U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., called on President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate to pass the Keystone XL Pipeline. Rooney insisted Keystone XL was a major issue in the elections earlier this month which saw the GOP flip the Senate.

Building the Keystone pipeline was absolutely on the ballot last week, and the American people sent a clear message its time to build, Rooney said on Friday. Will President Obama and Harry Reid continue to ignore the American people, or will they finally say yes to jobs and energy?

After taking 4 percent in the recent Florida gubernatorial race, Libertarian Adrian Wyllie announced on Monday he will be a lobbyist for the Liberty First Network, planning to work in Tallahassee on issues.

The Liberty First Network and I have been working toward the same goals, and fighting the same legislative battles, so this partnership is a perfect fit, Wyllie said on Monday. Though I may not be governor, the Legislature will still hear our voices, and will be subject to our scrutiny. I am excited to be joining this all-star team of principled and competent people.

Since being elected in 2012, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., ranks as one of the leading congressional champions of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Yoho has even compared it to the transcontinental railroad which connected America after the Civil War. No surprise, then, that Yoho cheered the House for passing the Keystone XL on Friday and urging President Barack Obama and the U.S. Senate to support it.

From his perch as the chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., weighed in on the news that the VA department fired Terry Gerigk Wolf, the Pittsburgh health-care system director who was in charge during the Legionnaires' outbreak back in 2011 and 2012 which impacted 22 veterans, killing six of them. Wolf had been on paid administrative leave since the summer after a VA internal investigation.

Jonathan Gruber is drawing fire from U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., after a video emerged in which he said the lack of transparency and the stupidity of the American voter helped pass President Barack Obamas federla health-care law. DeSantis wants Gruber to return federal monies he received for consulting on the law.

On Thursday, incoming Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, named Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, as president pro tempore. The Senate will meet next week when Gardiner takes over from current Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Destin. Richter served as president pro tempore under Gaetz.

Calling himself the true conservative," Palm Coast Republican Travis Hutson is moving his money from his current Florida House accounts to a Florida Senate campaign. Hutson will take on Rep. Doc Renuart, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, in a special primary on Jan. 27 to see who replaces former Sen. John Thrasher in Tallahassee.

On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott issued an order lowering costs for Lifetime Sportsmans Licenses for Floridians 21 and younger. From Nov. 24-Dec. 31, the cost of the license for those Floridians will be lowered from $1,000 to $500.

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., weighed in on last weeks election results and insisted things will be better in Washington, D.C., with Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Democrats not in charge of the Senate for the next two years.

Yoho penned an op-ed over at The Hillon Wednesday, insisting voters were tired of President Barack Obamas one-sided policies and all of the dysfunction in our nations capital.

On Wednesday, in the lame-duck session, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize funding for the National Estuary Program (NEP). The bill was championed by two congressmen from Florida: Republican Bill Posey and Democrat Patrick Murphy. The two congressmen wanted federal funds to protect estuaries including the Indian River Lagoon.