A bill from two North Florida congressmen -- Republican Rep. John Rutherford and Democratic Rep. Al Lawson -- to help veterans transition out of the service and into civilian careers has cleared the U.S. House and now heads to the U.S. Senate.
A Southwest Florida Republican congressman is backing a proposal to have pharmaceutical companies have more transparency when they want to raise drug prices.
This week, U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., joined U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Mike Braun, R-Ind., and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in bringing out the “FAIR Drug Pricing Act” which, they insist, will be “the first step in addressing skyrocketing prescription drug prices by requiring transparency for pharmaceutical corporations that plan to increase drug prices.”
This week, freshman U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., announced his support for a proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to have congressional term limits.
Waltz is backing a resolution from U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Tex., to limit time on Capitol Hill to 12 years, with members of the U.S. House restricted to six terms and members of the U.S. Senate to two terms.
After cosponsoring the resolution at the start of the week, Waltz explained his support for the resolution on Wednesday.
A South Florida Democrat is joining one of his party's most prominent senators to offer a bill which they say will help support public defenders.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., brought out the “Ensuring Quality Access to Legal Defense (EQUAL Defense) Act” in the House, being championed in the Senate by Kamala Harris, D-Calif. Harris is running in the crowded Democratic presidential primary.
On Monday, two congressmen from Florida -- Republican Brian Mast and Democrat Darren Soto -- paired up to proposal a bill making it easier to have congressional offices inside U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.
Mast and Soto unveiled the “Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act” to streamline the process for members of Congress to have offices in VA facilities.
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., the top Republican on the U.S. House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, was honored last week for his work on ports issues.
The Florida Republican was honored by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) as the 2019 “Port Person of the Year” with that group praising Diaz-Balart as a “committed supporter of the port industry and has fought to bring millions of dollars to improve infrastructure and development for ports across the nation.”
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.. teamed up with U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Thursday to offer a bill that would let federal employees work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) efforts.
Scott showcased his support for Hawley’s “National Urban Search and Rescue Parity Act,” which also has the backing of U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.
The Florida delegation met on Thursday to focus on agriculture in the Sunshine State.
Most of the delegation, led by co-chairmen U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., were attended the meeting, focusing on trade policy with Mexico, disaster relief and citrus greening.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, Florida Farm Bureau Federation President John Hoblick, Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association President Mike Joyner and Alan Shelby, the executive vice president of the Florida Forestry Association spoke at the meeting.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’, R-Fla., continues to champion a bill that extends the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Counterterrorism Advisory Board (CTAB) and it gained steam on Capitol Hill this week.
At the end of 2017, Rubio, U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., brought out the “Counterterrorism Advisory Board Authorization Act." While the House passed its version of the bill, Rubio did not get his proposal across the finish line. The proposal codifies the CTAB, which was created in 2010, for another two years.
After 45 years on the political stage, Jacksonville City Councilman Tommy Hazouri scored another win on Tuesday night as he won another four year term.
Insisting it was his “last hurrah,” Hazouri, now 74, turned away the challenge of Republican Greg Rachal, racking up more than 58 percent of the vote to keep his at-large council seat.
