Press Releases
Washingtonn, DC - Following the Biden Administration's first ever interagency convening on economic growth, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja hosted a virtual roundtable to bring leaders together to discuss ways to reinvent the federal workforce through the lens of equity and make the federal government the model employer.
Congresswoman Wilson Presents New White House Guide Helping Florida Communities Access Historic Investments Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Congresswoman Wilson, Chair of Higher Education Subcommittee, Closely Monitoring Threats Against HBCUs
Congresswoman Wilson Leads Letter Asking AG Garland to Fully Investigate Threats to HBCUs
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, delivered a letter to Attorney General Garland calling for the full investigation of recent threats made against Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Congresswoman Wilson, D-FL, Announces Support of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Supreme Court Nominee
Congresswoman Wilson Celebrates Historic Investments in Transportation and Infrastructure for Miami-Dade County
MIAMI, FL - Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) celebrated historic funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for Miami-Dade County and Florida's 24thCongressional District.
Congresswoman Wilson Infuriated over Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security's Failure to Brief Congress on Developments in Investigation of Bomb Threats Against HBCUS
Today the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act (S.2163/H.R. 1636), introduced by Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, to establish a 19-member commission examining the social disparities that disproportionately affect black males in America. Led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the Senate unanimously passed a companion bill, S. 2163, on June 25. The two lawmakers created a similar commission when they served together in Florida's state legislature.
Members of Florida's Congressional delegation called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to further extend a voter registration deadline to midnight Wednesday after heavy traffic crashed the state's online enrollment system Monday, potentially preventing thousands of would-be voters from signing up to cast ballots in next month's presidential election.
Miami, FL - Today, Congresswoman Wilson and Miami-Dade NAACP president Ruban Roberts issued the following statement about reports of false information circulating on social media warning of planned racially motivated attacks.
"We are deeply alarmed by reports of disinformation being spread on social media warning of planned racially motivated violence to take place this weekend. This information is reportedly being falsely presented as an official statement by the NAACP.