WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Laurel Lee (FL-15) are urging federal officials from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to grant additional flexibility that would allow local small business owners more time to file for federal aid. In the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the residents and businesses of Florida's west coast have been working diligently to rebuild their lives and l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Hoy, la Camara de Representantes aprobo por abrumadora mayoria la ley H.R. 825(link is external), la Ley de Prohibicion de Operaciones y Arrendamientos con el Ilegitimo Regimen Autoritario Venezolano, o Ley BOLIVAR (por sus siglas en ingles), legislacion que la representante Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) copatrocino y apoyo con orgullo. Casi cuatro meses despues del descarado intento del dictador venezolano   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Carlos Gimenez issued the following statement after U.S. President Joe Biden met with the Chinese Communist Party dictator, Xi Jinping, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru. As a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, Congressman Gimenez is appalled by the Biden-Harris Administrations c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release: On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Banning Operations and Leases with Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime (BOLIVAR) Act, introduced by U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25). The BOLIVAR Act compliments existing sanctions by prohibiting the U.S. government from contracting with any person that has business operations with the illeg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 825(link is external), the Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime Act'' or the BOLIVAR Act, legislation that Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) proudly cosponsored and supported. Nearly four months after Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's shameless attempt to steal the July 28 presidential election f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Senator Rick Scott joined Ranking Member Rand Paul and their fellow Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senators Ron Johnson, James Lankford, Mitt Romney and Josh Hawley in sending a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Robert Shriver, III requesting additional information on the conversion of Biden administration political appointees into nonpolitical permanent posit  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, following the news of the Department of Defense (DOD) again failing its annual audit, Senator Rick Scott released the following statement slamming the department for being unable to account for its more than $820 billion budget funded by taxpayer dollars. Senator Rick Scott said, "The Department of Defense has once again failed to account for its MASSIVE taxpayer-funded budget of over $820 billion. If   more