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Marco Rubio Warns About Chinese Threat in Latin America
Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took part in a subcommittee hearing on the threat of the Chinese Communist Party in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Rubio is the top Republican on the U.S....
Senate Appropriations Bills Include Funds for Everglades Restoration, Rebuilding Tyndall Air Force Base
With help from Florida’s two U.S. senators, the FY2020 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill and the FY2020 Department of Defense Appropriations bill cleared the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee with $200 million for Everglades restoration and funds to rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base.
Mike Waltz, Florida Delegation Urge SOUTHCOM to Keep Drug Task Force in Florida
The task force is a hub for coordinating drug interdiction efforts, not only between several American law enforcement agencies, but also among our partner nations in the region dedicated to stopping the trafficking of illicit drugs and dismantling of illicit and converging threat networks in support of national and hemispheric security.
Marco Rubio: U.S. Needs to Focus on Venezuela, Nicaragua
From his seats on both the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and the Appropriations Committees, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is looking to amend the FY2019 Defense-LHHS Minibus appropriations bill to deal with the growing crises in the two Latin American nations.
