WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Congressman Bean Reintroduces Bill to Codify Florida Permitting Program WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-04) reintroduced H.R. 2030, the Maintaining Cooperative Permitting Act of 2025, to protect the ability of states, like Florida, to continue their state 404 Permitting Programs. Specifically, this bill would codify the dredge and fill permitting programs adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Delivers $1 Million in Funding to the City of West Palm Beach for Coleman Park Affordable Housing Project WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick joined the City of West Palm Beach to announce $1 million in critical Community Project Funding (CPF) that the city has received for the Coleman Park Affordable Housing Project.   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Donalds Leads Bipartisan Coalition To Defend Small And Family-Owned Cigar Businesses From Overly-Burdensome Federal Regulation WASHINGTON - Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) has announced the introduction of legislation to protect small and family-owned cigar businesses across America from overly-burdensome federal regulation. H.R. 2111 - "Cutting the Invasive Government's Arbitrary Regulations (CI  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Frankel, Ranking Member of the National Security, Department of State Appropriations Subcommittee Statement on Termination of USAID Programs Washington, DC - In response to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's announcement that the Trump Administration will eliminate 83 percent of USAID programs, followed by a briefing from Acting Deputy USAID Administrator Pete Marocco, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22),   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Frankel and Meeks Condemn Trump EO Eliminating USAGM Washington, DC - Representatives Lois Frankel, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), and Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement condemning President Trump's Executive Order dismantling t  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott and Bipartisan Colleagues Lead Introduction of Major Richard Star Act to Support Combat-Injured Veterans WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Rick Scott joined 43 of his bipartisan colleagues in the Senate and 186 bipartisan colleagues in the House of Representatives to reintroduce the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act. This legislation makes a critical fix to allow combat-injured vetera  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz, Meeks Lead Democrats to Slam Rubio's Venezuela TPS Hypocrisy Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Venezuela Democracy Caucus, joined Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-5), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a letter demanding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio explain the Trump Administration's stunning betraya  more