Washington, DC – This week, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) joined a group of 67 lawmakers urging the Department of Homeland Security Secretary and Department of State to immediately redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, which would authorize Haitian nationals in the United States to remain in the country until conditions improve in Haiti. The lawmakers… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), co-led the introduction of a resolution to recognize March 12th—the day symbolizing how long into 2024 the average woman must work to make what the average man was paid in 2023—as Equal Pay Day. The resolution highlights the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
“Equal pay is not… Read more »
Washington, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.
“Under President Biden’s leadership, we’ve witnessed an American comeback. We’ve achieved historic job growth while modernizing our infrastructure, lowering drug prices, combatting climate change, and supporting our… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after the House passed six of the 12 funding bills for fiscal year 2024, which included funding for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs. The package also included funding for 13 local projects… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Representative Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after pledging her support for the Access to Family Building Act, which would establish a nationwide right to IVF treatment. Frankel also hosted a press conference in Washington, D.C. last week with other House Democrats to express their support for the bill and their commitment to… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after Gov. DeSantis signed a law to publicly release the grand jury testimony in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 sexual abuse case.
“After sexually abusing underaged girls for years, Jeffrey Epstein received little more than a slap on the wrist from Palm Beach County prosecutors,” said… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) released the following statement after the House voted unanimously to pass a bipartisan resolution condemning the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, including those acts committed by Hamas terrorists on and since October 7th. Rep. Frankel introduced the resolution alongside Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), Kathy Manning (D-NC-06), and… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26) issued the following statements after introducing the Flood Risk Transparency for Homebuyers Act, a bill that requires the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide a notice if homebuyers are purchasing properties owned by HUD that are located in special flood hazard areas.… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement recognizing the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Today would have marked 51 years of reproductive freedom nationwide, if not for the Republican-controlled Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision of 2022, which overturned Roe and undermined decades of… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), Kathy Manning (D-NC-06), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) introduced a House Resolution to forcefully condemn Hamas’s use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war on and since October 7th.
“Our bipartisan resolution says it loud and clear: rape and sexual violence are crimes against humanity and… Read more »
