Tag: michael waltz
Scott Peters, Florida Congressmen Continue the Push to Recognize June as Post Traumatic...
This week, U.S. Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., continued his push to recognize June as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month and June 27th as National PTSI Awareness Day.
U.S. Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Mike Waltz,...
Brian Mast Wants a Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights
Last week, with the support of members of the Florida delegation, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., introduced a proposal to create a “Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights.”
Mast’s office insisted the bill will help “cut...
Rick Scott, Michael Waltz Wants Feds to Stop Doing Business With Putin Regime
Last week, two Republicans in the Florida delegation--U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz--unveiled the “Keeping Russia’s Energy and Military Liable for Invading its Neighbors (KREMLIN) Act.”
The bill, according to Scott’s office...
Michael Waltz on the NDAA: ‘We Must Maintain a High Level of Readiness
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., the top Republican on the U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and the first Green Beret to serve in Congress, delivered the opening statement at the...
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...
Michael Waltz Asks Treasury if Forbes Acquisition by CCP Linked Company is Under CFIUS...
This week, U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen asking if the ongoing acquisition of Forbes Global Media Holdings (Forbes) by a China-based special purchase acquisition company...
Rick Scott, Scott Franklin, Michael Waltz Call for 5 Percent Increase in Defense Spending
On Wednesday, 40 Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services urged President Joe Biden to include a 5 percent increase above inflation for the defense spending in his fiscal year 2023...
Scott Franklin: State Department Should Keep Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Terrorist List
This week, U.S. Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., led a letter calling on U.S. Sec. of State Antony Blinken to continue placing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) on the designated list of Foreign Terrorist...
Florida Republicans Urge NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to Stand Up Against Communist China
Republican members of the Florida delegation led by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., sent a letter to National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver urging him to condemn...
Florida Republicans on Capitol Hill Divide on $1.5 Trillion Spending Package
This week, the U.S. House passed a package of government funding bills totaling around $1.5 trillion.
The package funds the federal government through September. While the package represents a win for Democrats in charge of...
Rick Scott Wants to Sanction China if it Takes Action Against Taiwan
Last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced the “Deterring Communist Chinese Aggression Against Taiwan Through Financial Sanctions Act,” a bill “which would impose devastating financial sanctions on the Chinese government if Communist China...
