Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up and passed the Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act. Included in the Department of State Authorization is language from Congressman Trey Radel’s (FL-19) Protecting Americans Abroad Act, which authorizes the State Department to use the “best-value” contracting award method in high-risk, high-threat areas… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel helped pass a bipartisan Iran sanctions bill last night that sends an important message to the Iranian regime that its illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons will not be tolerated.  The Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support, aims to reduce Iran’s oil exports by an additional 1 million barrels per day and would… Read more »

Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Randy Weber (TX-14), Lois Frankel (FL-22) and Mark Meadows (NC-11) — who serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee — sent a bipartisan letter today to Turkish President Abdullah Gül calling on him to condemn recent anti-Semitic statements by Turkish officials. Co-signed by 46 Members including the Chairman and Ranking member of the House Foreign… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) offered an amendment to the House Defense appropriations bill last night that would add investments to Israel’s Iron Dome and Arrow missile defense systems. Frankel’s amendment would invest an additional $20 million in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system and $5 million for their Arrow defense system to bolster protection against short and… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) met with American military leaders and troops and Afghan officials in Afghanistan as part of a bipartisan congressional mission. During a week-long trip, Frankel — who serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee — and the bipartisan delegation also spent time in Kosovo, Germany and Qatar. “This Memorial Day week I met with the extraordinary men… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel today helped pass a critical, new bipartisan Iran sanctions bill — the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 — in the Foreign Affairs Committee and now it will move to the House for consideration. The Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 would broaden economic sanctions, expand penalties for human rights violations and increase oversight of the implementation and… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel released a statement today on Benghazi: “I am focused on making sure what happened in Benghazi doesn’t happen again and working to better protect Americans serving abroad at our U.S. embassies.  After hearing testimony firsthand from then-Secretary Hillary Clinton before the Foreign Affairs Committee, I am continuing to work with Republican… Read more »

President Obama signed into law a short-term provision championed by Congresswoman Lois Frankel to help ensure Americans serving our country abroad have the security protection they deserve. Frankel is the lead Democrat on the Protecting Americans Abroad Act introduced by Republican Congressman Trey Radel, which would permanently give the State Department the tools and flexibility to hire… Read more »

Congresswoman Lois Frankel joined a bipartisan letter today spearheaded by the Democratic Israel Working Group and Republican Israel Group in support of President Obama’s trip to Israel on Wednesday.  Frankel, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Middle East Subcommittee, reasserts with Republican and Democratic colleagues that Israel is “our most important ally in the Middle… Read more »

Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel on Monday jumped on board a bill introduced by Republican colleague Trey Radel of Fort Myers that would allow the State Department to consider factors other than low cost when awarding security contracts at U.S. embassies in dangerous and hostile areas. The bill would not boost the State Department's security budget… Read more »