Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) highlighted the inclusion of two key provisions of her EMPOWER Act, which combats workplace sexual harassment, in two Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills.
Rep. Frankel successfully advocated for report language in the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill that directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after helping pass the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill for Fiscal Year 2022 out of the Appropriations Committee.
Below, in part, are Rep. Frankel’s opening remarks from committee… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement on the inclusion of $500 million for joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense funding bill for Fiscal Year 2022.
“This bill funds missile defense technology that protects Israeli and Palestinian civilians from terror groups like Hamas who fire… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) announced that the six Palm Beach County projects she recommended to receive federal funding as part of the surface transportation reauthorization bill were included in the INVEST in America Act, which passed the House by a vote of 221 to 201.
“Each of the projects I submitted will benefit Palm Beach County and support… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after supporting passage of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies funding bill for Fiscal Year 2022 out of the Appropriations Committee.
The bill puts the United States back on the world stage with renewed commitments to… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement following her meeting last week with Colonel Kelly, the Commander and District Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, on the new Lake Okeechobee Operating System Manual (LOSOM), which impacts Lake Okeechobee’s water levels. The new schedule is slated to begin in October… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) and Michael Waltz (R-FL-06) re-introduced the Keeping Girls in School Act to support the educational empowerment of girls globally. A companion bill will be introduced in the Senate by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
Girls who remain in school are more likely to live longer, marry later, earn… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth.
“Juneteenth is a day to celebrate the end of slavery and freedom for all Black Americans, and a day to remember that the fight for equality and justice continues,” said Rep. Frankel. “This week, my colleagues and I voted to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, so that all… Read more »
WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Brad Schneider led Representatives Jake Auchincloss, Ted Deutch, Lois Frankel, Josh Gottheimer, Elaine Luria, Kathy Manning, Jerrold Nadler, Dean Phillips, Kim Schrier, Brad Sherman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz in releasing the following joint statement:
Equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is… Read more »
Legislation would safeguard against anti-abortion laws like Mississippi’s 15-week ban to be argued in front of the Supreme Court next year
Members joined leading health advocates at a press conference to announce the introduction of the Women’s Health Protection Act
Today U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA), Lois… Read more »
