WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick issued the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. "Words cannot express the profound loss and sadness we are experiencing. Sheila was a friend and a true champion of justice. We were the two Sheilas in Congress; both born in January, lawyers, originally from Queens, NY, and of Caribbean roots representing the Sout  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Maxwell Frost (FL-10) and Congresswoman Lucy McBath sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, asking for an immediate vote on H.R. 698, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 and H.R. 8600, the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act. The Assault Weapons Ban Act would reinstate the prohibition on assault weapons, a measure proven to save lives. The G  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) today penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner calling on Congress to take action to prevent "a wave of tax increases set to fall on Americans next year, particularly on the heart of the economy -- manufacturers and their workers  more