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Florida News

Mike Waltz Backs Ensuring a Secure Afghanistan Act

This week, Waltz joined Banks, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY, in pushing the proposal. Waltz served as an...

Kevin DerbyApril 4, 2019

Florida News

Marco Rubio Unveils FEMA Reform Bill

“As our local communities continue to rebuild and recover from devastating natural disasters, Congress has an important role to implement lessons learned so future...

Kevin DerbyApril 4, 2019

Florida News

Marco Rubio Wants Answers From Rick Perry on Energy Department Helping Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Ambitions

The senators paired up again this week to press U.S. Energy Sec. Rick Perry--briefly a rival to Rubio in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries--on...

Kevin DerbyApril 3, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Alcee Hastings Wants Tax Forms to Include Voluntary Check-Off Boxes for Disaster Relief

Hastings’ office noted “this bill is an opportunity for Americans to share our selflessness and generosity and be better prepared to adequately fund our...

Kevin DerbyApril 3, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Marco Rubio, Rick Scott Want Governors to Nominate Areas Hit by Hurricanes as Opportunity Zones

“The process would be identical to the opportunity zones enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and certified tracts would be eligible...

Kevin DerbyApril 3, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Rick Scott Introduces Transparent Drug Pricing Act

“American consumers are facing a crisis of rising drug costs and we can’t wait any longer. I urge every senator to put themselves in...

Kevin DerbyApril 2, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Brian Mast Helps End the USDA’s Painful Experiments on Cats, Kittens

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., announced last month that he was the main cosponsor of U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s, D-Calif., “Kittens in Traumatic Testing...

Kevin DerbyApril 2, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Vern Buchanan: VA Needs to Examine How Veterans Treated in Nursing Homes

This week, Buchanan pointed to recent reports in USA Today and other outlets that veterans were being harmed at VA nursing homes in more...

Kevin DerbyApril 2, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Greg Steube Looks to Reform Immigration by Ending Chain Migration

Steube insisted his bill will “limit family-based immigration visas to spouses and minor children of U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents” and will create...

Kevin DerbyApril 1, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Marco Rubio Hopes Donald Trump Picks New SBA Administrator Like Linda McMahon

McMahon said on Friday that she was stepping down from the SBA to take over America First Action, a Super PAC backing President Donald...

Kevin DerbyApril 1, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Rick Scott Wants More Transparency When it Comes to Prescription Drug Prices

“American consumers are facing a crisis of rising drugs costs and we can’t wait any longer,” Scott said. “I urge every senator to put...

Kevin DerbyApril 1, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Francis Rooney Wants to Cut Off Funds to Sanctuary Cities Despite Voting Against Trump on Immigration

Rooney introduced a bill which would “prohibit a sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving federal financial assistance and protects local law enforcement officers within sanctuaries cities...

Kevin DerbyMarch 31, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

First Democrat Presidential Debate Coming to Miami at the End of June

The debates will be broadcast on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, will be held in Miami, Florida on back-to-back nights on June 26 and 27.

Kevin DerbyMarch 29, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Marco Rubio Offers Four Amendments to Help Panhandle Recover from Hurricane Michael

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, offered the amendments and pointed to the proposal he made earlier in the month sending $3.6 billion...

Kevin DerbyMarch 29, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Francis Rooney Wants to End Mandated Project Labor Agreements on Federal Construction Projects

Rooney is championing U.S. Rep. Ted Budd’s, R-NC, proposal to “preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of federal government...

Kevin DerbyMarch 29, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Jeanette Nuñez, GOP Lieutenant Governors Back Trump’s Plan to Replace NAFTA With USMCA

“As lieutenant governors, one of our main responsibilities is to promote economic growth, and under the new provisions renegotiated in the USMCA, we believe...

Kevin DerbyMarch 29, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Frederica Wilson Uses Subcommittee Post to Go to Bat for Unions

“The forum’s goal is to identify economic and other effects of union membership decline and legislative measures to strengthen the National Labor Relations Act,”...

Kevin DerbyMarch 28, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Mike Waltz Wants to Expand Benefits for Gold Star Families

Waltz, the first Green Beret to serve in Congress and a member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, introduced the “SFC Brian Woods...

Kevin DerbyMarch 28, 2019

Florida News

Wilbur Ross Headed to First Coast to Showcase Port of Fernandina

Ross is scheduled to speak to business and port leaders and tour the port facility.

Kevin DerbyMarch 28, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Vern Buchanan Ready to Help Donald Trump Get USMCA Through Congress to Replace NAFTA

Buchanan appeared on “Varney & Co." on Fox Business on Wednesday and weighed in on a meeting he had with Trump on the matter...

Kevin DerbyMarch 27, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

North Florida Congressmen Join the American Flood Coalition to Find Solutions to Rising Seas

U.S. Reps. Al Lawson, D-Fla., John Rutherford, R-Fla., and Mike Waltz, R-Fla., joined the American Flood Coalition as the group rose to include a...

Kevin DerbyMarch 27, 2019

Florida News

Mike Waltz Pressed the Pentagon on Space Command, War on Terror

Waltz, the first Green Beret to serve in Congress, introduced a proposal to have the White House and U.S. Defense Department create the United...

Kevin DerbyMarch 27, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Allen West Comes Out Swinging at Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

West weighed in on the Democrats continuing to move to the left, including slamming presidential hopefuls U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former U.S. Rep....

Kevin DerbyMarch 26, 2019

Florida News

John Rutherford Named Co-Chair of Congressional Lung Cancer Caucus

Rutherford announced on Monday that he and U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Penn., will lead the caucus which had more than 35 members in the...

Kevin DerbyMarch 26, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Mike Waltz Hits National Airwaves to Talk Mueller Report, For Country Caucus

Waltz appeared on CNN’s “New Day” with John Berman on Monday to weigh in on those topics and the freshman congressman said he hoped...

Kevin DerbyMarch 26, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Florida Democrats, Andrew Gillum Move Quickly as 2020 Already Looms

After announcing efforts to register voters across the Sunshine State last week, the Florida Democratic Party and former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum bolted out...

Kevin DerbyMarch 24, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Gus Bilirakis Showcases Record Over a Dozen Years in Congress

Bilirakis weighed in on the index and his time in Congress, insisting he had taken a page from his father former U.S. Rep. Michael...

Kevin DerbyMarch 22, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Stephanie Murphy Wants to Crackdown on Robocalls

“Endless, unsolicited phone calls do more than just annoy and harass, they are used by telemarketers to invade people’s privacy and serve as dangerous...

Kevin DerbyMarch 22, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Brian Mast Wants Sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Mast paired up with the two leaders of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee to introduce the “Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act" which...

Kevin DerbyMarch 21, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Andrew Gillum, Florida Democrats Plan to Register Voters Across the State to Beat Donald Trump

Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum showed this week that he wants to remain a force in Florida politics despite being edged by Republican Ron...

Kevin DerbyMarch 21, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Mike Waltz Helps Launch For Country Caucus Consisting of Veterans in Congress

The four members of Congress penned an op-ed that ran in the Washington Post this week, explaining why they launched the new caucus.

Kevin DerbyMarch 21, 2019

Florida Government & Politics

Marco Rubio Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Stop Packing Justices on the Supreme Court

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has floated the idea of a future president pushing to expand the Supreme Court beyond its current composition...

Kevin DerbyMarch 20, 2019