U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced new, bipartisan legislation to address shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing supplies. The Protecting Providers Everywhere (PPE) in America Act would boost domestic PPE and testing supply production and promote a more sustainable…
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Florida Senate Judiciary Committee Passes COVID-19 Liability Protections for Healthcare Workers
The Florida Senate Committee on Judiciary, chaired by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg), today passed Senate Bill 74, COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers. The bill, sponsored by Senator Brandes, offers strong protections from civil liability for health care providers working to serve Floridians in…
Read More Florida Senate Judiciary Committee Passes COVID-19 Liability Protections for Healthcare WorkersU.S. Senate Democrats Block Kennedy Amendment to Exclude Rioters from SBA Assistance
The Senate voted last week on Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) amendment to ensure that Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance cannot go to individuals found guilty of felony or misdemeanor rioting. Every Senate Democrat voted against the measure, blocking it by a vote of 49-51. “We…
Read More U.S. Senate Democrats Block Kennedy Amendment to Exclude Rioters from SBA AssistanceU.S. Senator Rubio: Biden Says “Mission Accomplished” on School Reopening as Tens of Millions of Students Sit at Home
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement after the Biden Administration signaled it was backtracking on the President’s goal of reopening schools within his first 100 days. Tuesday, the White House Press Secretary defined success as “more than 50 percent of classrooms open by…
Read More U.S. Senator Rubio: Biden Says “Mission Accomplished” on School Reopening as Tens of Millions of Students Sit at Home“Few Bad Actors Will Be Identified” Tampa’s Doubletalk and Mask Hypocrisy Spills Over
TAMPA, Fla.- The Democratic doubletalk and hypocrisy on COVID-19 restrictions is legendary at this point, even if the mainstream media seeks to bury the news. To its credit, Business Insider a couple of months ago identified a baker’s dozen of prominent Democrats who in a…
Read More “Few Bad Actors Will Be Identified” Tampa’s Doubletalk and Mask Hypocrisy Spills OverWave of Maskless Floridians Sends Journalists Into a Tizzy
At some point the high priests of cancel culture likely thought they were doing the world a favor, exposing as frauds, phonies, and hypocrites people who asserted higher ideals but skated away when it came to living them. Now, however, the practitioners of this dark…
Read More Wave of Maskless Floridians Sends Journalists Into a TizzyU.S. Senators Rubio, Menendez Lead Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Re-Introducing the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was joined by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Todd Young (R-IN), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), James Lankford (R-OK), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Coons (D-DE) in re-introducing…
Read More U.S. Senators Rubio, Menendez Lead Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Re-Introducing the Hong Kong Safe Harbor ActU.S. Senators Scott and Hawley Introduce WHO Accountability Act to Address Inaction and Lies About COVID-19
Today, Senators Rick Scott and Josh Hawley introduced the World Health Organization (WHO) Accountability Act to hold the WHO responsible for its role in helping Communist China cover up information regarding the threat of the coronavirus. Senator Rick Scott said, “The mission of the WHO is to get public…
Read More U.S. Senators Scott and Hawley Introduce WHO Accountability Act to Address Inaction and Lies About COVID-19U.S. Senate Vote That Trump’s Impeachment Trial is Constitutional
The Senate trial of former president Donald Trump started on Tuesday with a debate and vote on the constitutionality of his second impeachment trial. U.S. House managers and the former president’s lawyers took up to four equally divided hours to make the case for or…
Read More U.S. Senate Vote That Trump’s Impeachment Trial is ConstitutionalFlorida Sen. Lauren Book Files Bill To Eliminate State Recognized Confederate Holidays, Protections for Confederate Flag
Florida State Senator Lauren Book has again filed legislation to eliminate State recognition of Confederate holidays and to repeal provisions penalizing destruction to or damage of the Confederate flag. “As a State, we must underscore diversity and undercut tributes to Confederacy, which upheld the institution of slavery,”…
Read More Florida Sen. Lauren Book Files Bill To Eliminate State Recognized Confederate Holidays, Protections for Confederate Flag