WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Buchanan Votes to Pass the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act * "Health care should be affordable, transparent and work for every American." Legislation Focuses on Lowering Costs, Expanding Choice and Improving Transparency WASHINGTON Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chair of the Health Subcommittee, released the following  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an order denying the export privileges of Jose Raul Paredes Arispe whose last known address was in Jesup, Georgia, who attempted to smuggle high-capacity firearm components out of Florida. The administrative action follows a criminal judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Arispe, who previously used false-bottom compartments in packages labeled as tractor  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Chairman Mast Leads GOP Debate Against Democrats' Ploy to Tie President Trump's Hands From Defending the U.S. From Cartel Terrorists Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led debate on the House Floor in opposition to a Democrat-led resolution to block President Trump from defending the U.S. from designated cartel te more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Chairman Mast Leads GOP Opposition Against Democratic Push to Shield Maduro's Venezuelan Cartel Regime Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast led Republicans in opposing a Democrat-led effort to preemptively disarm the president from defending the U.S. from Nicolas Maduro's terrorist regime. -Remarks- This resolutio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Chairman Rick Scott Issues Warning to American Families: Your Medicine Cabinets Could be Unsafe Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott issued a warning to aging Americans about the risks of relying on foreign-manufactured, generic drugs. This follows the investigative report and hearings led by Chairman Scott more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Laurel Lee Introduces Legislation to Combat Sextortion and Close Gaps in Federal Law * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Laurel Lee recently introduced the Combating Online Predators Act, legislation to strengthen federal law by explicitly criminalizing threats to chidistribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM)- also known as sextortion- a tactic commonly used by online predators to exploi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Diaz-Balart Condemns War Powers That Would Protect Narco-Terrorists and Endanger American Lives * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs of the House Committee on Appropriations, spoke on the House floor in opposition to a War Powers resolution that would restrict President Trump' more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Digital Health Company and Medical Practice Indicted in $100M Adderall Distribution Scheme A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment yesterday charging a California company for its participation in a years-long scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet, conspire to commit health care fraud in connection with the submission of false and fraudulent c more PR

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC partners with industry to advance fuel-efficient water-from-air capabilities By Sarah Clark, public affairs specialist The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently signed two Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with industry partners to accelerate the development of next-generation, fuel-efficient atmospheric wate more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Commissioner Wilton Simpson Announces State Approval to Protect Over 3,000 Acres of Working Agricultural Land TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Today, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced that the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, have approved the preservation of more than more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Frost, Alsobrooks, Van Hollen, Wyden Introduce Bill to Reverse Gun Silencer Tax Cuts and Use it to Pay for Health Care * WASHINGTON, DC - As reported in Politico's Morning Tax, Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), alongside Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD.), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Senator Jeanne Shah more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... Sen. Rick Scott on CNN: I'm Fighting to Fix Obamacare and Drive the Cost of Health Care Down with My More Affordable Care Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott joined CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins last night to discuss his health care bill, The More Affordable Care Act, which empowers patients to take control of their health care and shop f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Mast, Meeks Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Antisemitic Hanukkah Shooting in Australia Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning the December 14th antisemitic shooting during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, and reaff more PR

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Preliminary hearing set for former AFSOC Command Chief A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 10, 2026, for Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, previously assigned as the Air Force Special Operations Command Command Chief. The hearing follows an investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. As a result of that investigation, charges we more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Larsen, Wilson Statements from Hearing with WRDA Stakeholders The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Salazar Condemns War Powers Resolution Undermining U.S. Fight Against Narco-Terrorism in Venezuela * WASHINGTON, D.C. As Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) today spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.Con.Res. 61, the War Powers Resolution that would wrongly restrict the President's ability to act against presidenti more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Salazar Warns Mexico Against Enabling Dictators in the Western Hemisphere * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Chairwoman Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) presided over a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, where she issued a forceful warning on Mexico's role in the region and stressed that continued enabling of authoritarian regimes threatens democratic values and st more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-05708; E.D.N.Y. filed July 28, 2023) involving Mina Tadrus: * * * On December 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a final consent judgment in the SEC's civil enforcement action against Mina Tadrus. The SEC's complaint, filed on July 28, 2023, alleged that, since at least September 2020, Tadrus and an entity he controlled, Tadrus Capital  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Announces Big Wins for Florida, Pres. Trump's Agenda Following FY2026 NDAA Passage * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Senator Rick Scott, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chairman of the SASC Subcommittee on Seapower, announced big wins for Florida, our warfighters, and President Trump's agenda following the final passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Author more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36863) entitled "South Central Florida Express Inc. - Trackage Rights Renewal Exemption - Florida East Coast Railway LLC": * * * On November 18, 2025, South Central Florida Express, Inc. (SCFE), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.2(d)(7) for after-the-fact authority to renew and revise certain overhead and local trackage rights previ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Secretary Bessent Orders Sanctions Against Violent Mexican Cartel Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL), which derives the vast majority of its illicit revenue from fuel and oil theft in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The violent conflict between CSRL and the notorious Mexican te more PR

TAMPA, Florida, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Forces Protect the Homeland with Aggressive Pursuit of ISIS in Syria * December 17, 2025 Release Number 20251217-01 TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. and partner forces in Syria have conducted nearly 80 operations since July to eliminate terrorist operatives, including ISIS remnants, that posed a direct threat to the United States and interests abroad. ISIS has inspired at least 11 plots or attacks aga more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Confirms First Known Triple Radio Active Galactic Nucleus * WASHINGTON, D.C - Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and collaborating institutions have confirmed the first-known case of three radio-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGN) within a single ongoing galaxy merger. The discovery, made alongside scientists from the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: U.S. Rep. Castor Lambasts GOP Health Care Charade * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) lambasted House Republicans' health care charade that would drive up premiums and reduce access to quality, affordable health care coverage, and instead called for the immediate consideration of House Democrats' discharge petition to force a vote on extending the critical Affordable Ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Webster Votes to Fix Obamacare's Broken Health Care System * Washington, D.C. Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, voted to pass H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, legislation that takes a practical, market-based approach to lowering health care costs, expanding access to coverage, and restoring accountability in a system that has grown increasingly unaffor more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * WPS Caucus Co-Chairs Frankel, Kiggans Urge Secretary Rubio to Include Women in Implementing Israel-Hamas Peace Agreement * Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), co-chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus, urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a letter to ensure women are meaningfully included in post-war decision-making, reconstruction, and reco more PR