Feb 11, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Matt Cowdrey on being named Australia's 2013 Multi-Class Swimmer of the Year. Matt is serving as a fellow in my office as part of the UNI-Capitol Washington Internship Program, which is ably led by…
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a former U.S. Representative who served Florida's 18th congressional district from 1989 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first Hispanic woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Ros-Lehtinen was known for her strong advocacy on issues related to Cuba, human rights, and foreign policy. She played a significant role in promoting legislation aimed at supporting democracy and human rights in Cuba, often speaking out against the Castro regime.
Congressional Record · 2014-02-11
Feb 10, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased tonight to rise to congratulate a Miami teacher who is going above and beyond for our south Florida students. Myrna Betancourt, a culinary arts teacher at the South Dade Educational Center, is Miami-Dade…
Feb 5, 2014
Mr. Speaker, my home State of Florida has been an overly responsible--and even generous--partner in the National Flood Insurance Program. In the last 20 years, Floridians have paid four times in premiums than we have seen returned in…
Feb 4, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to recognize Alexander Montessori School for 50 years of providing exceptional educational opportunities for generations of children in south Florida. Fifty years ago, Beverly McGhee founded Alexander Day…
Feb 4, 2014
Madam Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart in remembrance of a dear friend and one of Miami's legal giants, Tom Tew. Tom passed away last week at the age of 73 from pancreatic cancer, an unfortunately common and terrible disease. Tom…
Feb 4, 2014
What steps are we taking to ensure that the Sunnis are participating in these elections and that Iraq can return to that sort of power sharing government we saw in the post-surge Iraq?
Feb 4, 2014
The safety of the residents of Camp Liberty. They still have very little protection.
Feb 4, 2014
The Shi'a-dominated Maliki government cannot successfully take Fallujah on its own without the help of the Sunni tribal leaders in the region.
Feb 3, 2014
Mr. Speaker, to the sound of cracking claws, Joe's Stone Crab, a famous, and especially delicious, South Beach institution has made its debut here in the Nation's Capital. Over 100 years ago, in 1913, Joe and Jennie Weiss started a lunch…
Jan 29, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased to rise today and extend my sincere thanks, on behalf of all of us, to a distinguished public servant, Chief Clerk of Debates Trudi Terry, that humble lady who sits behind us. After 15 years of serving the…
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