U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn’s, R-Fla., proposal giving more federal contracts to small businesses owned by veterans is gaining traction on Capitol Hill. 

Prominent conservative activist Grover Norquist is championing a tax reform proposal from a Florida congressman. 

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is calling for more accountability for companies working with North Korea. 

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., whose name is generating increased buzz as a possible candidate in next year’s gubernatorial race, is calling for pension information of retired federal employees to be made public. 

With the Senate Foreign Relations Committee taking up U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s, R-SC, “Taylor Force Act” cutting off American funding to the Palestinian Authority if it continues to financially support terrorists and their families, a congressman from Florida is urging Congress pass it. 

Members of the Florida delegation are calling on the Trump administration to put more pressure on Iran to continue efforts get Robert Levinson, a Florida resident who has been missing in that Middle Eastern nation for a decade. 

More than 60 Jewish state legislators--including six from the Sunshine State--signed off on a letter to President Donald Trump last week, urging him to keep a Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in the State Department. 

Tuesday marks the 250th birthday of John Quincy Adams who, during his tenure as President James Monroe’s secretary of State, led American negotiations with Spain to purchase Florida. 

Towards the end of last week, retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the first woman to ever lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee and currently the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, continued her calls for Germany to do more for Holocaust survivors. 

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a conservative think tank based in Texas which had ties to a prominent Republican from the Sunshine State, is shutting its doors.