US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), and Carlos Giménez (R-FL) held a press conference to claim Cuba must remain on the US State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The press conference comes at the heels of a recent trip to Cuba by some Democrat lawmakers. Last week, representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) […]
US Senator Rick Scott’s (R-FL) Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of Life (END FENTANYL) Act has unanimously passed through both the US Senate and House of Representatives. Senator Scott introduced the bill last year and the Senate subsequently approved the legislation in June 2023. The House had […]
US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has filed a bill to fulfill compensation payments pledged to victims of the 1996 Khobar Towers attack. On June 25, 1996, a terrorist blast destroyed part of the Khobar Tower housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where US forces had been temporarily housed. The bomb killed 19 American servicemen, with […]
US Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) commended the House of Representatives’ recent passage of an appropriations bill that averted a government shutdown. The bill passed 339-85, with most “no” votes coming from Republicans (83). Representative Balart lauded the legislation’s spending cuts. “This legislation marks a departure from partisan, wasteful spending habits that have plagued our appropriations […]
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Webster (R-FL) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Salud Carbajal (D-CA) have jointly introduced legislation to protect Coast Guard members from sexual violence. The proposed legislation was drafted after the Coast Guard published a report detailing the service’s mishandling of reports of sexual misconduct. The report was the final […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has floored legislation in the US House of Representatives that would ban any apps controlled or owned by ByteDance Ltd, TikTok’s parent company. ByteDance is a company founded by Chinese entrepreneurs and partially owned by international investors and company employees. In recent months, ByteDance’s manipulation by the Chinese government has […]
President Joe Biden’s Gaza humanitarian relief air campaign, which began late last week, has made its second delivery of aid. The second aid airdrop mission focused on areas in Northern Gaza and was jointly conducted with the Royal Jordanian Air Force. According to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. C-130s dropped over 36,800 meal equivalents […]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met US President Joe Biden in the White House to discuss both nations’ shared priorities. Prime Minister Meloni currently chairs the Group of Seven (G7), an informal association consisting of the wealthiest democratic nations. US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) anticipated Meloni’s visit by outlining why he thinks the US should […]
Records recently released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reveal Florida’s Sun Sentinel Newspaper and many other American media outlets have received millions in Chinese funding. The funding originated from China Daily of Beijing, a newspaper entirely owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to the DOJ’s records, the Sun Sentinel […]
US Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) held a meeting with doctors to discuss the recent measles outbreak in Florida. Florida recently reported 10 new measles cases, with most located in part of Representative Schultz’s congressional district Broward County. Schultz explained her meeting was motivated by her desire to ensure "we all have correct information […]
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs announced it will hold a hearing into ‘The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America’ next Thursday, March 7th. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) will lead the hearing. Representative Salazar has been a staunch critic of the reaction of several Latin American countries to […]
A group of conservative US senators led by Rick Scott (R-FL) has sent President Joe Biden a letter urging him to rescind two documents the senators claim undermine Israel’s interests. Namely, the senators are concerned over the White House’s February 1, 2024 Executive Order 14115 and February 8, 2024 National Security Memorandum 20. The February […]
A coalition of US Senators and Members of the House of Representatives have filed the Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2024 to incentivize investment in the American space industry. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced the bill in the Senate while Representatives Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) […]
Senator Jonathan Martin’s (R-33) proposed law on ‘lewd & lascivious’ grooming has received unanimous support within committees in the Florida Senate and will now head for a floor vote. ‘Lewd & Lascivious’ grooming refers to behavior where an adult attempts to entice a minor into illegal sexual behavior or to exploit the minor for human […]
A partial government shutdown is imminent as members in the House of Representatives negotiate to provide government funding prior to a nearing deadline. Democrat legislators are criticizing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for his failure to obtain a consensus amongst Republican representatives to pass government funding legislation. On their end, Republicans are accusing Democrats of […]
US Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others have filed legislation that would prohibit the national government from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). CBDC is a form of digital cash that can be tracked and regulated in real-time by a centralized regulatory authority. In September of 2022, President Joe Biden announced […]
A group of conservative senators led by Rick Scott (R-FL) has penned a letter urging President Joe Biden reconsider his current foreign policy strategy in Latin America. The letter alleges President Biden’s current strategy is a “misuse” of US influence and runs counter to the nation’s foreign policy interests. Namely, the senators criticized Biden’s designation […]
US lawmakers have criticized Belarus’ recently held ‘elections’ claiming they were merely a publicity stunt for regime leader Aleksandr Lukashenko. The US Department of State defined the elections as a “sham,” adding that they were “held in a climate of fear under which no electoral processes could be called democratic.” Belarus has been led by […]
