Taking a page from President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., is hoping to “drain the swamp” by changing lobbying regulations. 

There are five new Democrats representing Florida in the U.S. House and one of them is starting to garner more attention than the others. 

Two members of the Florida delegation--Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen--have brought back a bill to help Holocaust survivors and their heirs with insurance claims. 

On Wednesday, state Sen. Denise Grimsley, R-Lake Placid, filed to run for Florida Agriculture commissioner as she hopes to replace fellow Republican Adam Putnam who faces term limits in 2018. 

Starting his second term in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is keeping the gavel as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues.  

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., who is closely related to the family which owns the National Football League’s (NFL) Pittsburgh Steelers, wants to take the “Rooney Rule” nationwide. 

While none of Florida’s three National Football League (NFL) came close to appearing in Super Bowl LI on Sunday, the average family in the Sunshine State is set to spend $75 per person to watch the big game. 

A Florida congressman hopes to spur drug makers to create more generic drugs and spur competition in the marketplace. 

President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the United States by refugees and emigrants from seven Muslim countries has drawn the fire of two members of the Florida delegation who lead a key congressional subcommittee. 

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., is keeping the gavel on the U.S. House National Security Subcommittee.