Scott Franklin

Republicans are now pushing the Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies (TEMP) Act.  The bill supports the research and development of a crop insurance policy to cover losses caused by cold exposure and freezes. The legislation comes in response to Florida's speciality crop users not being able to properly access comprehensive whole-farm crop insurance due to […]

Shortly after the U.S. House of Representatives voted Rep. Mike Johnson (R) as Speaker, the first order of business was to vote on a measure to support Israel's right to defend itself after the recent terrorist attack that left 1,400 Israelis and foreigners dead, but as expected, members of the House of Representatives infamous “Squad” […]

In response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) threatening to withhold lunch funding from schools that do not comply with the White House’s sexual orientation and gender ideology policies, Representative Scott Franklin (R-FL) has introduced a resolution to combat this notion. In May of 2022, the USDA announced that they would interpret the […]

Twenty-two years ago today, two airplanes struck the World Trade Center in New York City. A third crashed into the Pentagon. A fourth was prevented from striking an unknown target by the heroic efforts of its passengers in taking back the plane. Florida lawmakers, Democrat and Republican alike, have commemorated this fateful day in American […]

Although the majority of the country considers the COVID-19 pandemic over, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) still has mandates related to symptoms and vaccination status in place in several departments. Representative Scott Franklin (R-FL) wrote a letter signed by 41 fellow Republicans demanding why NOAA is keeping these policies. Specifically, NOAA's Office of […]

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 […]

Four members of Florida's congressional caucus have come together to introduce a bipartisan bill known as the Restore Agricultural Investment, Stability and Expansion (RAISE) Act of 2023. Representatives Scott Franklin (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), and Darren Soto (D-FL) signed off as co-sponsors. The bill would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

US Representative Scott Franklin (R-FL) passed an initiative to protect Everglades federal funding along with US Representative Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL). The initiative would protect up to the 50 percent federal cost share for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP).  WERP is part of the larger, ongoing Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a model restoration […]

The pro-life movement celebrates a major win with the passage of the Born-Alive Abortion bill last week in the House of Representatives. Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-18) intends to keep up the momentum by reintroducing a bill to prohibit making a profit from the sale of fetal remains to the House floor. Dubbed the "Prohibiting Abortion […]

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) has announced that he has been selected to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. According to a Rep. Gimenez press release, he will be the first Congressman from Miami-Dade County to serve on the committee in modern history. During the 117th Congress, Rep. Gimenez served on the Transportation and Infrastructure […]

America celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Florida representatives on both sides of the aisle take to Twitter to do their part in honoring the civil rights leader. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) reminds followers that "as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, we […]

It looks like the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)  and House Republicans will begin to rewrite the Biden administration's first term in office.  Monday night the House will vote on the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, which will defund the massive expansion of the IRS the Inflation Reduction […]

The Puerto Rico Status Act passes in the House, despite overwhelming Republican opposition. Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-15) recently tweeted a statement explaining his; and effectively the Republican Party's; opposition to the bill, saying that "the Puerto Rico Status Act is a pure messaging bill jammed through by Nancy Pelosi." The Puerto Rico Status Act is […]

The state of Florida continues to recover from the destruction left after Hurricane Ian made landfall several months ago.  In a bipartisan move, Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-15) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL-9) have teamed up to request disaster relief funds from the House Appropriations Committee to help the citrus industry, which took a big hit after […]

Election Day is getting closer by the minute and congressional candidates are making strides to get every last vote they can, whether that means going door-to-door, sending out mail, or completely erasing former views on your campaign website. Democrat Alan Cohn (D) has done the latter. Cohn is a candidate for Florida’s 15th Congressional District, […]

Among the many crises facing the nation, citizens living in some of  America's larger cities have feared the dramatic spike in crime that has broken concerning records.  US Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) is blaming Democrats for the spike in homicides in 2021 and has called out Biden's silence on the Crime Wave. As recorded at […]

The 2022 midterm election season is well on its way and through the first six months of 2021, all of Florida’s congressional Republicans have raised significant Q2 fundraising numbers, with Reps. Matt Gaetz (R), Byron Donalds (R), Brian Mast (R), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R), all having raised totals north of $1 million. Rep. Gaetz […]

As the GOP continues to pressure the Biden administration over the mounting border crisis, Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) spoke before the US Congress to reveal some staggering data on the current state of the border, in what he calls a "First-hand account." Last week, Franklin and 9 other Republicans from the House Oversight Committee visited the border that Franklin described as...