WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), Susan Wild (D-PA-07)Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11), Angie Craig (D-MN-2) and Tim Walberg (R-MI-5) have introduced the Medicare Enrollment Protection Act of 2024. This important legislation will protect seniors from coverage gaps in Medicare by closing the Medicare Part B-COBRA loophole. Under current law, anyone 65 and older who does not enroll in Medicare Part B within e  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following joint statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Today, Congressional Florida Democrats,Maxwell Frost (FL-10), Representatives Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-25), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Darren Soto (FL-09), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), released the following joint statement on Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban, which takes effect May 1: "Today and every   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Rep. Scott Franklin's bill to increase transparency in how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) records disciplinary action against VA staff was favorably reported out of Committee with broad bipartisan support. "Sadly, the VA has normalized reaching settlements with resigning employees under investigation or reassigning employees as a means to address allegations of misconduct  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: On Wednesday, May 8, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled "Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools." "Antisemitic incidents have exploded in K-12 school  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, announced a hearing next Tuesday, May 7, to examine the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) shipbuilding and acquisitions process, the state of efforts to modernize the service's flee  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Webster (R-FL) from today's hearing, entitled "Review of Fiscal Year 2025 Maritime Transportation Budget Requests, Pt. 1: Maritime Administration and Federal Maritime Commission"  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Earlier today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) spoke on the House Floor to condemn Florida's near-total six-week abortion ban taking effect today, May 1st. Below are Rep. Frankel's full remarks: "Look at this map. Today is a dark day in the state of Florida because we join all these states that are in dark colors, as our draconian six-week abortion ban goes into effect, cutting access to ab  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, released the following statement after voting to adopt H.Res. 1112, a resolution denouncing the Biden Administration's immigration policies. "Securing our nation's border is my top priority. Under President Trump, America's borders were secure, but since day one in office, President Biden has taken over 60 executive actions that have undermi  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: La representante Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) se unio a sus colegas, los representantes Dale W. Strong (R-AL), Lou Correa (D-CA) y Glenn Ivey (D-MD), para presentar la H.R. 8140, la Ley "Supporting Every at-Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies" (SERVICE, por sus siglas en ingles). Trece miembros adicionales se unieron como copatrocinadores originales del proyecto de ley. La Ley SERVICE crea un programa pil  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Yesterday, as National Minority Health Month concluded, Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14), co-chair of the Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus, and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of DEI in medical education. The resolution affirms the need for a health care   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) joined her colleagues Reps. Dale W. Strong (R-AL), Lou Correa (D-CA), and Glenn Ivey (D-MD) in introducing H.R. 8140, the Supporting Every at-Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies (SERVICE) Act. 13 additional Members joined as original cosponsors of the bill. The SERVICE Act creates a pilot program through the U.S. Department of Justice to provide grants to law enforcement   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Roger Marshall to introduce the Demanding Citizenship in D.C. Elections Act. This legislation would require anyone who votes in a municipal election in the District of Columbia to be a U.S. Citizen, requires proof of citizenship, and is in response to a federal court dismissing a D.C. resident's challenge of the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 that allo  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott joined his colleagues in a press conference to condemn the rampant antisemitic and pro-Hamas protests at universities and colleges around the country. Joining Senator Scott were Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and Deb Fischer (R-Nebras  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, today voted to pass H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, to help ensure the U.S. Department of Education is taking action to hold higher education institutions who fail to uphold law, order, academic integrity, and moral decency accountable. "The behavior we're seeing from antisemitic mobs threatening the safety of Jewish students   more