Dozens gathered Thursday for a sit-in at West Palm Beach City Hall to call for tougher gun laws. The group was led by U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel. At the sit-in, resident held pictures with the faces of gun violence victims. From mass-scale shootings to street gun violence, Frankel said she's pushing for two specific laws to pass next week. "We want two common-sense gun bills to pass next week. One is lets close this gun show loophole. Everyone who buys a gun must have a background check. And listen...
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Democratic U.S. Reps. Patrick Murphy, Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel at a news conference calling for “common sense” gun control in West Palm Beach. WEST PALM BEACH — Three Democratic U.S. Reps. — Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach, Ted Deutch of Boca Raton and Patrick Murphy of Jupiter — urged the Republican-controlled Congress to expand background checks for gun purchases and ban people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list from buying firearms. Deutch said if the House is prevented from voting on the ...
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The failure of US Congress to introduce stricter gun controls is disgusting, says Democrat Congresswoman Lois Frankel in the wake of the Orlando attack. The Florida representative told Today programme presenter John Humphrys: "It's a lot of prayers and not any action." Click here for the full interview.
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U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, flanked by Palm Beach County mosquito control supervisor Gary Goode and Michael Farzan of The Scripps Research Institute. WEST PALM BEACH — U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, today urged the Republican-controlled House to approve more money to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and urged citizens to do their part to control mosquitoes. “It is a looming health threat,” said Frankel, conducting a news conference in a friend’s lush back yard. “O...
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For far too long, the spread of hundreds of sober houses has been destabilizing neighborhoods across Palm Beach County. And municipal officials have felt helpless to do anything about it because of the interpretation of two landmark federal laws meant to protect people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act defines “disability” to include alcoholism and drug addiction. The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful for cities to discriminate on the basis of disability status, including a...
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Sober houses have become a plague upon some South Florida cities. Thanks to U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, help finally may be coming. In 1999, the departments of Housing and Urban Development and Justice determined that the Fair Housing Act prohibits local governments "from making zoning or land use decisions or implementing land use policies that exclude or otherwise discriminate against protected persons, including individuals with disabilities." Among those "protected persons" ar...
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Rep. Lois Frankel joins WPTV's Michael Williams on To the Point on Sunday, March 27th to discuss various topical foreign policy issues. Click here to view Rep. Frankel's interview with Michael Williams.
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Lawmakers braved Wednesday’s heavy winds to stand outside the Supreme Court in solidarity with advocates opposing abortion or arguing for abortion rights. The eight-member Supreme Court heard a case on a Texas law that requires abortions to be done in ambulatory surgical centers and requires doctors to have admitting privileges to local hospitals and clinics. Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the court, while police struggled to keep traffic on First Street moving. “It is probably the m...
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