WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is applauding the nomination of her colleague Congressman Mike Waltz of Florida, a former Green Beret, as National Security Advisor. Reps. Amata and Waltz serve together on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific. Congressman Waltz also works directly on national security issues as part of the House Permanent Select   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: The Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2024 authored by Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Buddy Carter (R-GA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) in the House, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Todd Young (R-IN) in the Senate, has been signed into law. This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes funding for critical research and awareness efforts at the Department of Health  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release: MIAMI, FL Today, Congressman Carlos Gimenez (FL-28) issued the following statement after Nicaragua's dictator, Daniel Ortega's, move to consolidate his regime's power. Under the changes made by the illegitimate Ortega regime, tyrant Daniel Ortega would become co-presidents with his wife and current Vice President, Rosario Murillo. "Nicaragua's tyrant Daniel Ortega's latest constitutional reform is just an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) alongside Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) of the House Homeland Security Committee released the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security's Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force adding CATL and Gotion, two CCP-affiliated, to its forced labor entity l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6), in introducing new legislation to provide financial relief to caregivers. The Caregiver Financial Relief Act would provide an extra layer of financial support to caregivers by waiving the 10% early w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he intends to nominate Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General: "Serious questions have been raised about Ms. Bondi's conduct as Florida's Attorney General and President-elect Trump's personal attorney. The Tr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: El Senador Rick Scott publico una actualizacion semanal sobre sus acciones para abordar la crisis de deuda de Estados Unidos y el aumento de la inflacion. Mientras los floridanos luchan por llegar a fin de mes, la administracion Biden-Harris continua gastando imprudentemente el dinero de los contribuyentes para financiar su agenda fuera de control. Recientemente se informo que la deuda nacional de EE. UU. ha a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on the arrest of a South Florida man for allegedly planning a bombing attack on New York City the week before Thanksgiving: "An attack on New York City during the holiday season would have been catastrophic. I am grateful to the FBI and local law enforcement for taking qui  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the following testimony by Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, from a Nov. 19, 2024, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) efforts in response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. We value this committee'  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: BRADENTON BEACH, FL - Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan and Attorney General Ashley Moody held a joint press conference to discuss their efforts to uncover evidence of political discrimination at FEMA and demand accountability from Administrator Criswell. Buchanan and Moody provided an update on their work to ensure that FEMA's services are delivered impartially to all disaster victims and r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) announced his membership in the newly launched Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus. Formed by Reps. Aaron Bean (R-Florida) and Pete Sessions (R-Texas), the DOGE Caucus will support President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency in its mission to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful exp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) led Florida House Democrats in sending a letter urging House and Senate leaders to pass President Biden's funding request to support communities nationwide recovering from recent natural disasters, including the tornadoes and Hurricane Milton that devastated parts of Florida. A record 15 tornadoes struck South Florida on October 9, just one day befor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), along with her Republican colleagues on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell requesting documentation and information related to whistleblower claims of further discrimination against hurricane victims displaying specific political signage on their properties. "The allegations and eviden  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott released a weekly update on his actions to address America's debt crisis and rising inflation. As Floridians struggle to make ends meet, the Biden-Harris administration continues to recklessly spend taxpayer dollars to fund their agenda. Recently it was reported that the U.S. national debt has risen to $36 trillion and the Biden-Harris administration continues to spend money the count  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Rick Scott's bipartisan, bicameral legislation to name the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations Mayaguez Unit in Puerto Rico after Agent Michel O. Maceda who tragically lost his life in the line of duty, passed the Senate unanimously and is headed to the president's desk to be signed in to law. Joining Senator Scott on the legislation are Senators Marco Rubio and Alex Pa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he intends to nominate Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General: "Serious questions have been raised about Ms. Bondi's conduct as Florida's Attorney General and President-elect T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), and 16 of his Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell expressing concern over recent reports that a FEMA employee advised disaster assistance teams in Florida responding to Hurricane Milton to avoid homes that had yard signs supporting President-  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Senator Rick Scott joined Senator James Lankford to introduce the Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act to prohibit discrimination based on political affiliation in federal disaster relief. Following reports that a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee advised disaster assistance teams in Florida, and likely other states, to skip homes with yard signs supporting President-e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act to prohibit discrimination based on political affiliation in federal disaster relief. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rick Scott (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Gary Peters (D-MI) cosponsored this legislation. It was recently revealed that a Fede  more