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Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and economic equality during her time in office. Frankel previously served as the Mayor of West Palm Beach from 2003 to 2011, where she worked on initiatives to improve the city's economy and infrastructure.
Mr. Speaker, on Friday, people all over the world will be celebrating Valentine's Day, a day of romance when we express our gratitude to the ones we love. We look forward to our chocolate, our candy, our flowers, and our cards. With that…
Mr. Speaker, Henry ``Hank'' Aaron is one of the great athletes to ever set foot on any field, renowned for breaking home run records and racial barriers. With grit and natural talent, he became the home run king of baseball while playing…
Madam Speaker, we have a crisis, a crisis in Florida and across this Nation where our constituents are facing skyrocketing jumps in flood insurance premiums, making homeownership unaffordable. Madam Speaker, floods are not partisan, and…
Madam Speaker, I found her. Forty years ago I found my friend, Flora, bleeding, near death. She was a victim of an illegal abortion, forced to turn to a back-alley practitioner. She survived, but many like her did not. Today, my Republican…
Mr. Speaker, Dana Haverman from my home State of Florida is frightened. Despite the fact that she got her first job at age 15, despite the fact that she worked continuously her entire adult life, despite the fact that at age 60 she lost a…
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 3824 to end the Republicans' very cruel refusal to end unemployment benefits that would protect more than 80,000 Floridian job seekers in my home State of Florida. The SPEAKER pro…
Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Numbers 2, 3, and 4, I was not present because my flight was canceled due to the extreme weather over the past few days. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' for all three votes. ____________________
I remain skeptical of the money we are spending there and the waste and the fraud and all of that.
I think it was last month when we went to Cairo. And we met with General al-Sisi and Acting President Mansour, and also we met with the Coptic Pope there.
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