FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Dec. 31 -- Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Florida, issued the following statement on the closing of the shared Congressional space at the West Palm Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center, effective Dec. 31: "I am truly honored and privileged to represent the West Palm Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC-WPB) in my Congressional district. Thus, I find it most regrettable that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made an extremely short-sighted decision to  more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Dec. 31 -- Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Florida, issued the following statement on the attack in Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg's home in Monsey, New York: "I was heartbroken to learn of the heinous anti-Semitic attack during a Hanukkah celebration in Rabbi Rottenberg's home. "I condemn in the strongest possible terms this horrific act of violence and the many recent anti-Semitic attacks in the New York metro area, during this holiday season. "There is no doubt that the force  more