WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Hoy, la presidenta del Subcomite del Hemisferio Occidental, la congresista Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), junto con los representantes Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Waltz (R-FL), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR), Keith Self (R-TX) y los senadores Rick Scott (R-FL) y Bill Cassidy (R-LA) emitieron la siguiente declaracion en respuesta a la decision de la presidenta hondurena Xiomara C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: La presidenta del Subcomite del Hemisferio Occidental, la congresista Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), se unio a los representantes Mark Green (R-TN), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) y Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) en una Resolucion del Congreso(link is external) que denuncia la esclavitud moderna y la explotacion del personal medico que presta servicios en todo el mundo por parte del regimen cubano. La Resolucion cuenta   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: El Senador Rick Scott publico una actualizacion semanal sobre sus acciones para abordar la crisis de deuda de Estados Unidos y la creciente inflacion. Esta semana, los informes de la Oficina de Estadisticas Laborales mostraron que los indicadores clave de inflacion del gobierno federal, el indice de precios al consumidor (CPI, por sus siglas en ingles) y el indice de precios al productor (PPI, por sus siglas   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Three bills, led by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), which prevent the Chinese Communist Party from taking advantage of our nation, has successfully passed the U.S. House of Representatives and are now awaiting Senate consideration. "The House of Representatives has taken an important step to counter Communist China's growing threat in our country. We must ensure we have measures in place to protect the int  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio's (R-FL) office will host in-person Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of Senator Rubio's eight regional offices a more convenient way to receive federal casework assistance. In-person Mobile Office Hours Tuesday, September 17, 202  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and their colleagues in the Florida Democratic Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice (DOJ), calling on the DOJ to investigate the State of Florida's brazen attempts at voter intimidation and election interference on Amendment  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Oropouche virus is a disease spread to humans by mosquitoes and biting midges that can cause neurological effects and devastating effects on unborn babies. Recent surveillance data reports approximately 40 travel-associated cases of oropouche, in Florida, from people who have recently traveled from Cuba. Due to heavy traffic from South America and the Caribbean, there is concern cases could rapidly increas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors and reports on international religious freedom. The commission's authorization is currently set to expire on September 30, 2024. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Act of 2024 (S. 3  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. government agencies have different criteria for sanctioning adversaries and preventing them from engaging in the U.S. economy. Our biggest foreign adversaries, like China, benefit from this lack of interagency coordination, which must come to an immediate end. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Sanctions List Harmonization Act. This bill would require the U.S. Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) joined Reps. Mark Green (R-TN), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) in a Congressional Resolution(link is external) denouncing the Cuban regime's modern slavery and exploitation of medical personnel serving around the world. The resolution is endorsed by the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, Cuba Archive, and Victims  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) along with Reps. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Waltz (R-FL), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR), Keith Self (R-TX), and U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to Honduran President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya's decision to revoke the longstanding ext  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott released a weekly update on his actions to address America's debt crisis and rising inflation. This week, reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the federal government's key inflation indicators, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI), rose causing even more strain on the budgets of American families and small businesses. Since President Joe Bi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, following Joseph Edelman's resignation from the Brown University Board of Trustees over the board's decision to hold a vote endorsing the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to Brown University's Board of Trustees urging them to reconsider the decision to hold this vote which supports the BDS movement against the State of Israel and reaffirm their commitm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, released the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's sanctions on key actors in Maduro's election theft in Venezuela: "Nearly a year ago today, I proudly introduced the VOICE Act to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials responsible for election interference, corruption, an  more