WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel said she is fighting to pass a bill that would change a 107-year-old federal law that bans the sale of foreign-flagged yachts to U.S. citizens while in U.S. waters. "It's an outdated law," Frankel said. Frankel said it discourages foreign ship owners from selling ships in the state, especially in south Florida. "There's about 300 yachts right now on the market. These foreign-flag yachts that could be brought into our harbors." she said. Frankel said ... Read more

Nothing papers over political differences quicker than money. Dollars are not red or blue, but green. So when outspoken liberal Democrat U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel strolled into a recent Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce cocktail reception to talk about a big check she delivered to South Florida, even conservative Republicans greeted her like a star. Business folks pushed partisan politics aside in the name of economic development and praised Frankel for her help in obtaining $1.2 million ... Read more

The three local Jewish Congressional representatives have been very public in their support of Israel this past week. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — passed a resolution blaming Israel for the recent violence in Israel and for violating the "status quo" of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. The "status quo" at the Temple Mount — in place since Israel captured the site in the 1967 Six-Day War — bans Jews from worship there, but allows... Read more

Angela Williams, founder of Mothers Against Murderers, speaks as Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, listens at a news conference today. State lawmakers will “turn Florida into the Wild West” if they pass bills to let people with concealed weapons permits carry their guns in the open and bring them onto college campuses, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, said today. Frankel and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, joined state Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Atlantis, and state Rep.Lori Berman, ... Read more

The problem of "rogue" hotel booking websites is bigger than previously known and is creating enormous problems for both travelers and the hotel industry. A recent survey done for the American Hotel & Lodging Association found that 6 percent of travelers who had booked a room online thought they were booking directly with the hotel, but later found out they had used an imposter site. Based on this survey, the group estimates 15 million hotel bookings were done on rogue websites last year with $1... Read more

To date, House Republicans have uncovered no evidence of actual wrongdoing on the part of Planned Parenthood, but that doesn’t mean they’re done looking for proof to justify the conclusions they’ve already drawn. The House has voted to create a special committee to investigate Planned Parenthood in the wake of GOP outcry about the group’s handling of tissue from aborted fetuses. The vote was 242 to 184, with two Democrats voting in favor and one Republican voting against. This is not a measure ... Read more

WASHINGTON — Seventy-five Broward County business and community leaders flew into the nation's capital this week with an ambitious wishlist, encouraged by progress toward the expansion of Port Everglades but worried about restraints on federal spending. The growing county wants a deeper and wider seaport, a new federal courthouse, money to pump tons of sand onto depleted beaches and funding for a streetcar system in downtown Fort Lauderdale. They got no commitments but a supportive response fro... Read more

Jan Engoren Sun-Sentinel On Sept. 17, former Boynton Beach resident Elisha Morrow and Congresswoman Lois Frankel testified before a closed door hearing of the Congressional Judicial Proceedings Panel in Washington, D.C. on sexual assault in the military. Morrow, a former Coast Guard recruit, said she was sexually harassed at boot camp by her company commander in Cape May, N.J., who forced her to clean his quarters on her hands and knees late at night while he made lewd and sexual comments to her... Read more

Mike DeBonis Washington Post The House passed two abortion-related bills Friday, including one that would strip federal health-care funding from Planned Parenthood for one year, but it remains unclear whether the votes would appease conservatives who have threatened a government shutdown over the organization. The votes followed months of intense focus on Planned Parenthood prompted by undercover videos released by an activist group claiming they show violations of federal laws prohibiting the ... Read more

Alexandra Seltzer Palm Beach Post BOYNTON BEACH — For 20 years, Nicole Siragusa fought to get her father eight war medals he never received for service in World War II. On Tuesday, she succeeded when U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel presented the medals to Vincent Miro, now 89. Miro seemed speechless as he sat at a table next to his wife of 65 years and his children. At the head of the table stood Frankel and about a dozen veterans, and a group of reporters crowded around. Miro lightly drummed his finger... Read more