By Tom Hudson, WLRN
Lake Okeechobee may be a natural feature of the Florida landscape, but politics also come into play when it comes to it.
More than $1 billion of federal support has been spent to help restore the Everglades and fix the plumbing around the lake. That money, along with other money for the Army Corps of Engineers, starts flowing from the House Appropriations… Read more »
Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21-D) and Randy Weber (TX-14-R) introduced legislation to enhance development cooperation in the areas of water resources, agriculture and energy storage between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Israel in developing countries. Read more »
Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), David Cicilline (D-RI-01), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, Ann Wagner (R-MO-02), Vice Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Susan Wild (D-PA-07) released the following statement after the trial of Loujain al-Hathloul and other prominent and longtime women’s rights activists, began in Saudi Arabia. Read more »
(Washington) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21), and Congressman Michael… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, on International Women’s Day, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), Steve Chabot (R-OH-01), Joe Wilson (R-SC-02), Bill Keating (D-MA-09), Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve U.S. counterterrorism and peacebuilding efforts by focusing on women’s roles as victims, perpetrators, and preventers of… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) and Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) introduced legislation to stop President Trump from plunging the United States and Russia into a nuclear arms race.
On February 1, President Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, once again undermining the international order that… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), Chair of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, David Cicilline (D-RI-01), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, Ann Wagner (R-MO-02), Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Susan Wild (D-PA-07) introduced a resolution condemning Saudi Arabia’s continued jailing and alleged abuse… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – February 6, 2019 – Today, on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) and Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA-10) introduced a resolution to enhance global awareness of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), recognize it as a human rights violation against women and girls, and urge the U.S. Government and… Read more »
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Today, the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment (WEEE) Act was signed into law. This bipartisan legislation, authored in the House by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) and former Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), will help break down gender-related barriers to economic growth and supports women-led enterprises in developing… Read more »
By Teresa Casale and Gayatri Patel, Ms. Magazine
Gender equality advocates across the globe celebrated the House passage of the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment (WEEE) Act in May, which promotes feminist international development policies that support female entrepreneurs. The WEEE Act affirms the importance of women’s rights—to own and control land and property, to… Read more »
