West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced $3,665,550 in funding for local health care facilities to address the coronavirus pandemic. The funding was authorized under the bipartisan CARES Act, which was signed into law on March 27, 2020.
“This money will be used to strengthen our… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, members of Florida’s congressional delegation and members of the state legislature sent a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis with recommendations on how to improve the Florida unemployment system.
The letter states in part, “As you are aware, unemployment in Florida is skyrocketing, through no fault of workers who are being laid off and told to stay home. Last… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) awarded an additional $13.4 million to Florida to support the state’s COVID-19 response. Last month, Florida received $27.7 million from the CDC.
“The coronavirus pandemic is bearing down on Florida and our health care system is taking a direct hit,” said Rep.… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order weakening stay-at-home guidelines by overriding any stricter local government orders. Specifically, large gatherings for religious purposes will now be allowed statewide.
“For many people, connecting with a faith community is understandably important… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after Governor Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order.
“While there are still some dangerous loopholes, the Governor’s statewide stay-at-home order will save lives and lessen the impact on our healthcare system. I urge the public to take this seriously. Stay home and save lives.”
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West Palm Beach, FL – Today, members of Florida’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to issue a statewide stay-at-home order as COVID-19 continues to spread.
The letter states in part, “As a follow up from our March 25th letter, we again urge you to issue a stay-at-home order for the entire state as COVID-19 continues to spread. Dr. Anthony Fauci,… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, twelve members of Florida’s congressional delegation joined Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) in sending a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging immediate action to ensure self-employed workers and independent contractors can access unemployment benefits.
The letter states in part, “The Coronavirus Aid and Relief Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, twelve members of Florida’s congressional delegation joined Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) in sending a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging immediate action to ensure self-employed workers and independent contractors can access unemployment benefits.
The letter states in part, “The Coronavirus Aid and Relief Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was… Read more »
Today, the bipartisan Palm Beach County legislative delegation - including U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20), Lois Frankel (FL-21), and Brian Mast (FL-18), and members of the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives - wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter T. Gaynor… Read more »
(Boca Raton, Fla.) Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Lois Frankel (FL-21) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar urging him to rush necessary testing supplies to Florida to enable the State to utilize more of its COVID-19 testing capacity.
Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the State acquired enough test kits to test 625,000… Read more »
