Calling it “a subject very near and dear to my heart,” U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel was at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens Monday for the ribbon cutting and official opening of the Veterans Resource Center.
More than 60 people, including representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West Palm Beach office and local veterans organizations, attended… Read more »
About a year and a half ago Bruce Gamradt walked into the student lounge at Palm Beach State College’s Palm Beach Gardens campus and immediately knew veterans wouldn’t feel comfortable there.
It was too noisy and crowded. The resident of Ibis Golf & Country Club in suburban West Palm Beach would know, he’s a veteran, too.
It took some time to find the… Read more »
In “dysfunctional” times, alum remains optimistic about democracy
In West Palm Beach, they still call her the mayor.
But the earthy, plainspoken Lois Frankel, a familiar face on the art deco boulevards of the city she governed for eight years, is in the big leagues now. She is serving her second term as the US representative from Florida’s 22nd congressional district.… Read more »
Two members of the Florida delegation teamed up this week to fight for a U.S. Department of Education grant program to ensure colleges and universities across the nation have student centers for veterans.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., the vice chairman of the House Veterans Committee; U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla.; and U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., brought out the… Read more »
Most of the attention and analysis of tonight's State of the Union address will focus on how Congress and this divided nation respond to President Obama's agenda for 2014.
Hopefully, some of the attention will spill over onto Fort Lauderdale's Jeff Colaiacovo and the reason he will be a guest in the House gallery. For he is somebody whom Americans should unite in caring about.… Read more »
A Vietnam War veteran from Fort Lauderdale who suffered severe burns in combat and financial hardship back home will be watching from the House gallery Tuesday night when President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address.
Jeff Colaiacovo will represent all American service members, but especially the hundreds of thousands who endure bureaucratic snags and delays when seeking… Read more »
Odd political bedfellows struck port deal
December 21, 2013
Lois Frankel, an anti-war liberal Democrat from South Florida, bonded with some of the most strident conservatives from the tea-party movement during her first year in Congress – and really came to like them.
They include Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., who famously shouted "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a… Read more »
Elisha Morrow is looking for a measure of justice in Congress this week after enduring sexual harassment from a Coast Guard boot-camp commander who forced her and three other recruits to scrub his office on their hands and knees.
The Boynton Beach woman's story inspired a provision already passed by the U.S. House and expected to clear the Senate on Thursday that would… Read more »
South Florida Congresswoman Lois Frankel will get a chance to sway the final results of a major nationwide water-projects bill that includes funding for Everglades restoration and, potentially, expansion of Port Everglades.
Frankel, a freshman Democrat from West Palm Beach, was named to a conference committee of House and Senate members who will thrash out a compromise bill that… Read more »
Members of Florida's congressional delegation proved their mettle last week by amending a key bill to keep federal funding flowing into the Everglades Restoration and Port Everglades projects.
The amendment allows the port, as well as state and local governments, to get reimbursed from the federal government for any design, engineering and construction costs once their plans get approval… Read more »
