WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01), along with Reps. Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), and Daniel Webster (FL-11), sent an official request to President Joe Biden calling for him to use his presidential authorities to declare "an anticipated mass migration from Haiti aliens en route to the United States" through Florida. The president's declaration will allow the U.S. Navy to reinforce  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28), the only Cuban-born Member of Congress, launched a poster campaign at this Congressional office in Washington D.C. amid the massive anti-regime protests taking place in Cuba. Since March 17, hundreds of thousands of brave Cubans have taken to the street to demand freedom, power, food, and the end of the repressive Communist regime. "Since Ma  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: This week, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) joined a group of 67 lawmakers urging the Department of Homeland Security Secretary and Department of State to immediately redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, which would authorize Haitian nationals in the United States to remain in the country until conditions improve in Haiti. The lawmakers also called on the Biden Adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Hong Kong's rubberstamp legislature announced the passage of Article 23, the toughest series of national security laws to date. The legislation will grant Hong Kong authorities more power to crackdown on dissent, including draconian punishments such as life imprisonment for alleged political crimes. The passage of the Article 23 will only leave Hong Kong more beholden to the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. S  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Last night, Senator Rick Scott's bipartisan legislation, the Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of Life (END FENTANYL) Act, was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The END FENTANYL Act will require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to update its policies at least once every three years to ensure operational field manu  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter on Monday to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation renewing all requests for information and documents set out in the Committee's November letter related to the company's plans to address increased underwriting losses from climate-related extreme weather events and  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: On Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) pressed Former of Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff General (Ret.) Mark Milley and Former Commander of U.S. Central Command General (Ret.) Kenneth McKenzie Jr. for answers on the Biden Administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the killing of thirteen service men and women at Abbey Gate during a House Foreign Affairs Committee   more