WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Earlier today, the bipartisan TRANSPLANT Act, authored by Representatives Matsui and Bilirakis was signed into law by President Biden. The bill reauthorizes the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory. It will help tens of thousands of Americans of all ages who suffer with diseases like blood cancer, sickle cell anemia, inherited metabolic or immu  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Congressman Vern Buchanan announced today that Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells, Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman and Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister have endorsed his legislation to crack down on deadly synthetic opioids. Buchanan's bill, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, would make permanent the current, albeit temporary, classif  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Val Demings, D-Florida, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Reps. Val Demings (FL-10) and Troy E. Nehls (TX-22) introduced the Second Chance Opportunity for Re-Entry Education (SCORE) Act of 2021. This legislation will establish a new grant program to promote re-entry training and reduce recidivism among non-violent inmates. Rep. Demings, a Democrat, and Rep. Nehls, a Republican, drew on their combined 57-plus years of law enforcement experience, includ  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Val Demings, D-Florida, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: The Congressional Haiti Caucus today praised a new 18-month Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haitians living in the United States, which was implemented by the Biden Administration this weekend. The Co-Chairs are Reps. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Val Demings (FL-10), Andy Levin (MI-09), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07). Said the Co-Chairs, "As the chairs of the Haiti Caucus, we welcom  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act to direct the State Department to permanently include reviews on the status of reproductive rights in its annual human rights reports. Clark was joined by 122 House Members in reintroducing this legislation, and the Senate legislation has 22 cos  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) reintroduced H.R. 3543, the Blockchain Technology Coordination Act (BTCA) of 2021 to establish a Blockchain Center of Excellence within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The office would oversee all non-defense related deployment and activities related to blockchain technology within the federal government. "In order to ensure that the U.S. does not fa  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), Peter Welch (VT-AL), David Cicilline (RI-01), and Jason Crow (CO-06) led 28 of their colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Charles Rettig calling for the IRS to reverse Trump Administration rules that ended disclosure requirements for tax-exempt groups engaged in political activity. This letters calls on the Bid  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., introduced the School Safety Drill Research Act of 2021 to study the potential mental health effects of active shooter drills in K-12 schools. The study's findings will help inform and identify best practices in order to maximize the effectiveness of school safety drills while minimizing the trauma to stud  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following opening statement on May 26, 2021, for a committee markup of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act and several nominations: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting. At the meeting, th  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others in introducing a resolution in support of the United States' sale of defensive equipment to Israel. This resolution is a statement of support for our nation's partner and ally, Israel, which was bombarded by violent attacks from Hamas. When the Biden Administration notified Congress of these sales on May 5, 2021, Congressional Democrats   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Fox & Friends to discuss the origin of COVID-19 and the radical education agenda of social Marxists. See below for highlights and watch the interview here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou5y0WBaB_c). On the origin of COVID-19: "First of all, it has always been true that it has been just as likely that this was the result of someone who was infected during an experim  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Jim Risch (R-ID), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) in filing an amendment that would ensure the proper constitutional check by requiring that the President submit to Congress any renewed nuclear deal with Iran as a treaty. This amendment reaffirms the Senate's role of advice and consent, as well as prevents waiving, suspending, reduci  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio questioned Dr. Fauci about why he downplayed the theory that COVID-19 originated in a lab at a Senate Committee on Appropriations Hearing. See below for a lightly edited transcript and watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4HiaHG8tdQ Rubio: "I want to go through what we do know. We've heard a lot about what we don't know. But here's the things that we do know. "So,   more