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Stephanie Murphy, John Rutherford Want NOAA to Suspend Closing Red Snapper Fishing in South...
U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and John Rutherford led a congressional letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Richard Spinrad, asking him “to suspend further consideration of area closures in the South...
Florida Republicans Champion Resolution to Back Protestors Taking On Cuban Regime
Last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced a resolution “marking the one-year anniversary of last July’s historic democracy demonstrations in Cuba and condemning the illegitimate communist Cuban regime’s horrific oppression aimed at silencing...
House Republicans Unveil Plan to Secure the Border
At the end of last week, the American Security Task Force (ASTF), made up by Republicans in the U.S. House, unveiled its legislative recommendations to address the border crisis.
The ASTF insisted that its recommendations...
Mario Diaz-Balart: Biden Administration is Ignoring the State of the Economy
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., weighed in last week after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report showed two consecutive negative quarters for real GDP growth.
The longtime South Florida congressman came out swinging at the...
Florida Delegation Rallies Behind the Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act
Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., introduced the “Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act.”
The bill “would direct the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to lower the...
House Passes Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s, Mario Diaz-Balart’s Resolution Condemning Antisemitism
Last week, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a resolution led by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., condemning antisemitism.
The House passed Wasserman Schultz’s resolution on a 420-1 resolution with U.S....
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...
