WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: El Senador Rick Scott envio una carta a Erika L. McEntarfer, comisionada de la Oficina de Estadisticas Laborales (BLS, por sus siglas en ingles), exigiendo respuestas sobre las fallidas politicas economicas de la administracion Biden-Harris que han resultado en repetidas revisiones a la baja en los informes de crecimiento del empleo. En la carta, el Senador Scott hace referencia a las importantes revisiones d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release: With the cost of chronic diseases overwhelming family budgets and federal health care spending, Americans need better tools to manage their health, according to witnesses testifying before a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing. Nearly 90 percent of the $4.1 trillion spent on health care in America each year is attributable to chronic disea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: China's trade manipulations will devastate us--it's time to fight back U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) September 19, 2024 New York Post Industries reel, companies crumble, and factories close their doors for good.... This could be a description of the original "China Shock".... But it also describes what countries across the globe are facing right now: a massive glut of vital industrial inputs and high-v  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) have introduced new legislation, the Fair Future Act, to repeal an amendment to the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 that has led to permanent denial of rental housing to people with prior drug convictions regardless of the severity of their offenses or the length of time that has passed since their convic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Last night, the House of Representatives passed S. 1648--the Senate version of Congressman Darren Soto's (FL-09) Launch Communications Act. The Launch Communications Act requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate access to specified broadband spectrum frequencies for commercial space launches and reentries. "In Central Florida, the busiest spaceport in the world is   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, along with T&I Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and republican members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, urged the Biden-Harris Administration to do everything in its power to prevent a work stoppage at East and Gulf coast ports that could lead to "dire impacts to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: On Friday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (R-FL) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduced the bipartisan Lifesaving Gear for Police Act of 2024 to ensure that law enforcement agencies across the nation regain access to critical equipment under the Department of Defense 1033 Program necessary for search and rescue operations, emergency and natural disaster response efforts, and active shooter si  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Since dictator Fidel Castro took power in Cuba, the regime has offered a safe haven to criminal fugitives seeking to escape justice. Currently, there are at least 90 fugitives receiving safe harbor in Cuba. From convicted felon Joanne Chesimard, to William "Guillermo" Morales, the Cuban dictatorship is protecting individuals charged with terrorism, hijacking, kidnapping, drug offenses, and murder. And yet, t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Following the suspension of Rob Malley, the U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, for being a potential counterintelligence threat, Republican Senators demanded an investigation into the Biden-Harris Administration's actions. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that the U.S. Department of State mishandled Malley's suspension and violated the Department's protocols and procedures. U.S. Senator Marco   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to Erika L. McEntarfer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), demanding answers on the Biden-Harris administration's failed economic policies that have resulted in repeated downward revisions in job growth reporting. In the letter, Senator Scott references the BLS' significant data revisions that show an astonishing 810,000 fewer jobs than originally rep  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Senator Rick Scott joined House of Representatives' Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar, along with Representatives Carlos A. Gimenez, Rich McCormick and Chris Smith, in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to cancel or revoke the visas of Brazilian Supreme Court justices who used their positions to silence free speech. For the last several months, several justi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: D.C . Today, Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26), co-chairs of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, along with Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ-4), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR-At-Large), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Mike Waltz (R-FL-06), and Darren Soto (D-FL-09) introduced a bill to raise the U.S. Departme  more