WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2025, with Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, ranking member of the Subcommitee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs: * * * House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ranking Member Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement on the use of Preside  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Chairmen Moran & Bost to Introduce Legislation to Restore Accountability at VA WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Jerry Moran, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Representative Mike Bost, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to introduce the Restore VA Accountability Act to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs' au  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Representatives John Rutherford & Darren Soto to Introduce the Bipartisan, Bicameral Red Snapper Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Rick Scott joined Congressmen John Rutherford and Darren Soto to introduce the bipartisan, bicameral Red Snapper Act to stop the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from unilaterally closing the Red Snapper fishery in the South Atlantic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott: OMB Nominee Russell Vought Will Help Bring Common Sense and Fiscal Sanity to Federal Government WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott shared his support for Russell "Russ" Vought, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Committee on the Budget. In response to Senator Scott's questions, Voug  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by ex-Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey from a Jan. 16, 2025, confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi to be attorney general of the U.S.: * * * Good Morning Chairman Grassley and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Thank you for allowing me to testify before you today on behalf of United States Attorney General Nominee Pamela J. Bondi. I am Emery Gainey, a 40-year career law enforcement Officer, who ha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Dave Aronberg, ex-state attorney for Palm Beach County, from a Jan. 16, 2025, confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi to be attorney general of the U.S.: * * * In 2010, after serving eight years as a State Senator in Florida, I ran for Florida Attorney General. I faced a fellow State Senator in the Democratic primary, and one of three Republican candidates in a potential general election. Pam Bondi was one of   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Florida Statewide Prosecutor Nicholas B. Cox from a Jan. 16, 2025, confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi to be attorney general of the U.S.: * * * Pam Bondi is one of the finest, most complete prosecutors I have ever worked with. She became an intern and later an Assistant State Attorney in Tampa where I was her supervising chief for many years. Then, twenty years later when she was elected Florida's Attorne  more