With VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigning on Friday, reactions are coming in from across the Sunshine State. U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., praised Shinsekis service in the military but insisted there were serious issues at VA medical centers under his watch.

VA Secretary Eric Shinseki offered his resignation to President Barack Obama who accepted it on Friday. CNN has the details. Shinseki had been under fire after reports emerged across the nation of problems at VA medical facilities including altered waiting lists. Leaders from Florida -- including Gov. Rick Scott, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Friday came out swinging at freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., who is a top target for Republicans.

Noting that the U.S. Commerce Department released a report showing the economy shrunk 1 percent in the first quarter of 2014, the NRCC pointed toward something Garcia said at the end of April when speaking to the Upper Keys Democrats.

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., called for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign on Thursday after an inspector generals report was released earlier this week noting the problems of VA medical centers across the nation.

Florida TaxWatch released a study on Friday focusing on commuter rail efforts in the Sunshine State, namely SunRail in Orlando and All Aboard Florida in the southern part of the state.

With the VA medical facilities under question in recent weeks, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., who served in the Army and now sits on the U.S.

From his perch on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., is doing his best to exterminate a pest plaguing Florida -- the conehead termite. At an Appropriations Committee meeting on Thursday, Crenshaws amendment to the 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill using federal funds to create a program to eradicate the conehead termite was added and passed.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign after a critical inspector generals report focusing on altered wait lists at VA medical centers across the nation. Rubio called for the Senate to pass his bill which would make it easier for the VA secretary to fire or demote problem employees. The House passed a version of the bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., earlier in the month.

This week, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker asking if she can extend red snapper season in the Gulf which is currently limited to nine days.

After the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general released a report on Wednesday about altered waiting lists at VA medical facilities across the nation, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla, the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, called for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.