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| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for 2024-02-17 ( 9 items ) |
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Bipartisan House Members Condemn Maduro Shuttering Human Rights Office, Press for Legislation to Ensure Justice for Suffering Venezuelans (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2024:
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Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, was joined by Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, as well as Michael Waltz (R-FL), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in more PR
Franklin Votes Against President Biden's War on Energy (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Florida, issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2024:
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Today, Rep. Scott Franklin's (FL-18) issued a statement regarding his vote for H.R. 7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives today with bipartisan support, 224-200.
"From the moment President Biden took office, he began systematically dismantling our nation's energy independence in the name of virtue signaling to a small group of more PR
Rep. Kat Cammack Joins Rep. Ronny Jackson In 5th Letter To White House Demanding Biden Take A Cognitive Test (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024:
Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack joined Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) and 82 colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that he take a cognitive exam. The letter calls on the Cabinet to swiftly begin the process for invoking the 25th Amendment if President Biden is unwilling or unable to sit for an assessment. Jackson's letter follows four previous letters sent urging more PR
Rep. Mills Applauds Awarding of $1 Million Grant for Sanford International Airport (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Cory Mills, R-Florida, issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2024:
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Today, Rep. Cory Mills (FL-07) released the following statement after Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) was awarded $1 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fund a portion of the rehabilitation of the West Terminal corridor, increasing the passenger waiting area, and ADA accommodations:
"I was pleased to hear Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida's more PR
Rep. Salazar Condemns Maduro for Shuttering Human Rights Office (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024:
Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) joined Ranking Member Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) in issuing the following response to news regarding Venezuela's U.N. Human Rights mission:
"We are deeply concerned by reports that the Maduro regime has ordered the United Nations human rights office more PR
Rep. Salazar Urges Biden to Cancel Contract With Small Business That Fired an Employee for Criticizing the Cuban Regime (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024:
Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to cancel the U.S. Embassy in Havana's contract with MadWoman, a supposed regime-independent private sector enterprise in Cuba, and requests all communications between the Embassy and MadWoman by April 1, 2024.
The United States cannot under any circumstances work with more PR
Rep. Steube Introduces Legislation to Defund UNRWA, Divert Funds to Build Border Wall (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. W. Greg Steube, R-Florida, issued the following news release:
U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to permanently ban U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and divert any unspent funds appropriated for UNRWA to border wall construction along America's southern border.
"UNRWA blatantly supports Hamas. Americans are outraged that our tax dollars fund this antisemitic gro more PR
Rep. Waltz Issues Commentary: Trump is Right About NATO Burden Sharing (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following commentary on Feb. 15, 2024:
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Trump is Right About NATO Burden Sharing
Our NATO allies are "eager for American taxpayers to assume the growing security burden left by reductions in European defense budgets."
You might think this is a line from one of former President Donald Trump's stump speeches decrying the majority of NATO members' continual failure to meet their defense spending commitment of 2% GDP. But this more PR
Rep. Webster Supports Bills Strengthening Support for Uyghurs (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024:
Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, this week voted to pass H.R. 4039 and H.R. 2766, to further support Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China who are subject of religious and human rights violations by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
"For years, I have voiced concern with the CCP's actions on their religious persecution of Uyghurs in more PR
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