WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced and passed, by unanimous consent, a resolution (S. Res. 265) recognizing the fifth anniversary and honoring the 49 victims of the tragic terrorist attack on Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Rubio and Scott, along with Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), also passed by unanimous consent their legislation (S. 1605) to establish the National Pulse   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D- St. Petersburg) released a statement following the inclusion of $25 million dollars he secured for Pinellas in the proposed INVEST in America Act under Member Designated Projects. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee received over 2,000 Member Designated Project Requests, and all four of Congressman Crist's requested projects were approved for full fun  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following joint statement: * * * Representative Brad Schneider led Representatives Jake Auchincloss, Ted Deutch, Lois Frankel, Josh Gottheimer, Elaine Luria, Kathy Manning, Jerrold Nadler, Dean Phillips, Kim Schrier, Brad Sherman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz in releasing the following joint statement: Equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided. Ignoring the differences between d  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, ranking member of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure, issued the following opening statement on June 10, 2021, at a hearing entitled "Utilization of Small Contractors in the Infrastructure Plan": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, wonderful to see you and the rest of my colleagues, and holding this hearing is extremely important, because we are at a critical time of economic recovery from the pandemic, and o  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following joint statement on June 9, 2021: The co-signers are Reps. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, Ted Deutch, D-Florida, Lois Frankel, D-Florida, Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, Kim Schrier, D-Washington, Brad Sherman, D-California, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida. * * * Representative Brad Schneide  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Al Lawson, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives John Rutherford (FL-04) and Al Lawson (FL-05) announce the introduction of H.Res. 463, a resolution to designate the week of June 6 through June 12, 2021, as National Child Abuse Prevention Week. "I am honored to recognize June 6 - 12, 2021 as National Child Abuse Prevention Week alongside Rep. Rutherford," said Rep. Lawson. "Children thrive when they grow up in a safe and loving environme  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. John Rutherford, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives John Rutherford (FL-04) and Al Lawson (FL-05) announce the introduction of H.Res. 463, a resolution to designate the week of June 6 through June 12, 2021, as National Child Abuse Prevention Week. "When I was Sheriff of Duval County, I worked to support countless victims of child abuse and put their abusers in jail," said Rep. Rutherford. "Sadly, too many children are still at risk of  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) reintroduced the Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act, legislation to authorize the president to sanction foreign officials who suppress or distort information about international public health crises, including Covid  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the TSP Fiduciary Security Act to update the fiduciary duty of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), which is tasked with managing the retirement savings of federal civil servants through the nearly $800 billion Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), to include national security considerations. Specifically, the legislation would modify the FRTIB to include a d  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and a bipartisan group of 38 senators in a letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT) and Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Appropriations bill. Israel's   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following floor statement: * * * U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke on the Senate floor to recognize the five-year anniversary and honor the victims of the tragic terrorist attack at Orlando's Pulse nightclub. Rubio: I think most Americans remember that horrifying day five years ago. I remember it was a morning, and I started getting text messages that something horrifying had happened in our home state as we turned on the news  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the Terrorism Survivors Student Loan Deferment Act, legislation that would allow survivors of terrorist attacks to receive automatic deferments of their federal student loan payments. Although in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, such as the 2016 tragedy at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, survivors can be eligible for some relief, the extreme nature of their cir  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Following the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Senator Rick Scott released the below statement highlighting the devastating impact of inflation on Florida families and the need to end reckless spending and pay down the debt. May's CPI data shows that there has been a notable increase in inflation every month of Biden's presidency. Year over y  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the release of the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehension numbers - which show more than 180,000 illegal aliens tried to cross the border in May. Senator Rick Scott said, "President Biden and Vice President Harris are more than willing to travel abroad, but they can't be bothered to visit our own border where a crisis t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following information for a executive session at 10 a.m. on June 16, 2021, at 253 Russell Senate Office Building: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, to consider the following measures and nominations: Agenda: 1. S. 66, South Florida Clean Coastal Wate  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chris Coons (D-DE), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) reintroduced the Small Business Credit Protection Act, legislation that would require credit bureaus to inform small businesses of a nonpublic personal data breach within 30 days. The bill would also prohibit credit bureaus from charging small businesses for a credit report within 180 days following a breach.  more