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 »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, 11 members of Florida’s congressional delegation joined Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) in sending a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging immediate action to address flaws in Florida’s inadequate unemployment benefits system, including the faulty, unaccommodating online unemployment insurance application process.
The letter states in part, “We recognize… Read more »
(Boca Raton, Fla.) Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) led seven of their Florida Congressional colleagues in a letter urging Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to issue a statewide shelter-in-place order to protect Floridians, particularly older residents and those with underlying health issues, and help the… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement urging Governor Ron DeSantis to issue a statewide shelter-in-place order:
“There is no time to waste – without proper precautions, coronavirus will hit every corner of our state and overwhelm our healthcare system,” said Rep. Frankel.
Yesterday, Rep. Frankel joined nine members of the Florida… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) held a telephone town hall with local leaders and health experts to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Palm Beach County community. Rep. Frankel was joined by Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, former Health and Human Services Secretary Congresswoman Donna Shalala, Director of the Palm Beach… Read more »
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, thirteen members of Florida’s congressional delegation joined Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) in sending a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging immediate action to alleviate the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on workers and small businesses as economic activity slows down and individuals go without paychecks.
The U.S. House has taken… Read more »
