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Republicans want to ban abortion and make it harder to prevent pregnancies--really?

July 24, 2025

Yesterday we debated our foreign affairs budget, and Republicans are still pushing their anti-woman agenda. They want to ban abortion and make it harder to prevent pregnancies in the first place. Really? I supported an amendment to restore access to care...and some common sense.

Rep. Frankel Fights to Strengthen U.S.- Africa Partnership July 24, 2025
Rep. Frankel Fights to Strengthen U.S.-Africa Partnership July 23, 2025
By 2050, Africa will be home to a quarter of the world’s population. Will we be at the table as partners, or let China steer the ship? Proud to pass a bipartisan amendment to ensure strategic, sustained U.S. partnership with Africa into the future.
Rep. Frankel Fights GOP Budget that Abandons Diplomacy, Slashes Aid July 23, 2025
I wish I could support a bipartisan budget that reflects America’s leadership. Instead, we’re left with a reckless GOP plan to slash aid, ignore Congress, and abandon diplomacy. This isn’t strength, it’s retreat. And it undermines our own self-interests.
Rep. Frankel Opening Remarks - National Security and State Department July 23, 2025
Rep. Frankel Calls Alligator Alcatraz an Embarrassment July 21, 2025
Turning our Everglades into state-sponsored cages puts decades of environmental protections, tribal sovereignty, and public health at risk. And it costs $450M a year. Are you kidding me? We need bipartisan immigration reform, not political stunts wasting taxpayer money.
Rep. Frankel Calls Alligator Alcatraz an Embarrassment July 21, 2025
Rep. Frankel Votes NO on Trump’s Funding Cuts July 21, 2025
ICYMI: Last week, Republicans passed a funding cut that pulls kids out of school, cuts access to contraception, and slashes resources for farmers while giving China and Russia more influence. It hands our spending power to Trump. That’s autocracy, not democracy. I voted NO.
Rep. Frankel Votes NO on Trump's Attacks on Foreign Assistance, Public Media July 21, 2025
ICYMI: Last week, Republicans passed a funding cut that defunds NPR and PBS, pulls kids out of school, cuts access to contraception, and slashes resources for farmers while handing China and Russia more influence. It hands our spending power to Trump. That’s autocracy, not democracy. I voted NO.
Rep. Frankel Fights for Diplomacy and Development in Committee Debate July 15, 2025
We cannot bomb our way to peace, drone our way to stability, or retreat our way to safety. I'm fighting with my Democratic colleagues on the House Appropriations Committee for a better foreign policy budget–one that upholds the value of diplomacy and development in keeping America safe, strong, and prosperous.
Rep. Frankel Opposes Republicans' FY26 National Security and Department of State Appropriations Bill July 15, 2025
Rep. Frankel Hosts Virtual Town Hall July 8, 2025
Rep. Frankel is joined by Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Kathy Castor for a virtual town hall to discuss their work to lower everyday costs, protect Medicare and Social Security, push back against the extreme policies of the Trump Administration, and discuss the latest legislation moving through Congress
I'm a big, big, NO on Trump's big, ugly bill July 2, 2025
Checking in from the House steps ahead of votes to assure you I'm a big NO on Trump's big, ugly bill.
Rep. Frankel meets with October 7 survivors, calls for hostages to be returned home June 30, 2025
Maya and Noa survived the unthinkable at the Nova Music Festival massacre. I was honored to hear their stories and was moved by their strength. They’re using their voices to demand the release of all the hostages. We won’t rest until we #bringthemhome. We will dance again.
Rep. Frankel Speaks Out Against Foreign Assistance Cuts on Republicans' Recission Package June 12, 2025
Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, speaks on the House Floor to oppose Republicans’ rescission package. The package would cut $8.3 billion in foreign assistance, including $900 million in cuts to global health programs, as well as cuts to democracy assistance, economic and development assistance, and economic and energy support for Ukraine and other states affected by Russia’s illegal invasion.