Scott PowersMay 13, 2022
3min0
The grants help cities train, plan and gear up for potential terrorist attacks.
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Scott PowersMay 13, 2022Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2020
4min445
The city went years without any anti-terrorism money.
Scott PowersApril 12, 2019
6min579
Orlando's federal counter-terrorism grant was more than doubled.
Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2017
4min159
Central Florida’s three Democratic members of the U.S. Congress have introduced an amendment to the federal spending bill that would set aside additional antiterrorism money for cities like Orlando that miss the cut from Homeland Security. Central Florida’s delegation – dating back to the three previous incumbents – has argued that Homeland Security’s rules for […]
Scott PowersJune 15, 2017
4min225
Orlando Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings has attached an amendment to a Homeland Security bill hoping for another route to get anti-terrorism money for Orlando and other cities left out of a federal grants program. On Wednesday Demings got the amendment into House Resolution 2825, the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017, during a […]
Scott PowersJune 2, 2017
4min146
For the third-straight year, Orlando has been denied local anti-terrorism money for not being a significant enough target under federal guidelines, exasperating Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings who has pushed federal officials to reconsider their decision-making process. Demings, as have other current and former members of Congress from Orlando, has been pushing U.S. Homeland Security […]
Scott PowersApril 14, 2017
3min349
After watching Orlando just miss the cut for federal counter-terrorism grants the past two years, Orlando’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings is putting together a bipartisan push to get such money increased to help mid-sized cities. Demings and U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, a Texas Republican whose hometown of San Antonio also got passed over for […]
Marco RubioSeptember 19, 2016
8min546
Fifteen years ago this month, on Sept. 11, 2001, our nation suffered the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil when al-Qaida hijacked four airplanes and murdered thousands of innocent people. Three months ago, Orlando became a new ground zero when a radical Islamic terrorist opened fire inside Pulse nightclub, and Floridians witnessed firsthand the deadliest terrorist attack on […]
Scott PowersJuly 15, 2016
6min293
Whose fault was it that Orlando did not qualify for federal funding to shore up anti-terrorism efforts the past few years? U.S. Rep. John Mica called a congressional hearing Friday to see, and several officials concluded it was at least partly because of Congress. Mica was not entirely convinced and countered with several reasons why he is […]