WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Florida, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) released the following statement on 81 days of Senate inaction on the coronavirus relief package to help working families, as the U.S. continues to face an unprecedented health crisis during the worst economic quarter in American history. "Senate Republicans have had over 11 weeks to take action to shield American families from the worst of this pande  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Congressman Brian Mast today urged Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to reverse the hypocritical policy put in place limiting the number of people that may be in attendance at the funeral of a veteran. Under current policy, any cemetery managed by the VA may restrict the number of attendees for a veteran's committal service to 10 people. "This policy does a great disservice   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following joint statement: * * * Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Kay Granger (TX-12), and Michael McCaul (TX-10) released the following statement regarding the nomination of Mauricio Claver-Carone to be the next President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). "Mauricio would be the first American, and the first Hispanic American, at the helm of this important regional institution,"   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today, Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-06), Co-Chair of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, along with Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11), Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06), and Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for guidance on the taxation of "block rewards" in a proof of stake network. Currently, taxpayers are not given guidance f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following interview on Hugh Hewitt Show: * * * U.S. Senator Marco Rubio joined the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss TikTok's relationship with the Chinese Communist Party, the next round of small business relief, and more. On TikTok as a national security threat: "The problem with TikTok is it is owned by a company that is owned by a Chinese company, it's called ByteDance. And these companies can be compelled to turn over data. When yo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing on Venezuela's deteriorating security and humanitarian situation under the corrupt Maduro crime syndicate, with testimony from Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean Joshua Hodges  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following statement on Aug. 4: * * * U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Acting Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following joint statement after the Committee voted to adopt the classified version of the fifth and final volume of the Committee's bipartisan Russia investigation: "Today, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to adopt the classified version of the final volume of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following interview on Aug. 4 with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio: Senator Rick Scott joined Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio today to discuss the Democrats' refusal to come to the table to negotiate a coronavirus relief package that works to support Americans and small businesses. Senator Scott also discussed how government must continue to give families as much information about the coronavirus as possible so we can safely re-op  more