A bipartisan team from the Florida congressional delegation is banding together to form a "ports caucus" to push the interests of the state's seaports in the nation's capital.Florida's 15 ports are "huge economic generators — folks here are familiar mostly with Port Everglades [in Broward] and the Port of Palm Beach — and they… Read more »

DANIA BEACH – From a new mountain towering 65 feet over Federal Highway, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel surveyed a massive airport construction project Monday and said they were pleased with the view.Touring what will become Hollywood International Airport’s new South runway in less than 18 months, they saw crews unloading fill from train cars, watched… Read more »

South Florida Congressmen want to keep the federal contract air control tower at Boca Raton Airport from closing as a result of automatic spending cuts imposed by the federal government."The mindless sequester, which Congress really needs to get back to Washington and figure out," said U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel.The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday which federal… Read more »

Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel on Monday jumped on board a bill introduced by Republican colleague Trey Radel of Fort Myers that would allow the State Department to consider factors other than low cost when awarding security contracts at U.S. embassies in dangerous and hostile areas. The bill would not boost the State Department's security budget… Read more »

It’s time for Congress to stay on the job and resolve this darn sequester, three South Florida newcomers declared on Thursday.Rather than run out of town for a long weekend, Congress should be working out a budget deal to prevent an across-the-board set of budget cuts that starts on Friday, said U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach, Patrick Murphy of Jupiter and Joe Garcia of… Read more »

It’s time for Congress to stay on the job and resolve this darn sequester, three South Florida newcomers declared on Thursday.Rather than run out of town for a long weekend, Congress should be working out a budget deal to prevent an across-the-board set of budget cuts that starts on Friday, said U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach, Patrick Murphy of Jupiter and Joe Garcia of… Read more »

An hour for a crash course on hospital economics. Another hour learning what South Florida’s ports and the tourism industry need to thrive. The time to listen to a high school freshman describe how he was harassed because of his sexual orientation.Name the issue, and Lois Frankel has probably heard an earful about it during the last 10 days. With Congress on its first extended break… Read more »

Lois Frankel, the former mayor of sunny West Palm Beach, had to buy her first pair of winter boots in decades. Joe Garcia, who represents southern Miami-Dade County and the Keys, found a temporary room at University of Miami President Donna Shalala’s home in Georgetown.As Garcia and Frankel joined their colleagues being sworn in Thursday, the two newest Democratic members of the… Read more »