WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Florida, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: House Energy and Commerce Committee Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered the following opening remarks during Thursday's markup. WORKING TOGETHER "I want to say first off that I sincerely do appreciate my colleague Mr. Cardenas from Cali  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, May 28 -- Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Florida, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) released the following statement following reports of antisemitic vandalism found Thursday morning on a wall of the Florida Holocaust Museum. "This act of antisemitic hate and bigotry on the walls of Florida's tribute to the millions of lives lost in the Holocaust is disgusting and reprehensible. These symbols of hate have no place in our Sunshine City, home  more

LIVE OAK, Florida, May 28 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Recently, Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. toured the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) North Florida Research and Education Center in Live Oak, FL with Florida Farm Bureau. During the tour, Congressman Dunn discussed with representatives from UF/IFAS and Florida Farm Bureau the importance of protecting Florida producers from burdensome regulation, as well as how crit  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) has introduced a bill to further block the People's Republic of China from participating in the Rim of the Pacific, the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise, until it has recognized and addressed it's genocidal actions against the Uighur Muslims. China was invited to participate in RIMPAC in 2014 despite rogue actions in the global community. They are being bloc  more

ORLANDO, Florida, May 28 -- Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Florida, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., today announced that the University of Central Florida (UCF) will receive $472,658 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase access to mental health treatment. The program will help expand access to behavioral health care services by recruiting and training new mental health professionals to serve  more

KISSIMMEE, Florida, May 28 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, issued the following news release: In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) recognized seven community leaders for their contributions to the Central Florida community. Congressman Soto read their biographies into the Congressional Record and they each received official Congressional Record certificates. "In a year where we've seen an extremely concerning rise in anti-Asian hate cr  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Terri Sewell (AL-07) introduced H.R. 3258, the Timely Access to Cancer Treatment (TACT) Act of 2021. This legislation would require that patients with cancer be provided their oral cancer drugs within an acceptable time frame. "This bill is about removing the red tape within our healthcare system and ensuring that cancer patients have timely access to   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL) led 8 Members of the Florida delegation in writing a letter to urge President Biden to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to Latin America and the Caribbean. The Biden Administration announced last week it will make 20 million Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses available to the international community, on t  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm about the recent attack on the Colonial pipeline by a Russian hacking group, the Department's policy on paying ransoms, and the Administration's lifting of sanctions on the Nord Stream pipeline. During his questioning, Rep. Waltz pressed Secretary Granholm on coordination with the State Department over the lifting of the Nord Stre  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Chair of the Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion held a hearing on supporting America's tourism and hospitality workforce and small businesses. Witnesses - including D. Taylor, International President of UNITE HERE; Shaundell Newsome, Chair of the Urban Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas; Bill Lupfer, President and CEO of Florida Attractions Associat  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke on the Senate floor before the Senate killed his amendment (#1802) 55-40 to the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (S. 1260). Rubio's amendment, filed May 20, would have established a counterintelligence screening process to protect the United States against China's and other adversaries' effo  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) held a virtual meeting with Colombian business leaders who reside in the United States to discuss the impact their respective business sectors are confronting amid national blockades and acts of arson in the nation. During the meeting, Rubio discussed the challenges in Colombia's flower industry, freight forward industry, palm oil industry, and electrical industry. Joining Rubi  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after voting against an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act co-sponsored by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID). "It is critical that our legislative effort to compete with China doesn't inadvertently end up benefiting the Chinese Communist Party. Unfortuna  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Senators Rick Scott, Joni Ernst and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced the Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act after Biden's State Department admitted the possibility that American taxpayer dollars could go to fund Hamas terrorists through Palestinian aid. This follows the State Department's announcement this week of $110 million in new economic assistance to Palestinians. The Stop Taxpayer Funding of H  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Senator Rick Scott wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting more information on the Treasury Department's plan to protect American investors and address the threat of widespread fraud in cryptocurrency investments. * * * May 27, 2021 To: The Honorable Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Senator Rick Scott led his colleagues in a press conference demanding President Biden take immediate action to address the inflation crisis his tax-and-spend agenda has created, which is hurting working American families. Senator Scott was joined by Senators Ron Johnson, Thom Tillis, Tommy Tuberville, Marsha Blackburn, Roger Marshall, John Boozman and Dan Sullivan. As the Biden administration continues to misl  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Senator Rick Scott released the following statement after the Hong Kong government announced it will ban the June 4th vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre and protests. Senator Rick Scott said, "In 1989 the world watched in horror as the Communist Party of China used military force to crush pro-democracy activists gathered at Tiananmen Square. "Today, 32 years later, the tyr  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the No IPOs for Unaccountable Actors Act to prohibit initial public offerings (IPOs) on U.S. exchanges for Chinese companies that are out of compliance with U.S. regulators. This legislation would direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to prohibit any company headquartered in a jurisdiction in which the Public Company Accounting Over  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rick Scott (R-FL) reintroduced the Contracts and Obligations Modernization for Efficient Terms of Service (COMETS) Act. This legislation would allow NASA to use its procurement contracts to acquire supplies and services to meet not only NASA requirements, but also the requirements of its commercial partners. Modernizing this process would enable more ef  more