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Dan Webster Wants to Speed Up Federal Disaster Recovery for Small and Rural Areas

Last week, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., threw his support behind a proposal from U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., “to help expedite disaster recovery efforts, particularly in small and rural areas.” Graves brought out the...
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Florida Democrats on Capitol Hill Bring Out Gun Control Bills

U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., brought out the “Law Enforcement Protection Act” which would expand background checks on “armor-piercing, concealable weapons.”
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Brian Mast, Dina Titus Team Up to End VA Experiments on Cats

“The VA’s continued use of taxpayer dollars to conduct painful and wasteful experiments on cats and kittens is unacceptable,” Mast said on Thursday. “These tests are barbaric, unnecessary and do nothing to actually help veterans. That’s why I’m proud to introduce this legislation with Rep. Titus to bring them to an end once and for all.”

Members of Florida Delegation Help End Funds for VA Testing on Dogs

At the start of last year, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., who sits on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee and lost both his legs during his service in Afghanistan, teamed up with U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., to unveil the “Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act” which “will put an end to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ practice of performing painful and distressing experiments on dogs, including drilling into dogs’ skulls, inducing heart attacks, and collapsing their lungs.”

Charlie Crist Honored for Efforts to Stop Animal Testing

The White Coat Waste Project, which defines itself as a “taxpayer watchdog group representing more than 2 million liberty-lovers and animal-lovers who all agree: taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay over $15 billion every year for wasteful and cruel experiments on dogs, cats, monkeys and other animals,” honored Crist for his work to cut down on using public funds to test on animals. 
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Brian Mast, Lara Trump Help Push the VA to Cut Animal Testing by 2025

At the start of the year, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., who sits on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee and lost both his legs during his service in Afghanistan, teamed up with U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., to unveil the “Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act”  which “will put an end to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ practice of performing painful and distressing experiments on dogs, including drilling into dogs’ skulls, inducing heart attacks, and collapsing their lungs.”

Vern Buchanan Warns of the Threats Ukraine is Facing

Over the weekend, Buchanan was part of a congressional group who met with troops serving in the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine (JMTG-U).

Brian Mast Continues to Push VA to End Experiments on Dogs

“While I was recovering from my injuries, I saw firsthand the important role that dogs play in helping veterans recover from war’s physical and psychological tolls,” Mast said. “For too long, the VA has gotten away with conducting these harmful—sometimes fatal—experiments on dogs. These tests are abusive, waste taxpayer dollars and must be stopped.”
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