Many Floridians are grieving over one cut or another after Gov. Rick Scott bludgeoned the budget in a fit of revenge Tuesday. I am no different.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., expressed his support for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday in the King v. Burwell case.

On Thursday, two Florida congressmen -- Republican U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross and Democrat U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy -- joined forces to bring back the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act which, they insist, will allow more role for the private market on flood insurance by reducing the federal role and giving states more flexibility. Ross and Murphy introduced a similar bill last year that went nowhere. 

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday on the need to reform federal regulatory crimes and incarceration policies. 

Chris Hudson, the Florida director for fiscal conservative group Americans for Prosperity (AFP), insisted on Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision was not a game changer for health care in the Sunshine State. 

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla, weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on King v. Burwell and continued his opposition to President Barack Obama’s health-care law. 

After reaching an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over continuing some  Low Income Pool (LIP) funding despite Florida not agreeing to Medicaid expansion this week, Gov. Rick Scott declared a “tremendous win” for the Sunshine State on Thursday as he withdrew his lawsuit against the Obama administration. 

Pastor Randy Bezet from the Bayside Community Church in the Sarasota-Manatee area offered the morning prayer in the U.S. House on Thursday. 

Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida came out swinging at the U.S. Supreme Court’s  King v. Burwell decision in favor of tax subsidies set up by President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy sided with the court liberals on the 6-3 decision. The challenge to Obama’s law specifically focused on whether health insurance tax credits can be run at both the federal and state levels. The plaintiffs insisted only state exchanges can promote the tax credits. 

While they haven’t been successful in their legal challenges to All Aboard Florida’s (AAF) plans to build high speed rail in the Sunshine State,  Citizens Against Rail Expansion (CARE) pledged on Thursday not to throw in the towel. CARE’s steering committee sent out a letter this week promising to continue the fight against AAF.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., will announce next week that he is entering the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Roll Call reported late on Wednesday. Rubio is currently running for the Republican presidential nomination and is not expected to run for a second Senate term in 2016. 

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott showcased the start of scallop season on Saturday. The season lasts until Sep. 25. Last year, Scott asked for the season to start three days early so the last weekend of June could be included in it. 

With the Confederate flag in the news after the shooting at an AME church in Charleston, S.C., U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., called for removal of the statue of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, the highest ranking Confederate general from Florida, from Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. 

Congratulations are in order to Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, R-Coral Gables, and his longtime associate/assistant Elinette Ruiz, who are expecting a baby girl in July.

U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., joined House Republicans on Tuesday in voting to repeal Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) which was set up by President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law.