WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Will Allow Over 50,000 Combat-injured Veterans to Receive Full Disability Compensation and Retired Pay Washington, DC: -Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Raul Ruiz (D-CA) have reintroduced the Major Richard Star Act alongside Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). This critical legislation will recti  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Congressman Bean Announces Service Academy Nominations for 2025 WASHINGTON-- On Thursday, March 6, U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-04) announced his 2025 U.S. Service Academy nominations for Florida's Fourth Congressional District during a special ceremony at FSCJ Cecil Field in Jacksonville. Following a rigorous interview and selection process, students were recommended by a commi  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Congressman Dunn Blocks Illegal Chinese Organ Harvesting Washington, DC - On Friday, Congressman Neal Dunn (Florida-02) introduced the Block Organ Transplant Purchases from China Act, or BLOCK Act, to prohibit federal reimbursement for organ transplants and related medical services when the organ's origins cannot be verified. The bill would prohibit any organ transplant procedure that  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Moskowitz, Lawler, Luna Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Lower Interest Rate on Federal Student Loans to 2 Percent WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23) recently joined Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) and Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13) to introduce their bipartisan Affordable Loans for Students Act, lowering the interest rate on federal student loans to 2 percent. "Har  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the Special Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the devastating crisis of overdoses and fentanyl poisonings. It is an honor to present a proven strategy from Florida--one that ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, released the following opening statement, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Combating the Opioid Epidemic": * * * "Over the last decade, we have lost hundreds of thousands of American lives to drug overdoses. It's happening in every community, across every state. None of us have been spared from the carnage left by this crisis. And we have all heard the heartbreaking stories of famili  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Rick Scott, Ashley Moody Announce Bill to Codify Florida Permitting Program WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Florida Senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody announced the reintroduction of the Maintaining Cooperative Permitting Act to codify the state of Florida's authority to issue Section 404 permits under the Clean Water Act dredge and fill permitting program and clarify the law to protect regulatory   more