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“We must ensure that all proper resources will be available and dispersed to the citizens of our nation in a timely manner.”
In this difficult time, they are thankful “to see our fellow Floridians contribute valuable donations of time, energy and resources."
Florida rep. Crist “has been awfully quiet on the multi-trillion dollar spending bill proposed by the” Democratic National Committee."
“Rep. Frankel’s district office is in an area of Boca Raton outside of the district that is hard to travel to using public transport."
“More than eighty thousand Americans are dead and millions more are jobless today because of China’s failure to contain and prevent the spread.”
Florida Rep. Brian Mast (R) and California Rep. Gilbert R. Cisneros (D) have joined forces to introduce the End Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Act that would improve how the Department of Defense tracks and responds to incidents of child abuse and neglect occurring on military installations or involving military dependents.
“Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is a hyper partisan member of Congress who will always follow the socialist Democrats in Washington."
With the 59th anniversary of the first American human space flight of Alan Shepard piloting the Freedom 7 capsule during the Mercury program, Florida reps. Bill Posey (R) and Charlie Crist (D) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would build on that important milestone, and help Keep America first in space.
 Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) called on Congress to investigate the communist Chinese government and their role in the current COVID-19 pandemic.
A bipartisan effort led by Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) and Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R) has directed a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) to accept and use $20.2 million in federal funds to ensure that elections are safer during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
“Protecting the most vulnerable in society should not take a back seat during a pandemic – if anything, it shows us even more how delicate and precious life is.”
Florida Democrats are praising Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried for the leadership she has shown during the recent wildfire that has been raging in Northwest and Central Florida, making the case that this same leadership has not been shown by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (D).
“Floridians are paying the price for Trump’s inaction and we simply cannot take another four years of his chaotic leadership.”
“Our hospitals, doctors and nurses are doing heroic work to keep people safe and they deserve all the support we can give them.”
"The reopening plan for our state needs to include a robust strategy for testing, contact tracing, and supported isolation to prevent new outbreaks."
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) took part in a Zoom discussion titled "From the Pogroms to the Polls," which covered resilience and determination and the contributions Jewish-American Women have made to the United States.
“It would be terrible precedent to use this crisis as an opportunity to allow them to come here and get bailed out for bad decisions on the pension side.”
The freshman Rep. added that “in Congress, it’s important we craft policy to put America’s interests first and curb China’s growing power.”
