WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) Co-Chairs Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) released the following statement following the House passage of legislation that includes the first six appropriations bills for Fiscal year 2024, which included funding for the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies division. The Co-Chairs more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: ORLANDO, Fla. - In case you missed it, today, as the Senate continues consideration of the appropriations package to fund half of the federal government, Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel slamming the reckless inclusion of more than 6,600 earmarks in the bill that will cost taxpayers more than $12 billion. Senator Rick Scott wrote, "Washington loves to act like it is  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Hannity to react to the State of the Union address. See below for highlights and watch the full interview on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BucMgNi65zM) and Rumble (https://rumble.com/v4hxdch-hannity.html). On President Biden's performance during the State of the Union address: "The whole thing was weird. I was actually concerned for him. It  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Kudlow to discuss President Biden's plan to build a port in Gaza, the border crisis, and the war in Ukraine. See below for highlights and watch the full interview on YouTube and Rumble. On the Biden Administration's plan to build a port in Gaza: "It's theater. Just like the airdrops last week, it's not designed to solve anything. It's designed to basic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-21) today released the following statement regarding the arrest of Steve Nikoui, Rep. Mast's guest to the State of the Union. "Mr. Nikoui lost his son due to Joe Biden's incompetence, and lost another son to grief over his brother being killed," said Rep. Mast. "This man and his family have given America more than I could personally bear and to attack him w more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28), along with fellow Cuban Reps. Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), and Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) hosted a press conference to denounce far-left socialist Members of Congress for secretly traveling to Communist Cuba to meet with officials from the regime. "It is reprehensible for U.S. Members of Congress to appease and lobb more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Tonight, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union address. "Under President Biden's leadership, we've witnessed an American comeback. We've achieved historic job growth while modernizing our infrastructure, lowering drug prices, combatting climate change, and supporting our Veterans," said Rep. Frankel. "To more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Friday to address the impacts of President Biden's border policies on major cities across the country.  The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, I, like many Americans, thought when the Governors of Texas and Florida began transporting illegal immigrants to blue cities across the country - change w more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. John Rutherford, R-Florida, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement following President Biden's State of the Union address: "President Biden just painted a rosy picture of a reality that doesn't exist for everyday Americans. The truth is, he has made our nation weak at home and in the eyes of our enemies abroad. Bidenomics is failing families, businesses, and anyone trying to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: On Friday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) sent a letter to President Joe Biden questioning his administration's announcement of a U.S. military operation to establish a temporary port off the coast of Gaza to provide additional aid to Palestinians and laid out concerns over how American taxpayer funded aid will be distributed to an area controlled by Hamas terrorists. In his letter, Wa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, today voted to pass H.R. 2799, the Expanding Access to Capital Act, legislation that reduces regulatory barriers and create new pathways for small businesses to raise capital and go public. "Small businesses are the backbone of our nation's economy, and it's critical that entrepreneurs seeking to grow their businesses have access to affordab more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Major retailers are selling dangerous and potentially illegal video doorbells from Eken, a Chinese company. Eken does not appropriately encrypt video and sound data transmitted from the doorbell, exposing Americans to hackers and criminals. Furthermore, Eken's products lack an ID from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which suggests the devices may be illegal to import, market, and sell. U.S. Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Senator Rick Scott's bipartisan legislation, the Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of Life (END FENTANYL) Act, passed the House of Representatives marking a unanimous full Congressional passage, and now heads to the president's desk. The END FENTANYL Act will require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CB more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Senator Rick Scott led the introduction of a resolution in the U.S. Senate slamming Congress' obsession with reckless earmarks. Joining Senator Scott in fighting against this reckless government spending are Senators Ron Johnson, Mike Braun, Marsha Blackburn, John Barrasso, Mike Lee, Josh Hawley, Rand Paul and Steve Daines. Additionally, this resolution has been endorsed by Heritage Act more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following commentary to Miami Herald on March 7, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Protect Homestead Air Reserve Base to Secure America's Future U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) March 7, 2024 Miami Herald F-15 Eagles and F-16C Fighting Falcons operating from HARB work with Doral's U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to defend our nation from air attacks and other threats. The base is also the headquarters of U.S. Special Operations C more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: On Friday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-06), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul (TX-10) led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield requesting the State Department to continue advocating for the release of arbitrarily detained individuals in Chin more PR