendly English words, hide three nefarious letters -- CCP," said Congressman Mast, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "We need to be clear, if yo  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Rep. Cammack joined Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19) in a bipartisan letter alongside Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Scott Franklin, and 14 additional colleagues from across the Sunshine State in demanding that the Biden administration does not proceed with any proposed wilderness designation at Big Cypress National Preserve. Federally-designated wilderness areas are defined as areas "where the earth and its  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03), Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI-02), Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) introduced the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act (ABC Act). The ABC Act would help reduce red tape for family caregivers at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) by  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: In response to the recent news that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law an inhumane measure banning local governments from requiring employers to institute basic heat protections to protect workers, Representatives Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07) and Judy Chu (CA-28) issued the following statement: "The action by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican state legislature is unconscionable and c  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: El ex funcionario del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. y embajador ante Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, fue sentenciado a 15 anos de prision tras ser condenado por actuar como un agente extranjero en nombre del regimen criminal de Cuba. Aun quedan preguntas y dudas sobre las aparentes senales de alerta que no fueron detectadas tanto por el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. como otras agencias federales. El senador es  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Former U.S. foreign service officer and Ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the criminal Cuban regime. Questions and doubts remain considering the apparent myriad of red flags that were missed by both the U.S. Department of State and other federal agencies. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Durante una reunion del Comite de Relaciones Exteriores, la Ley de Restauracion de la Soberania y los Derechos Humanos en Nicaragua, de autoria de los senadores estadounidenses Marco Rubio (R-FL) y Tim Kaine (D-VA), paso favorablemente. El proyecto de ley bipartidista y bicameral ahora pasa para votacion en el pleno del senado de EE.UU. "La dinastia autoritaria de Ortega y Murillo ha redoblado sus tacticas   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: During a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting, the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, co-led by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), was favorably reported. The bipartisan and bicameral bill now heads to the full Senate. "All individuals and entities linked to the illicit trade of Iranian oil, including the Chinese Communist Party, must  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: During a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting, the Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act, co-led by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), was favorably reported. The bipartisan and bicameral bill now heads to the full Senate. "The Ortega-Murillo authoritarian dynasty has doubled down on its repressive tactics against Nicaraguans and all while it illegall  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: During a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations business meeting, the Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act, co-led by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), was favorably reported. The bipartisan and bicameral bill now heads to the full Senate. "It's long overdue for sanctions to be imposed against top leaders of the oppressive Islamic regime, the Supreme Leade  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Fast fashion retailer, Shein, and e-commerce company, Temu, have exploded in popularity despite evidence that both companies are exporting goods to the United States made with Uyghur slave labor. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio's (R-FL) Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) became law in 2021. The UFLPA requires the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to block imports that use Uyghur slave labor by ad  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: On Monday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-06) and Darren Soto (FL-09) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Jackie Robinson Ballpark Commemorative Site Act to honor the location where Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and played his first professional game. Under this legislation, the Jackie Robinson Ballpark and home the Daytona Tortugas, would be designated as a National Commemora  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, along with U.S. Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), and 11 of his House colleagues, recently requested information from Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona regarding Tutor.com, an online tutoring service used in K-12 schools across the country, and its ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In 2022, Chinese-owned Primavera Capital Group purchased Tutor  more