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Staff ReportsJanuary 19, 2017

A hush has fallen on the state capital. Sure, there’s plenty of work to do before the start of the 2017 Legislative Session. But some Florida politicos are using this week to flee Florida and head to Washington, D.C., for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Gov. Rick Scott will be there. An ardent supporter of the […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 13, 2017

Darren Soto has been named Assistant Whip in the upcoming 115th Congressional session. He joins fellow Florida representative Val Demings in that role. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said Soto was “already hard at work” representing his state in the legislature. “He will bring an important perspective to the whip operation as a new Member,” he said. […]

Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2017

Additional congressional committee assignments are rolling out and Orlando’s new representatives are getting seats to oversee natural resources, small businesses and the oversight and government reform. U.S. Rep. Val Demings, an Orlando Democrat, has been chosen to be on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, a powerful panel that Congress has used to investigate […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2017

Central Florida’s three freshmen in Congress all got top-choice A-list committee assignments Tuesday, with Val Demings of Orlando serving on the Homeland Security Committee, Darren Soto of Orlando on the Agriculture Committee, and Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park on the Armed Services Committee. Congressional leaders announced their choices for freshmen and others to fill spots […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2017

With a bipartisan gathering of other Florida congressional members, Orlando’s former police chief Val Demings, now a congresswoman from Orlando, led the House of Representatives in a moment to remember and honor Orlando’s fallen officers Monday night. “I rise today to honor the lives of Master Sgt. Debra Clayton of the Orlando Police Department and Deputy Norm Lewis […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 9, 2017

Freshman Congress members, led by Rep. John Rutherford (a former Jacksonville sheriff), called for President Barack Obama to “light the White House blue” on Monday. The significance is obvious: the blue light denotes support for law enforcement on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, which is Monday. This support is especially critical in the wake of the assassination of a […]

Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2017

U.S. Rep. Val Demings – a retired Orlando police chief who spent 26 years on the force before entering politics – is “devastated” to hear about the murder of her former colleague Orlando Police Department Master Sergeant Debra Clayton followed by the traffic death of an Orange County deputy sheriff working that scene, Demings office […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2017

With just a couple of weeks before President Obama leaves the White House, Florida’s Democratic congressional delegation apparently has no qualms in not standing by him when it comes to the issue of Israel and their settlements in the Palestinian territories. In a vote Thursday night on a resolution condemning a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed […]

Scott PowersJanuary 2, 2017

U.S. Rep.-elect Val Demings has announced her senior congressional staff, a mixture of those who supported her 2016 election in Orlando and some Washington D.C. savvy. That begins with Wendy Anderson as the Orlando Democrat’s chief of staff, and includes Caroline Rowland as her communications director and Sonja White as her district director in Central […]

Scott PowersDecember 27, 2016

Orlando’s U.S. Rep.-elect Val Demings is entering Congress as one of the Democrats’ leaders. Demings was elected in December to represent Florida’s 10th Congressional District, covering Representative-elect Val Demings’ office announced Tuesday she has been appointed by Democratic leadership to serve as an Assistant Whip in the Democratic Caucus. The former Orlando Police Chief will […]

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Floridians head to D.C. for Donald Trump inauguration

Darren Soto named Assistant Whip for Congressional Dems

More committee assignments for Val Demings, Darren Soto and Stephanie Murphy

Freshmen Congress members from Orlando get top choices for committee seats

Val Demings, Florida members, lead moment in Congress to remember Orlando’s fallen officers

House freshmen to Pres. Obama: light the White House blue

Val Demings ‘devastated’ by Orlando officer deaths

Florida Democratic congressional delegation overwhelmingly opposes President Obama on U.N. Israeli imbroglio

Val Demings announces senior staff in Congress

Val Demings named assistant whip for Congressional Dems