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. 

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.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., will be focused on the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) budget as the House Veterans Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Thursday. Miller chairs the committee. 

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., showcased his support for repealing Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) which was set up by President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law. IPAB was created to “reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending" but Yoho and other critics said the unelected board had too much power over Medicare. 

Dark horse Republican presidential candidate Mark Everson, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), came out firing at businessman Donald Trump’s presidential campaign kickoff, comparing him to Charleston gunman Dylann Roof. Everson has been a supporter of immigration reform though he opposes President Barack Obama’s use of executive action to change the laws.