Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass measures that would prevent suspected terrorists, criminals, and the mentally ill from purchasing guns.
“Congress must do its job before we have to say more prayers for innocent victims of gun violence,” Frankel said. “It’s deeply troubling that, days after our country’s deadliest… Read more »
Democratic U.S. Reps. Patrick Murphy, Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel at a news conference calling for “common sense” gun control in West Palm Beach.
WEST PALM BEACH — Three Democratic U.S. Reps. — Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach, Ted Deutch of Boca Raton and Patrick Murphy of Jupiter — urged the Republican-controlled Congress to expand background checks for… Read more »
The failure of US Congress to introduce stricter gun controls is disgusting, says Democrat Congresswoman Lois Frankel in the wake of the Orlando attack.
The Florida representative told Today programme presenter John Humphrys: "It's a lot of prayers and not any action."
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Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, issued the following statement on last night’s shooting at Pulse, an Orlando nightclub that serves the LGBT community. The shooting claimed 50 lives and injured at least 53 others, making this the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
“I am so sad for the Orlando shooting victims and their… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, flanked by Palm Beach County mosquito control supervisor Gary Goode and Michael Farzan of The Scripps Research Institute.
WEST PALM BEACH — U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, today urged the Republican-controlled House to approve more money to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and urged citizens to do their part to control… Read more »
Today, a provision authored by Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) that would let the State Department use best-value contracting for security at our diplomatic posts passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Best-value contracting allows the State Department to consider factors beyond just price in hiring local guard firms. Frankel’s measure is part of the Department of State Operations… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), a member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, announced that the committee authorized several local water infrastructure priorities as part of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA). Among these are the Port Everglades expansion project and the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP).
“This major… Read more »
Today, Reps. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Alcee Hastings (FL-20), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), and Ted Deutch (FL-21) announced that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a favorable report on the feasibility of building a new federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.
The report concludes that construction of a new publicly funded courthouse is the best and most… Read more »
