Scandal plagued former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., announced on Thursday that he plans to run for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla.

Two Florida congressmen -- Republican U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross and Democrat U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy -- joined forces on Thursday to introduce the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act of 2014 which, they insist, will allow more role for the private market on flood insurance by reducing the federal role and giving states more flexibility.

With reports that there have been preventable deaths at VA facilities across the nation, including 40 veterans dying as they waited to get into a VA facility in Phoenix, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to work with state attorneys general as to whether criminal charges are needed.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., took a step up the Democratic ladder on Thursday when U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., named her as a vice chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees (DCCC) Red to Blue program as they look to defeat Republican members of Congress. Israel, who is the chairman of the DCCC, also named U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., as chairwoman of the Red to Blue program for the second election cycle in a row, while U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., was named a vice chairman.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., endorsed North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis as he seeks the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C.

This week, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), was front-and-center in Washington marking Holocaust Remembrance Days (Yom HaShoah in Hebrew).

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the national airwaves on Wednesday night to slam President Barack Obamas economic policies and his handling of Russia.

Appearing on Greta Van Susterens show on Fox News, Rubio hit Obama for using the same rhetoric of class warfare which Obama and his allies always rely on.

Count U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., among the supporters of U.S. Sen. David Vitters, R-Fla., attempts to ensure congressmen and senators dont get subsidies from President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. DeSantis is the House sponsor of Vitters bill which the Louisiana senator crafted as an amendment to an energy efficiency bill pending in the Senate.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., who sits on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, backed the 2015 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MILCON) Appropriations Bill which he says will help defense projects on the First Coast. The bill now heads to the U.S. Senate.

This week, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., introduced an amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which ensures military commissaries will remain open even as the Defense Department looks to make cuts. The bill, with the amendment, passed the House.

Ross took to the House floor to make his case.