Vern Buchanan: “With his passing, the State of Florida and the Nation have lost an outstanding lawmaker, statesman, and public servant.”

At the Federal level I want to see Title IV-B reauthorized, and I want to see the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act passed to provide transparency and data collection.

That is why I offered an amendment last year to the NDAA which has since become law, requiring the Pentagon to examine emergency medical services and capability at U.S. military bases around the world.

Americans across the country are tired of the biannual clock change, and the evidence is clear that permanent daylight saving time can improve public health, reduce traffic accidents, lower crime and encourage more outdoor activity.

We say we need a new agreement, but we need a new and an improved agreement that helps these folks, a billion of them, in Africa.