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Washington, D.C.- Senate and House Democrats have submitted the bicameral Preventing Opportunities for Teen E-Cigarette and Tobacco Addiction (PROTECT) Act to reduce tobacco use by millions of American teens. Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) led the House initiative, which intends to set aside $100 million for combatting youth e-cigarette and tobacco addiction.   “Through research, […]

The attacks in Israel carried out by the Hamas terror group earlier in October offer evidence of how dangerous their benefactor, Iran, is. Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) questioned Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad on the threat of Iran's government to its own women and girls and to the rest of the world. Rep. Lee […]

During a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on religious persecution, Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) called out both sides of the aisle for having anti-Semitism within their ranks. He also mentioned former President Donald Trump (R). Antisemitism is antisemitism, no matter which party it comes from. To be silent is to be complicit in this […]

Following the conclusion of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-NY) traditional speech that is given to the Congress after the election of a new Speaker of the House, Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) spoke to The Floridian where she said the Minority Leader’s speech felt more like “an audition for Speaker.” “I thought it sounded more […]

Washington, D.C.- Congressional Republicans have sent a letter to Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requesting the city’s  “Black Lives Matter Plaza” be renamed.  The letter, signed by tens of Republican Senators and Representatives, also asks Mayor Bowser to erase the street painting in the plaza that reads “Black Lives Matter”.  The requests come after Black […]

Washington, D.C.- President Joe Biden faces growing pressure to respond to Iran following Iran-backed proxy terror groups’ attacks on US military bases.  Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder reportedly acknowledged the attacks are supported by Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "What we are seeing is the prospect for more significant escalation against […]

Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) has been elected the Speaker of the House, and legislators from around the country have shared their reactions and their endorsements. This includes Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) who called Rep. Johnson a “far-right puppet.” The next GOP Speaker candidate is an election denier, Social Security enemy, who would criminalize abortion […]

After nearly three weeks, House Republicans seem to have finally found a satisfactory replacement for Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House in the form of Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA). In an appearance on Fox Business's Evening Edit, Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) said Rep. Johnson was "well-liked within the conference" and is someone "the whole conference […]

As we inch closer and closer to the brink of war, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) had choice words against President Biden in a recent appearance on Fox's Jesse Watters Primetime, saying his weakness abroad has allowed the current tensions in the Middle East to happen. More to the point, he compared Biden's posturing as a "wartime President" to […]

By Jackson Bakich The Founding Fathers were brilliant. We can debate their personal actions, but what we cannot debate is the effectiveness of the government they created. Spanning only 247 years, the United States has become a world superpower in a very short amount of time by history’s standards. I do have a critique, however, […]

Recently, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) sent a letter to Senate leadership urging that funding for Israel “not be leveraged for more Ukraine funding.” However, it appears no action was taken. Now, Sen. Scott is calling on his colleagues to vote on the issues separately. This statement comes after President Joe Biden (D) proposed a spending […]

Representative Cory Mills (R-FL), one of 26 Republicans to hold out against Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN), told The Floridian publisher Javier Manjarres that he would be sticking with Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL). After the Republican Conference voted to select Rep. Emmer as their nominee for Speaker of the House. Emmer dropped out of the running […]

Washington, D.C.- It's all but over. Rep. Emmer, who no appears to have the votes needed,  should win the support of the GOP House Conference in the Republican-led House of Representatives. House Republicans first elected Kevin McCarthy of California, who was eventually ousted by Florida’s Matt Gaetz, and later failed to elect Ohio’s Jim Jordan.  […]

In perhaps a significant – but not shocking – moment, Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) has endorsed Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) for Speaker of the House. This is not the first time that Rep. Roy has given Rep. Donalds the nod. In January during former Speaker McCarthy’s eventual election process, Rep. Roy nominated the Florida congressman […]

Washington, D.C.- Members of the U.S. Congress from both sides of the political spectrum have expressed their support for Maria Corina Machado following her historic landslide primary election victory in Venezuela.  Machado is the frontrunner for a coalition of parties seeking to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power.  President Maduro carries an extensive human […]

Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL) railed against the inadequacies of President Joe Biden (D) and his administration’s policy concerning the southern border. Recent figures from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) demonstrated that 169 people on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) watchlist have been arrested at the border, with 18 of them coming in September […]

Should Israel successfully destroy Hamas in its war, Iran would still be a threat thanks to the Biden Administration's negotiations with the regime there. This was the major warning Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) issued during a recent appearance on Fox Business's Mornings with Maria, adding that Iran could very well fund a terrorist attack within the United States […]

Among the eight Republicans running for Speaker of the House, Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) stands out. Not only for potentially being the first African-American Speaker but because of his conservative bona fides and momentum within Congress. Rep. Donalds appeared on Fox and Friends First to discuss what his priorities would be if elected Speaker, including the spending, border, Ukraine, […]