WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) introduced the At Home Observation and Medical Evaluation (HOME) Services Act to implement a pilot program to expand the scope of hospital-at-home care in the United States. Senator Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Carper (D-DE) intro  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced that he has successfully secured nearly $12 million in federal dollars to fund all 15 of his Community Funding Projects requests and deliver millions to support critical projects to improve housing, transportation, and infrastructure across Central Florida. The funding, which was signed into law by President Biden earlier this   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Hannity to discuss the dangers of illegal immigration and Congress's push to sever TikTok from ByteDance. Watch the full interview on YouTube and Rumble. On the court decision ruling illegal immigrants can possess guns: "This is a ruling by an Obama-appointed judge, I believe. What they're trying to do is blur the line between citizens and people that are here illegal  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: As Co-Chair of Haiti Caucus, Pressley Has Repeatedly Called for U.S. to Halt Deportations, Redesignate TPS for Haiti, Deliver Humanitarian Aid, & More Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, issued the following statement condemning Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' comments about transporting Haitian migrants to Martha's Vineyard. This week, Rep. Pressley, along wi  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack's Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act (H.R. 2706) passed the House Energy & Commerce Committee's full committee markup by a vote of 46-0. The bill is named for Charlotte Woodward, an adult with Down syndrome who received a lifesaving transplant over a decade ago. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act (H.R. 6610), legislation introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). The bill reduces historically long wait times Americans face when renewing their passports by improving processing systems at the State Department. "We are now four years after the start   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), Mike Turner (R-OH-10), Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2), and Max Miller (R-OH-7) introduced legislation to take a critical step in transferring the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, a highly regarded museum dedicated to the history, culture, and contributions of Jewish Ame  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, today voted to pass H.R. 1121, the Protecting American Production Act, legislation that prevents the Biden Administration from unilaterally banning hydraulic fracturing and H.R. 6009, the Restoring American Energy Dominance Act, legislation that would unleash onshore energy production. "President Biden's anti-American energy policies have   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswomen Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) led a Florida Democratic Congressional Delegation letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis concerning the potential mass migration from Haiti to Florida, urging Republicans to address the root causes of migration. In the letter, the lawmakers stated, "At least 80% of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: -Today, during a hearing in the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Senator Rick Scott pushed Social Security Administrator Martin O'Malley on the Biden administration's failure to address looming insolvency issues within the Social Security Trust Fund that threaten future benefits. In his recently proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, President Biden failed to address these issues while pushing more massive   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Legislation Would Streamline Commercial Space Launches Yesterday, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and their colleagues, Senators Ben Ray Lujan, Marco Rubio, Mark Kelly and Krysten Sinema, to introduce their Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act, which would streamline the application process for commercial space launches and the licensing of private remote sens  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and their colleagues in a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, John Barrasso (R-WY), requesting a member meeting to discuss much-needed reforms to the budget process. Since being elected to the Senate in 2018, Senator Scott has fought to reform Washington's broken budget process and end reckless government spending. Earlier  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the Hong Kong's Legislative Council's move to adopt the "Safeguarding National Security Bill," known as Article 23 legislation, which takes another dangerous step at the whim of the Communist Chinese Party to strip the people of Hong Kong of their basic human rights and freedoms. Senator Rick Scott said, "I was the first U.S. Senator to visit   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, following Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell's press conference after this week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Senator Rick Scott released a statement slamming Powell's failure to explain or clarify its imminent plans to slow the reduction of the Fed's $7.5 trillion balance sheet which has caused a massive misallocation of capital. If the Fed had kept its promise and met its current bala  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 7659, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024, which supports the Coast Guard and its critical missions to safeguard the Nation's borders, facilitate maritime commerce, and ensure maritime safety. This legislation also strengthens sexual assault and harassment protections for members of the Coast Guard and ensures gre  more