WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, the House passed a bill authored by Congressman Gus Bilirakis and co-sponsored by every Member of Florida's Congressional Delegation. It wouldrename the United States Post Office located at 207E. Fort Dade Avenue, Brooksville, FL 34601 as the "Specialist Justin Dean Coleman Memorial Post Office." On July 24, 2009, during his first tour of duty with the 10th Mountain, 32nd Infantry Regi  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement after the release of the fiscal year 2025 funding legislation: "As Chairman of the Subcommittee that funds our national security and foreign policy priorities, I am proud to releas  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Neal Dunn (Florida-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, which would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for engaging in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute American officials or those of our allies. "Recent attempts by the ICC to target America's allies   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, Rep. Scott Franklin's (FL-18) bill to rename a Sebring, Florida post office in honor of Major Thomas McGuire, an ace fighter pilot killed in action during WWII, passed the House. The bill now heads to the Senate for approval. "I am pleased my bill to pay tribute to American hero, FL-18's own Major Thomas McGuire, unanimously passed the House today," said Rep. Scott Franklin, a career  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024: * * * Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "The Consequences of Biden's Border Chaos for K-12 Schools": "Thank you for gathering toda  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined The Ingraham Angle to discuss the dangers of the border crisis, the Biden Administration floating an executive order on illegal immigration, and more. See below for highlights and watch the full interview on YouTube and Rumble. On the shooting of two NYPD officers allegedly by an illegal immigrant: "It's an example of why it's never a good idea to allow 9 to 10 million   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed legislation authored by Congressman Brian Mast (FL-21) to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking to punish Israel for defending itself against Hamas. "This bill is a message to the world that we will not sit by and watch a globalist 'court' interfere with Israel's right to defend itself," said Congressman Mast. "There are still six Americans held captive  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: During today's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)," U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) grilled U.S. Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland after he called it a "conspiracy theory" to suggest that DOJ coordinated lawfare against President Donald Trump with state and local prosecutors. Despite his inflammatory claim, AG Garland refused to c  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced a resolution commemorating the fallen victims of Tiananmen Square. The resolution condemns the Chinese Communist Party's widespread use of transnational repression against its citizens and activists, as well as its systematic efforts to undermine human  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: The Volkswagen factory in Xinjiang is known for using Uyghur forced labor, which has tainted our nation's supply chains with modern day slavery and benefits the Chinese Communist Party. This led MSCI, an American finance company, to grant Volkswagen a "red flag" rating in 2022. However, MSCI recently relied on a flawed audit. Because of this, MSCI made the erroneous decision to lift Volkswagen's "red flag" rat  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: El pasado domingo, el pueblo de Mexico eligio democraticamente a la primera mujer presidenta en la historia de su pais. El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) emitio un comunicado felicitando al pueblo mexicano por participar en las elecciones mas grandes en la historia de su pais. "El pueblo mexicano eligio democraticamente a Claudia Sheinbaum como su futura presidenta. Mientras EE.UU. continua enfre  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: On Sunday, the people of Mexico democratically elected the first female president in the history of their country. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued a statement congratulating the people of Mexico for participating in the largest elections in their nation's history. "The Mexican people democratically elected Claudia Sheinbaum as their future president. While the U.S. continues to face an unprecedented   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: *Application deadline is Thursday, June 6, 2024, for two special passport events in the Orlando area* ORLANDO, Fla. -- Next week, Senator Rick Scott, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State Passport Services, will host two events to assist Floridians in applying for passport services on Thursday, June 13, 2024, and Friday, June 14, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at two locations in the Orlando are  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, back in May 2022, Senator Rick Scott wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Gary Peters, requesting an investigation be launched into the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their policies for royalty payments collected by NIH employees financially benefitting from their discoveries commercialized by outside pharmaceutical o  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, the House passed H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, legislation cosponsored by Rep. Webster to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) officials who target U.S. citizens, or allies of the U.S. who are not part of the ICC. "This legislation sends a clear message to the ICC", said Rep. Webster. "The United States will defend the sovereignty of our count  more