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U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., took to the floor of Congress on Wednesday, insisting the measure would help improve national defense and help the First Coasts military community. Crenshaw said the following in his speech: When you look at the world today, it certainly hasnt gotten any smaller. It certainly hasnt gotten any safer. But, I think this bill balances the priorities that we need to balance and focuses on being able to meet the many, many challenges that we face in terms of our national security.

From his seat on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., pressed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray on federal loan regulations. Now there is a 17 billion-dollar business out there in consumer loans and small dollar credit, Ross said. Operation Choke Point, if it were to eliminate due to reputational risk this particular supply, if you will, the demand will remain -- what will happen to those? What will happen to those consumers who need this particular market niche?"

New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics has opened a new facility in Tampa to enhance and extend customer services for health-care clients and employees throughout the United States, according to a press release from Gov. Rick Scott's office. The project will create a capital investment of $9.3 million and up to 350 jobs, which will consist of customer service, logistics and human resources.

Opponents of Amendment 2, a medical marijuana proposal, looked to Colorado on Wednesday, insisting that the states relaxed marijuana laws have led to more children experimenting with the drug. This is the sad reality that we are seeing in all states that have passed these measures, said Calvina Fay, the director of the Drug Free America Foundation which opposes Amendment 2. They use people who suffer with debilitating cancer or other conditions as a Trojan horse to pass these broad measures, and inevitably these powerful pot products end up in kids hands.