WASHINGTON, DC – In solidarity with the #MeToo movement, several Members of Congress, including Reps. Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Susan Davis (CA-53), Katherine Clark (MA-05), and Mike Quigley (IL-05), will bring sexual harassment survivors and advocates as guests to President Trump’s State… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration refused to implement Congressionally-mandated sanctions on Russian defense and intelligence entities. These sanctions were enacted in response to Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections.
“By failing to impose new sanctions, President Trump is letting Putin get… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate unanimously passed the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. The House passed this legislation last night, by a vote of 406-3. Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN), Co-Chairs of bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, introduced companion legislation… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s first State of the Union address:
“Tonight’s speech was full of fake news. Mr. Trump took credit for Obama’s strong economy, while bragging about throwing millions of Americans off health care and proposing a cruel, foolish immigration policy. Incredulously, he called for… Read more »
Written by: Brittany Carloni, Naples Daily News
A co-founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers is expected to attend President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. tonight.
Laura Germino, 54, of LaBelle, was invited by Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, according to a news release from the lawmaker's office.
The rise of the #MeToo… Read more »
Written by: Anna North, Vox
Last February, Democratic women wore white to President Donald Trump’s first speechto a joint session of Congress.
“There was so much — and still is — agitation about the president and our fears of what he was going to do to the women of our country and the world,” Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), chair of the Democratic Women’s Working Group in the… Read more »
Written by Alanna Vagianos, Huffington Post
The House passed a bill on Monday night that protects amateur athletes from sexual abuse by enforcing mandatory reporting regulations and extending the statute of limitations for child victims.
The bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), came up for a vote one week after Larry Nassar was… Read more »
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) announced that Laura Germino, co-founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, will be her guest for President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 30 in Washington, DC.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a worker-based human rights organization headquartered in Florida focused on supporting… Read more »
By Andrea Gonzalez Ramirez, Refinery29
Rep. Lois Frankel, one of the congresswomen spearheading the protest, said that it was important for them to show support for the survivors who have advanced the conversation surrounding sexual harassment.
"By wearing black, Members of Congress are showing solidarity with a movement that is demanding economic justice and a cultural shift that… Read more »
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced that they are awarding a $13,020,000 grant to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to fund re-employment services and temporary disaster relief employment for eligible individuals. Residents of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands who were forced to evacuate due to widespread damage caused by Hurricanes Irma… Read more »
