Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter cheered state Attorney General Pam Bondi for leading a coalition of 17 states against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rules on power plant emissions. Earlier this week, Bondi filed a petition with a federal court in Washington, D.C. against the rules.

With U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry raising the flag at the American embassy in Havana on Friday, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., called out the Obama administration for not inviting opponents of the Castro regime to the ceremony. 

On Thursday, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced sites across the Sunshine State have been added to the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. 

With the Obama administration trying to close prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay which hold terrorists, U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., is pushing back. 

On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., offered her take on a recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and showcased her legislation bolstering that nation‘s defenses against tunnel attacks increasingly used by terrorists. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel visited the Tampa Bay region on Thursday as the federal government ponders declaring it a disaster area due to flooding. 

U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry will be in Havana on Friday to raise the flag as the American embassy opens. That doesn’t sit well with U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., one of the leading congressional Republicans when it comes to foreign affairs. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the chairman of the Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, wrote U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry, urging him to lower Cuba’s ranking in the  State Department’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Rubio also asked for Kerry to turn over to the Senate records to see how the administration made that decision. 

With children returning to school across the Sunshine State, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is showcasing an app from the state government on nutrition. 

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., doubled down on his attacks against primary rival U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., as the battle to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate heats up.