National Politics

Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) appeared on Fox Business's Mornings with Maria to discuss his recent hearing with the House Select Committee on China and how the Biden Administration's actions make the United States look weak to the Chinese. During the China Committee's hearing with Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink, Rep. Gimenez questioned why the United States seemed to be the […]

Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) came together to introduce a bipartisan resolution demanding an end to the international trade of dog and cat meat. According to Human Society International, 40 million dogs and cats are slaughtered annually to sustain the market. Those that are taken to slaughterhouses are often packed tight in […]

Florida Senator Rick Scott is taking on the Federal Reserve as the latest target in the bevy of bills he’s sponsored and cosponsored this legislative cycle. Sen. Scott’s bills build on legislation filed earlier this year by Senator Scott and Senator Elizabeth Warren to insulate the Fed’s inspector general’s purported independence.  The Federal Reserve System’s […]

WASHINGTON—In an interview for The Floridian, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) spoke on his support for the State of Israel and lambasted antisemitic comments made by Democrats about the Jewish State. Sen. Scott spoke about his recent trip to Israel and described how he arrived in Israel the same night Israeli Defense Forces fought Jenin terrorists backed by […]

Washington D.C.- Florida Senator Rick Scott introduced Senate Bill 2367,a measure strengthening border patrol drug and illegal crossing enforcement.  Regular assessments and evaluations of the Checkpoint Program Management Office and effective U.S. Border Patrol agents training regarding drug seizures would be introduced.  Senator Scott introduced the legislation alongside Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema. Arizona houses a […]

Earlier this week, Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) suggested her colleague Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) should be Trump's Vice President should he win 2024, sparking rumors he is on Trump's shortlist for the position. The Floridian  spoke to Rep. Donalds for comment about possibly being on President Trump's shortlist,  where he said, "It is actually pretty […]

Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) came together to introduce the Protect Patriot Spouses Act, a bill designed to stop deportations of those who are married military servicemembers. The legislation looks to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act due to “an unlawful entry into the United States by the migrant spouse. Moreover, […]

The House Oversight Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and the now-identified Joseph Ziegler seemed to only bolster the case against President Joe  Biden and son Hunter. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) discussed on Fox's Ingraham Angle how House Democrats "didn’t try to attack the credibility of the IRS whistleblowers because they knew the agents were […]

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel concerning the pharmaceutical company’s recently announced relationship with China. This agreement would allow the communist regime to “research and manufacture new mRNA medicines,” as well as grant the country exclusive access to the intellectual property surrounding said medicines. Considering the reports alleging that […]

Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) joined a large number of House Democrats in condemning Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appearance before Congress on Thursday, citing his “dangerous antisemitic and anti-Asian conspiracy theories.” The letter, sent to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), requests that RFK Jr.’s invitation […]

Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) were signers of a recent letter condemning remarks by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Israel. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) expressed skepticism at the sincerity of Rep. Jayapal's apology, saying in a recent appearance on The National Desk that "there is a strain of anti-Semitism embedded deep within the Democratic […]

The Floridian caught up with Representative Scott Franklin (R-FL) to discuss how the House of Representatives under Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and with a Republican majority is different from former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) tenure, with Rep. Franklin calling her "a dictator." We asked Rep. Franklin if he believed a government shutdown was imminent and if […]

Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) told The Floridian he would be appointed as Special Advisor to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in an exclusive interview, where he also spoke about how House Republicans handle veterans' issues compared to Democrats, saying "I think we actually get things done instead of talking about it." Rep. Bilirakis began by […]

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R-FL) discussed his opponent, former President Donald Trump (R), and the new indictment from Special Counsel Jack Smith surrounding January 6. Gov. DeSantis stated that the series of events leading to the anticipated third indictment means that “this country is going down […]

WASHINGTON—The Floridian sat down with Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) to discuss various pieces of legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives was currently negotiating, including the congresswoman's Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, and how it ties into the ongoing border crisis. Rep. Lee stated the bill, which she introduced in April with Rep. Kathy Castor (D) […]

Congressmen from the state of Florida, Mike Waltz (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), and Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken regarding Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPE) John Kerry and his tendencies in his position, especially his travel habits. During a July 13 hearing, Reps. Waltz, Mills, and Mast requested […]

In an op-ed for the Miami Herald, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) blasted the Biden Administration for its continued appeasement of the Maduro regime in Venezuela, calling the renewal of oil exportations to the country after it imprisoned opposition leader Maria Corina Machado "like handing a bone to a dog after it’s bitten your friend." "Since entering […]

Washington, D.C.- Congressional Republicans are gearing up for an anticipated House Oversight Committee hearing into Biden Family business dealings.  This week the Oversight Committee will question whistle-blower Gary Shapley, an IRS Criminal Investigations Special Agent. Shapley reported he was prevented from performing standard investigative procedures during the IRS’s Hunter Biden probe.  Shapley explained IRS investigations […]