WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Following a Ways and Means Committee hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday, 20 committee Republicans sent a letter led by Congressman Vern Buchanan, Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, expressing concerns regarding the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare. When discussing the cyberattack, Secretary Becerra failed to detail how the administration i  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), alongside Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), introduced the Destroy Zombie Guns Act, legislation to close the "zombie gun" loophole that has allowed gun disposal companies to only destroy one part of a gun before reselling the remaining parts as a kit that could be used in t  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-21), Senator Rick Scott (FL) and Senator Marco Rubio (FL) today urged Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough to take immediate action following a homicide in the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center after repeated failure to address the pervasive issues plaguing the facility. "This is absolutely tragic on all fronts," said Rep. Mast. "The West Palm B  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack joined Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) and Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) in leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to designate today, March 21st, as "National Women in Agriculture Day." The resolution seeks to honor the essential role that women play in American agriculture. "Women are essential to America's farms, ranches, agriculture busine  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Yesterday, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) grilled Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), over its annual KPMG audit report showing major failures at the SBA under Guzman's tenure at a House Small Business Committee hearing. Businesses in the private sector work hard to ensure they receive a clean audit report to avoid getting in trouble. The federal go  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Senator Marco Rubio's (R-FL) bill to reauthorize sanctions placed on the Maduro regime in 2019, the VERDAD (Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development) Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6831), passed a markup in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Pressure on the Maduro regime must be restored in order to keep supporting the dem  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. W. Greg Steube, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today announced the House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), advanced his legislation, H.R. 7187 The Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. The bill passed out of committee by a vote of 16-15. The legislation adjusts eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations to prohibit any governin  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, issued the following statement in response to committee approval of their bipartisan bill, the VERDAD Reauthorization Act, which would extend key provisions from the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistanc  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to compensate firefighters who suffer from injuries or have died from PFAS-related conditions. The Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act directs the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which eligible firefighters can file a claim to seek timely, uniform, an  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement in response to committee approval of their bipartisan bill, the VERDAD Reauthorization Act, which would extend key provisions fr  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, today voted to pass H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, legislation that would modify and streamline the Clean Water Act's permitting process for energy producers, the agriculture industry, builders, and water utilities. "Today I voted to pass H.R. 7023, which makes commonsense reforms to the Clean Water Act's  more