Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after Senate Republicans successfully filibustered an attempt to raise the federal minimum wage. The Republican Majority in the House has also opposed raising the minimum wage. Representative Frankel is a co-sponsor of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013. "A hard day’s work should mean a decent day’s pay. Increasing the… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement rebuking the Florida bill – HB 1047 – which would greatly intervene in a woman’s ability to make her own personal health care decisions. She urged a veto from Gov. Rick Scott on the bill, and stressed the importance of her own legislation – The Women’s Health Protection Act – which would thwart the ability for states to… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel spoke on April 11 at Palm Beach State College to kick off the National Disabled Veteran Business Council’s Business Conference.  The event was a small business workshop for veterans, designed to help veteran entrepreneurs by connecting them with government agencies and commercial companies.  Congresswoman Frankel is the mother of an Iraq and… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) and Congressman Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) sent a formal request to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, urging the Department to address their constituents’ concerns with the pending All Aboard Florida (AAF) project before considering AAF’s request for a federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan.… Read more »

Congresswoman Frankel has urged the Administration to not cut Medicare Advantage by 1.9 percent as originally planned.  “I thank President Obama for listening to the millions of seniors who depend upon Medicare Advantage by increasing the funding,” said Frankel. In February, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 1.9 percent cut in payments to private… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) and Congressman Patrick Murphy (FL-18) met today with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss issues facing South Florida, and the Treasure Coast, in regards to the pending All Aboard Florida (AAF) project.  The rail proposal would link Miami and Orlando, with stops in between in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. “I… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) called on House leadership in the United States Congress to immediately begin debate on the extension of unemployment insurance, following the passage of a bipartisan agreement in the U.S. Senate.   “There are over two million job-seeking Americans, who left work through no fault of their own, and need the economic security unemployment… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel’s (FL-22) amendment to H.R. 3583, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act, was passed by unanimous consent as the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to send the entire bill to the full House for a possible vote.  Malala is the inspirational Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban while on her way home from school. She was targeted in an… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Elections Commission to eliminate the two-year aggregate contribution limits to campaign donations.  The ruling lifts the ban and allows persons to give unlimited cash to as many candidates, parties and political action groups (PAC) as they… Read more »

 Congresswoman Lois Frankel released the following statement following the release of the Congressman Paul Ryan’s House Republican budget. “Once again, the House Republicans have issued a budget that creates new burdens on seniors, the middle class, and poor. It ignores job creation and breaks the promises made to our seniors by radically altering Medicare and… Read more »