WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following news release: On March 6, 2024, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to examine the lawfulness of states dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) at institutions of higher learning. The letter comes following the most recent move by the Un more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Congressman Neal Dunn (Florida-02) released a statement following the House's passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024. This appropriations package funds veterans and national security programs and makes cuts to non-defense and non-veterans accounts. "This continuing appropriations package is a win for Florida's Second Congressional District. This package includes over 15 MIL more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) sent a request to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate the election interference against President Donald J. Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Special Counsel Smith's actions to expedite the Trump case have no other purpose than to ensure a trial before the November 2024 election, in violation of DOJ rul more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) introduced legislation to allow survivors of the 1996 Khobar Towers attack, who were previously overlooked for missed compensation, to receive the "catch-up" payments authorized by the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act. On the night of June 25, 1996, a bomb was detonated near the Khobar Tower housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The towers housed  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) spoke Tuesday evening at a news conference to urge inclusion of the Major Richard Star Act in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Crapo was joined at the news conference by U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana), U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida) and Tonya Star, wife of the late Richard Star. Senators Crapo and Tester are more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement after House passage of legislation that includes the first six appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024: the Agriculture, Rural Development and the Food and Drug Administration; Energy and Water; Military Construction and Veteran Affairs; Transportation, H more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Proven Results: Highlighting the Benefits of Charter Schools for Students and Families": "Thi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. John Rutherford, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement regarding House passage of The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: "Today, the House passed the first package of six FY 2024 appropriations bills which cuts spending, protects conservative priorities, and fully funds our national security needs and the promises made to our veterans. Thanks to the leadershi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, D-Florida, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Webster (R-FL) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen protections for members of the United States Coast Guard from sexual assault and haras more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following commentary to RealClear World on March 6, 2024: * * * Guatemala Must Resist Beijing's Bullying "Guatemala," according to Reuters, "is considering reaching out to develop formal trade ties with China".... The Chinese Communist Party will do what it always does and attempt to condition trade relations on Guatemala's denial of Taiwan's legitimacy.... This is a crucial moment, because Guatemala isn't just any Latin American more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced their long-awaited Americas Act to create an ever-expanding and permanent trade partnership of Western Hemisphere countries and counter China's growing control over global manufacturing and geopolitics. Chairman Mike Gallagher  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bill Posey, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement concerning his vote against the latest omnibus spending bill: "In January, the national debt passed $34 trillion. Just two months later, another half trillion dollars was added to the debt. This bill adds even more debt. It's past time for Washington to get serious about responsible budgeting and the long-term impact th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28) announced Cuban opposition leader and Human Rights Champion Rosa Maria Paya as his guest for the State of the Union. Rosa Maria is a tireless fighter for Cuba's liberation from Communism and is the daughter of renowned activist Oswaldo Paya, who was murdered by the criminal Castro regime. Former U.S. Ambassador Manuel Rocha admitted to acting a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after the House passed six of the 12 funding bills for fiscal year 2024, which included funding for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs. The package also included funding for 13 local projects that Rep. Frankel request more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack and Senator Rick Scott introduced a resolution in the U.S. House and Senate, respectively, expressing support for Americans who are starting and growing families through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Congresswoman Kat Cammack said, "There is nothing more pro-life than helping women start and raise families. IVF has done just that for decades, allowing thousa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Communist China has become the world's largest exporter of automobiles through massive state subsidies, forced labor, intellectual property theft, and other subversive policies. Chinese automakers are taking advantage of multiple loopholes in existing U.S. trade law and have been establishing new production supply chains in Mexico, which will allow the Chinese Communist Party to evade tariffs more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Since May 2020, there have been widespread and rampant attacks against Catholic churches across the U.S. Florida is one of the top ten states where attacks against Catholic churches are occurring. These crimes include property destruction, theft, and assault, yet only 25 percent of these crimes end in an arrest. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding h more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Senator Rick Scott introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate expressing support for Americans who are starting and growing families through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Representative Kat Cammack (FL-3) is leading the resolution in the House of Representatives. Senator Rick Scott said, "IVF is a wonderful thing that enables so many Americans struggling with infertility to have childr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Ted Cruz and their colleagues, Senators Mike Braun, Bill Hagerty, Eric Schmitt, Marco Rubio, Steve Daines and John Barrasso, in filing legislation to allow American victims of terrorism to sue international organizations that support those terrorists, such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provided resources to Hamas terrorist more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) announced twelve community priority grants for a wide range of local projects that will lower costs, grow the middle class and build safer communities as part of the FY24 federal appropriations package. The final vote in the House was 207 Democrats and 132 Republicans supporting the legislation. Castor-sponsored projects include expanded services for veterans a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) announced his invitation of Gold Star Mother Paula Knauss Selph to be his guest for the State of the Union. Paula's son, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Christian Knauss, was one of the 13 American servicemembers killed in the ISIS-K terrorist attack at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. "It has been over two years since more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Kathy Manning (D-NC) were joined by fellow Jewish Members of Congress, including Reps. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Mike Levin (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Max Miller (R- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, today voted to save taxpayers more than $200 billion, protect veterans Second Amendment rights, stop the DOJ from targeting parents and cut the budgets of ATF, EPA, and the DOJ. "Last week in response to my inquiry, 90% of my constituents said that Congress should pass a budget that spends less than last year, so today I did," said Rep. Webs more PR