A congresswoman from Florida wants the U.S. to provide aid, including arms,  to the Kurds as they continue to battle Islamic State (ISIS) terrorism. 

Three Florida Republican congressmen are in the vanguard of the effort to impeach the IRS commissioner. 

Former Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson threw his support to U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate. 

Former U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla., is looking to make a political comeback, setting his sights on a return to Congress. 

The U.S. House moved on the “Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act" from U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-NC, this week with the Florida delegation firmly behind it. 

After eight terms in Congress, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., announced he would not seek reelection. 

Two members of the Florida congressional delegation scored a win on Tuesday as their bill to safeguard veterans against fraud passed the U.S. House without opposition. 

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., brought out the “Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act” back in March. U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., was also a co-sponsor of the bill. The House passed the bill 411-0 on Tuesday. 

Florida orange industry got some good news as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) revised its forecast on Tuesday . 

The chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., brought out a bill this week helping veterans who lose their abilities to have children due to wounds. 

Miller, who is retiring from Congress, unveiled the bill on Monday. The proposal would help “veterans who have suffered a traumatic injury to their reproductive organs and who, as a result, cannot have children” with as much as $20,000 “which could be used at the veteran’s discretion, including for adoption fees or other personal expenses.”

The process of choosing a running mate for the Republican ticket has begun even as the GOP remains uncertain over who will be its standard bearer in this years election. 

Businessman Donald Trump, currently in the lead in the delegate count, was asked by USA Today if he could select former primary rivals like U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. and Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., as his understudy. The USA Today interview ran Monday.