U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., brought back his proposal to increase access for congressional staffers to have access to help clear the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) backlog on a voice vote. 

With President Donald Trump throwing some jabs at NATO, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and other senators laid out a resolution last week ensuring the president can’t pull out of that organization without Senate approval. 

This week, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., doubled down on his efforts to expand participation in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), insisting it helps spur innovation in businesses and entrepreneurship.

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., brought back their “Combat Online Predators Act” this week. 

Last week, two Florida congressmen--Democrat U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart--brought out a proposal which would permit Venezuelans fleeing the Maduro regime to become eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Two familiar faces in Florida politics -- former U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum -- will be headed to Harvard in the months to come. 

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who was named the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship last week, unveiled a bill looking to protect consumer data privacy. 

With the Democrats in charge of the U.S. House, a Florida congressman has been chosen to lead Republicans on the U.S. House Trade Subcommittee. 

Now in her fourth term in Congress but her first as part of the majority, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., was named to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. 

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who spent 35 years as a large animal veterinarian before being elected to Congress, brought back his “Transporting Livestock Across America Safely (TLAAS) Act” and he is already rounding up support for the proposal.