With Republicans in Congress kicking over repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., tapped a Florida Republican to serve on a committee overseeing much of that issue.
From his perch on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., brought back his proposal cracking down on state sponsors of terror.
With one of President-elect Donald Trump’s chief domestic priorities being a $1 trillion infrastructure and transportation plan over the next ten years, a South Florida Republican on Capitol Hill will play a major role in shaping its final version.
This week a South Florida Republican congressman once again paired up with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in urging the federal government to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
On Tuesday, Cruz and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., brought out the “Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act.” While noting members of the Muslim Brotherhood are classified as terrorists, the organization as a whole is not. This not a new topic for the two Republicans who brought out a similar proposal back in November 2015.
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is set to play a major role on investigating the IRS, health-care, Social Security and Medicare as he will take over the U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee.
Now starting his fourth term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., continues to move up the congressional ladder.
In the opening week of the 115th Congress, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., brought out a proposal to make sure members of Congress convicted of felonies while in office are denied their pensions.
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., brought back his proposal to help get Puerto Rico’s economy back in the right direction.
With the new 115th Congress commencing this week, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., focused on veterans issues.
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., took to the House floor on Thursday to propose a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution on campaign finance reform.
