West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, a strong, bipartisan bill that strengthens America’s national security, upholds our values, supports our servicemembers and their families, and advances our leadership around the world. Importantly, the bill includes key Frankel provisions to advance women’s participation in national security forces at home and abroad. Specifically, the bill includes l... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21) and Michael Waltz (FL-06), joined by Caucus members Representatives Bill Keating (MA-09) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) released the following statement after the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, which includes key provisions championed by the members that will advance women’s participation in national security forces at home ... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after Florida’s newly appointed Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, issued an emergency rule that undermines the ability for school districts to keep students safe from COVID-19 by allowing parents to decide whether children attend school after being exposed to people who have COVID-19, and opt out of mask mandates at their sole discretion. "This decision will allow one parent to jeopardize the health... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement in response to a new jobs report from the Joint Economic Committee which details an increase of 284,700 new jobs in the state of Florida since President Biden took office. “The investments Congress and the Biden Administration made in working families through the American Rescue Plan are already paying off as more Americans return to work, dropping the unemployment rate to a pandemic-era low,” said R... Read more

Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) announced a new simplified, bilingual, and mobile-friendly tool for parents who are eligible for the Child Tax Credit (CTC) but who have not yet received a payment or need to update their status. GetCTC.org has been rolled out just in time for the third round of CTC payments to hit the bank accounts of American families. Most families will receive up to $3,600 per child ages 0-5, and $3,000 per child ages 6-17. The money is being delivered in monthly in... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL - Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement in honor of the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords. “One year ago today, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain took a historic and courageous step toward peace,” said Rep. Frankel. “Morocco and Sudan have since joined the Abraham Accords, and I am encouraged that the Biden Administration is committed to strengthening Israeli-Arab relations even further to advance peace and prosperity... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement urging Governor DeSantis to apply for food assistance for poor children fully paid for by the federal government at no cost to the state. Florida is the only state refusing to extend this program known as Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT). The P-EBT program has been critical for helping food-insecure Floridians feed their children for the past year. “There has been so much suffering during... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s announcement that federal employees and healthcare workers will be required to get vaccinated and all employers with over 100 employees will need to mandate a vaccine-or-test policy. “This decision by our President will save lives and finally get our nation to the other side of this pandemic,” said Rep. Frankel. “I have been speaking to local business owners in South Flor... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement applauding the Department of Justice’s decision to sue the state of Texas over its harmful abortion ban that went into law last week. “The decision about whether, when, or how to become a parent is one of the most important decisions we make, yet this Texas abortion law wants to leave this life-changing, personal decision in the hands of anti-abortion bounty hunters,” said Rep. Frankel. “I’m glad to ... Read more

West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after the Supreme Court failed to stop Texas’s radical six-week abortion ban, the most restrictive abortion ban since Roe V. Wade, from going into effect. “The Texas abortion ban puts politics over the health and safety of pregnant people and inserts politicians into the deeply personal decision of if and when to become a parent,” said Rep. Frankel. “Women need the freedom to control their own reprod... Read more