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Republicans in Florida Delegation Split Over Sending $39.8 Billion in Assistance to Ukraine
This week, Republicans in the Florida delegation divided as the U.S. House passed a proposal from U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., authorizing $39.8 billion in additional assistance to Ukraine as the Russian invasion of...
Florida Republicans Divide as House Passes Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act
This week, the U.S. House passed U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat's, D-NY, “Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act.”
The bill authorizes almost $75 million a year for the next five years “to improve security cooperation with...
Florida Delegation Wants Space Force’s STARCOM Located at Cape Canaveral
The Florida congressional delegation, led by U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., and U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and Bill Posey, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Sec. Frank...
South Florida Republicans: Labor Department Needs to Investigate if Mexico is Using Cuban Medical...
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., and Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Trade and...
South Florida GOP Congressmen Bring Out Bill to Stop Importing Oil from Venezuela
Last week, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., brought out the “Prohibit the Venezuelan Importation Act” which would have the Biden White House “prohibit the importation of petroleum products from the socialist dictator of Venezuela...
Florida Congressional Reps Calls on Biden Administration to Offer Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan...
This week, U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., Darren Soto, D-Fla., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz led bipartisan members of the Florida congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of...
Florida Delegation Marks 200th Anniversary of U.S. Relations With Colombia
Members of the Florida delgation are lining up behind a resolution “commemorating the 200thanniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Colombia.”
Last week, U.S. Reps. Albio Sires, D-NJ, and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., who...
Mario Diaz-Balart Calls on Anthony Blinken to Do More to Help Haiti
Last week, U.S. Reps/ Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Adriano Espaillat, D-NY, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the ongoing crisis in Haiti.
In the letter, the members highlighted the urgent...
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...
Scott Franklin Introduces Bill Banning Importing Oil From Venezuela
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., brought out a bill “to prohibit the importation of all petroleum products originating from Venezuela.”
Franklin’s “Prohibiting Oil Trade with Venezuela’s Tyrant Act” has more than 20 Republican...
Florida GOP Congressmen Take Aim at Reports Biden Working With Venezuela to Get More...
This week, Florida Republican U.S. Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart, Byron Donalds, Scott Franklin, Carlos Giménez and Dan Webster sent a letter to the Biden administration, amid reports that it is courting the Venezuelan regime for...
On Capitol Hill, Carlos Gimenez Champions the Combating Communism Act
Last week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., showcased the “Combating Communism Act" which he introduced at the end of last month.
“The legislation directs the Department of State to create a Special Envoy to retool...
