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 »
Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-22), Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-25), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Darren Soto (FL-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) sent a letter urging Gov. DeSantis to enroll Florida in the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Program, which would provide food assistance to two… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Kathy Manning (NC-06) led 50 House Democrats in urging U.S. House and Senate Appropriators to reject House Republicans’ dangerous medical training policy rider in the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill that will worsen maternal health outcomes in our… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22), released the following statement after voting in favor of a resolution to condemn rising antisemitism on college campuses and the December 5th testimonies from university presidents who failed to clearly state that calls for the genocide of Jews constitute harassment and violate their institutions’ codes of… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-25), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Darren Soto (FL-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) celebrated two years of President Biden’s landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivering for Floridians.
“Two years in, President… Read more »
Washington, DC -- Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after voting in favor of a package to send over $14.3 billion in aid to Israel.
"The United States has a moral duty and national security urgency to aid Israel in defending herself," said Rep. Frankel. "Make no mistake, Hamas terrorists and others in the region are out to destroy Israel… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after House Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson to become the next Speaker of the House.
“With their vote today, Republicans have once again turned the House over to MAGA extremism,” said Rep. Frankel. “Mike Johnson was a central architect of the former President’s dangerous, shameful effort to… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement on Hamas’ attack on Israel.
“I am horrified and outraged at the news of Hamas’s hateful and deadly attack on the Israeli people, including the murder and kidnapping of children,” said Rep. Frankel. “No question, I stand firmly with Israel. Terrorism is unacceptable.”
According to Israel’s… Read more »
