Tag: rick scott
Rick Scott Warns Defense Department About Prioritizing Culture War Issues
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., had his first hearing as the ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel.
During his remarks and questions to witnesses, Scott highlighted his focus...
Rick Scott, Marco Rubio Want DOJ to Sue Chinese Communist Party on COVID
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., led U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Mike Braun, R-Ind, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick...
Rick Scott: Time to ‘Put Forward Solutions’ on Energy, Gas Prices
Noting that “February’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers showed another month of rising energy costs for American families,” U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., showcased two proposals on energy this week.
Scott brought back the “Furthering...
Rick Scott Calls on Florida Superintendents to Engage Parents to Educate Kids About Dangers...
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter to all of Florida’s public school superintendents highlighting the need to better educate students on the deadly fentanyl crisis facing the state and nation.
In...
Rick Scott, Byron Donalds Introduce Bill to Help Floridians, Puerto Ricans Impacted by Hurricanes...
Members of the Florida delegation are throwing their support behind U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds’, R-Fla., proposal to provide “enhanced disaster loss tax relief to those affected by Hurricane...
Florida’s Senators Want a Lend-Lease Program for Taiwan in Case China Attacks
Last week, Florida’s two U.S. senators--Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--threw their support behind U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s, R-Tenn., bill to “support the United States’ partnership with Taiwan by authorizing a defense lend or...
Rick Scott: Republicans Need to Reject Joe Biden’s Budget Proposal
Last week, following the release of President Joe Biden’s budget, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., offered his take on it.
Scott portrayed it as Biden’s “massively reckless $6.8 trillion budget proposal” when he weighed in...
Florida’s Senators Ask Education Department About Funding Antisemitic Activities on College Campuses
This week, Florida’s U.S. senators--Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--joined a dozen of their fellow GOP senators in signing a letter led by U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, to U.S. Education Sec. Miguel Cardona...
Rick Scott Wants to Designate Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., threw his support behind a proposal to “provide federal law enforcement with additional power to fight back against the drug cartels by formally designating them as Foreign...
Rick Scott Brings Back Two Bills Focused on Social Media
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., showcased two proposals “ to hold Big Tech companies accountable for the malicious content spread on their platforms and help keep teens safe while using social media.”
Scott...
Florida’s Senators Urge Biden to Waive Travel Vaccine Mandate to Let Novak Djokovic...
At the end of last week, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., wrote to President Joe Biden requesting his approval for a waiver of the administration's current international travel vaccine mandate...
Rick Scott, John Kennedy Champion Bill to Teach About ‘Dangers of Communism and Totalitarianism’
Last week, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., introduced a bill “ to help educate students about the history and dangers of communism” with the help of U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
Kennedy brought out the...
