Freshman U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., is backing a proposal to have the federal government offer more support to local governments to help law enforcement officers with mental health issues. 

Even as she readies to leave Congress after more than two and a half decades there, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., is calling for a bust of Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and writer, to be included in the Capitol. 

Freshman U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., is pushing for the states to regain more power from the federal government with the “10th Amendment Restoration Act” and has the support of a fellow North Florida Republican. 

Two Florida Republicans are leading the charge on Capitol Hill in calling out the United Nations for an anti-Israel bias. 

On Monday, state Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Lehigh Acres, filed his paperwork to run for Florida agriculture commissioner in 2018 when current incumbent Adam Putnam faces term limits.

With U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., bowing out of Congress, Democrats are hopeful about flipping her South Florida seat. 

Accolades are pouring in from both sides of the aisle after U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the dean of the Florida delegation, announced that she was going to retire from Congress after almost three decades of service. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the current dean of the Florida delegation and the first woman to ever lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced on Sunday that she was retiring from Congress. 

With buzz building that he could make another run for statewide office, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., raised his profile on security issues this week. 

Four members of the Florida congressional delegation--Republican U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democratic U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Debbie Wasserman Schultz--are backing a proposal giving Venezuelan refugees a path to permanent residency.