WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, issued the following news release: During today's House Armed Services Committee hearing to examine the Department of Defense's (DoD) activities in the Western Hemisphere and continued challenges to security, Rebecca Zimmerman, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, acknowledged there is an anticipated mass migration from Haiti into the United States through Florida in response to questioning from U.S. more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, March 13 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced a $1.4 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help fund the Early Head Start (EHS) Program at Community Coordinate Care for Children's located in Orlando, Florida, which will provide childcare for low-income families across Central Florida. "Too many Central Florida families are stuck between a rock and a  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez pressed General Gregory M. Guillot, Commander of the U.S. Northern Command and Northern American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), on the fact that transnational Mexican cartels are using Chinese precursor chemicals to manufacture fentanyl that is poisoning American communities. "Fentanyl overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans aged 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), co-led the introduction of a resolution to recognize March 12th--the day symbolizing how long into 2024 the average woman must work to make what the average man was paid in 2023--as Equal Pay Day. The resolution highlights the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women. "Equal pay is not only a matter of fairn more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's (R-FL) conservation bill (H.R. 4389) to protect iconic birds like the Baltimore Oriole and Reddish Egret passed through the House Committee on Natural Resources by unanimous consent. The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) provides competitive grants for habitat conservation, research and monitoring, and community outreach and education. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Young Kim (CA-40), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize March 12, 2024 as Girl Scouts Day and its 112th founding anniversary, and also honor the tremendous impact this group has on countless young women and girls over time. The bipartisan Mem more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: On Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) pressed Biden Administration National Security and Intelligence Officials on President Biden's classified documents, the threat of al-Qaeda, our energy policy fueling Russia's war chest, Hamas, and universities facilitating domestic terrorism during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing. Witnesses included Director of Na more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, today voted to pass H.R. 6276, the Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies (USE IT) Act of 2023. This legislation directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and General Services Administration (GSA) to measure occupancy in federal buildings and federally leased space and requires steps to be taken to reduce or consolid more PR