WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, co-chairman of the Animal Protection Caucus, and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency in the pet buying process and crack down on inhumane dog breeding facilities. Specifically, the Petfax Act would require those who sell pets to provide a "Petfax" report detailing the conditions in which the animal was more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2024: * * * Today, Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Andy Barr (R-KY), co-chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, and House leads of the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023, released the following statement applauding the House passage of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, addressing the issue of double taxation. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2024: * * * Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement after the passage of H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. "I am proud to have supported this bipartisan legislation, which includes a vital provision I cosponsored that extends disaster relief benefits like the enhanced casual more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: This week, Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) and Reps. Darren Soto (FL-09) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation approved Florida for over $180 million in Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant funds to add approximately 917 truck parking spaces across four sites along I-4 in Central Florida. "Central Florida's I-4 corridor has the highest unmet truck parking deman more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Today, Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28) and Rep. Scott Peters (CA-50) introduced the bipartisan Caribbean and Latin America Maritime Security Initiative Act to combat Communist China's Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Caribbean and Latin American waters. Communist China's behavior threatens marine ecosystems, fishery stocks, and global food security. This harass more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. W. Greg Steube, R-Florida, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives today passed The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, a bipartisan package which includes legislation sponsored by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act. Rep. Steube's legislation ensures that Americans harmed by recent hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and the train derailment in Ohio will receive long-awaited relief. "The Tax Relief f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) sent a letter to Commissioner Robert Califf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to question the telework policies at the FDA, which have minimized the operational standards for approving critical drugs and therapeutics. "It has been four years since the pandemic hit our country yet a number of federal agencies that adopted telework more PR