Taking advantage of all forums, tools and technology available Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) on Wednesday spoke at an Affordable Care Act implementation workshop for hospitals and community health centers, participated in an immigration town hall open to public and held a telephone town hall with 9,250 constituents. At around 7:30 p.m. Frankel placed a live call to nearly 50,000… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) today recognized the historic 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, releasing the following statement: “Today, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, we again celebrate the words that moved a nation to embrace the cause of equality and civil rights. In Washington DC and in cities and towns throughout the… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released a statement on the tragedy in Syria: “The situation in Syria is an unimaginable tragedy. The cruelty of chemical weapons attacks is one more extraordinary deplorable aspect in a conflict that has taken over 100,000 Syrian lives. For the United States, there are no good options. While I do not support troops on the ground in Syria, we must… Read more »

On Wednesday August 28, Congresswoman Lois Frankel will participate in a town hall on immigration reform hosted by the Florida Immigrant Coalition at 5:30 p.m. at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth and hold a telephone town hall in the evening from 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. The town hall at Palm Beach State College is open to the public and constituents who want to join the telephone… Read more »

Today, AARP announced new resources available to all Americans looking for facts about the Affordable Care Act including a new online tool for consumers to determine the benefits available to them.  The new online tool is available at www.HealthLawAnswers.org and in Spanish at www.MiLeyDeSalud.org. In addition, AARP has an information-rich website, www.HealthLawFacts.org, for… Read more »

A new call center now is open specifically to serve small businesses interested in the new SHOP Marketplace that will be available in every state through the Affordable Care Act.  The SHOP program launches on October 1 to give small businesses new ways to provide health coverage to their employees.  And the new SHOP Marketplace Call Center is a new resource to help small… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will go to Israel on a freshmen congressional delegation where Members will focus on strengthening the strategic US-Israel relationship. Members on the delegation will meet with government and military leaders, visit key strategic sites — including the security fence, the Gaza border, Golan Heights and… Read more »

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up and passed the Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act. Included in the Department of State Authorization is language from Congressman Trey Radel’s (FL-19) Protecting Americans Abroad Act, which authorizes the State Department to use the “best-value” contracting award method in high-risk, high-threat areas… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel helped pass a bipartisan Iran sanctions bill last night that sends an important message to the Iranian regime that its illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons will not be tolerated.  The Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support, aims to reduce Iran’s oil exports by an additional 1 million barrels per day and would… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel today helped pass a bipartisan student loans bill that reverses the student loan rate hike that went into effect on July 1. Now that the bipartisan bill has been passed by the House and Senate it will be sent to President Obama to be signed into law. “This bipartisan compromise on student loan interest rates is a victory for today’s students and families in… Read more »