By Arthur Mondale, WPTV
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — There are more than one million student veterans enrolled in our nation's colleges.
Now one Florida lawmaker wants to ensure students in South Florida and nationally have what they need to succeed.
Rep. Lois Frankel has reintroduced the Veteran Education Empowerment Act to ensure student veterans nationally have what they need to… Read more »
By Tom Hudson, WLRN
Lake Okeechobee may be a natural feature of the Florida landscape, but politics also come into play when it comes to it.
More than $1 billion of federal support has been spent to help restore the Everglades and fix the plumbing around the lake. That money, along with other money for the Army Corps of Engineers, starts flowing from the House Appropriations… Read more »
A bipartisan bill was introduced by Reps. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and Randy Weber (R-Texas) to further development between America and Israel in the agriculture, water resources and energy-storage sectors. Read more »
By Laura Kelly, Jewish Insider
Reps. Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Randy Weber (R-TX) introduced legislation on Monday that would strengthen the relationship between the United States and Israel on environmental projects in developing countries.
The bill calls for $2 million to be provided each year, for four years, to support collaboration between the U.S. Agency for International… Read more »
By Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel
Congresswoman Lois Frankel introduced a bipartisan bill March 11 that, if passed, will create support centers in colleges and universities across the country for veterans transitioning from military to civilian life.
The bill, H.R. 1652, also called the Veterans Education Empowerment Act, was introduced by Frankel, a Democratic congresswoman… Read more »
By Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are again attempting to pressure Iran in the case of hostage Bob Levinson.
Levinson, of Coral Springs, disappeared 12 years ago. He’s the longest-held American hostage in U.S. history.
A former agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI, Levinson was working for the CIA when he planned a trip in 2007 to… Read more »
By Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution Wednesday calling on Saudi Arabia to “immediately and unconditionally” release women’s rights advocates imprisoned there, as Congress intensifies its criticism of the kingdom’s human rights record after the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The House… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after President Trump declared a national emergency:
“Declaring a national emergency to build an ineffective and expensive wall repudiates a bipartisan spending bill, overstepping the checks and balances of our Constitution and setting a dangerous new precedent. I expect that the courts will review what… Read more »
Washington, DC – The South Florida Congressional Delegation of Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21), Alcee Hastings (FL-20), Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Ted Deutch (FL-22), and Frederica Wilson (FL-24), today announced final Congressional approval for construction of a new federal courthouse in Broward County.
Plagued by mold, chronic roof leaks,… Read more »
Written by Lindsey McPherson, Roll Call
House Democratic women plan to break out their white suits and dresses Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union. The color may be the same, but the reason has changed.
“This is really going to be sending a message — especially to all the women and their families in the country that put us into the majority with all these new… Read more »
