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Marco Rubio Urges State Department Back Renewal of Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela
Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called on the Biden administration to support renewing the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela (FFM) and to take steps to elevate...
Florida Republicans Join House GOP Push for Accountability for Afghanistan Withdrawal
Members of the Florida delegation joined a letter from U.S. House Republicans to U.S. Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin and U.S Sec. of State Antony Blinken on the first anniversary of Afghanistan withdrawal, slamming how...
Marco Rubio, Rick Scott Have Concerns About Biden Administration Letting Terrorism Supports into U.S
Florida’s U.S. senators--Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--joined U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and other Republican senators in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Secretary of State Antony...
Gus Bilirakis Helps Amend the NDAA to Stop the Sale of F-16s to Turkey
While he voted against the final bill, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., helped ensure the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by the U.S. House last week included a provision to stop the U.S....
Marco Rubio Wants Nigeria Classified as ‘Country of Particular Concern’ as Violence Against Christians...
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to immediately redesignate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act....
Florida Delegation Reacts as Biden Starts Lowering Sanctions on Maduro Regime
The Florida delegation reacted this week after the Biden administration began to lower sanctions on the Maduro regime as the U.S. started talks with Venezuela on importing more oil from that nation.
Florida’s U.S. senators...
Florida Republicans Call on Biden to Consult With Maduro Opponents Before Trying to Get...
Last week, Florida Republican U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar sent a letter to President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken, and...
Florida Congressional Reps Call on State, Commerce Departments to Do More to Protect U.S....
On Wednesday, members of the Florida delegation on Capitol Hill signed on a letter led by U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., and David Cicilline, D-RI, to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S....
Rick Scott, Marco Rubio: Senate Hearing on Afghanistan Withdrawal Needs to Be Public
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., led 17 of his Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate on a letter U.S. Sens. Jack Reed, D-RI, and Bob Menendez, D-NJ, the chairmen of the Senate...
Gus Bilirakis: Biden Abandoning Israel, Greece, Cyprus Pipeline Hurts Allies, Leads to Higher Energy...
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., is warning that the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw support of a natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean undermines key allies and will lead to higher energy costs.
Bilirakis teamed...
Ashley Moody Urges State Department to Do More to Combat Fentanyl
Last week, state Attorney General Ashley Moody urged the U.S. Department of State to take a tougher approach to stem the influx of deadly fentanyl into Florida and the nation as a whole.
Moody stressed...
Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Senators Oppose Taking FARC Off Lists of Foreign Terrorists
Last week, Republican officials from Florida called upon the Biden administration to keep the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the U.S. State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
Reports emerged that FARC...
