Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson announced that in 2022 Florida Memorial University and Florida International University will receive $2,400,000 and $31.8 million, respectively, from the Department of Defense, in S.1605, the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022."I am proud to announce that with the final passage of the National… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson announced that Florida will receive $2,510,041,078 in new federal funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying jobs for Floridians and improve roads and bridges across the state. Congresswoman Wilson was one of only five members chosen to cosponsor this landmark legislation, given her leadership and seniority on the House… Read more »
Congresswomen Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) have introduced legislation to reauthorize the Haitian Hemisphere Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act and the Haitian Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act. The bipartisan bill, which was introduced in the Senate by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would ensure that the… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, chair of the Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, along with Reps. Bowman, Hayes, Garcia, Bustos, and Gallego, led a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott, and Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth calling for investments in the Build Back Better Act to… Read more »
On Friday, September 10, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson voted to advance the portion of the Build Back Better Act that falls under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee. The historic package invests $761 billion to lower the cost of childcare, expand access to quality education, and help Americans secure good-paying jobs. Congresswoman Wilson, who chairs the… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson released a new report from the Joint Economic Committee today estimating that 75,000 Child Tax Credit payments were sent to families in the Florida's 24th congressional district in August. A total of $36,000,000 in tax cuts went back into the pockets of these hardworking families.Statewide, 2,296,000 monthly tax cut payments went to families in August for a… Read more »
Wilson Reintroduces the Quality Higher Education Act Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, chair of the Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, has reintroduced the Quality Higher Education Act, which enhances the accreditation system to ensure that colleges are graduating students with meaningful degrees and preparing them for workplace… Read more »
Wilson Votes for Transformative Benefits for Working Families, Advances President Biden's Historic Agenda Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson voted to advance President Biden's historic Build Back Better agenda, which will deliver life-changing benefits for working families in Florida and across the nation. With today's vote, the House took a key step required in order to move… Read more »
Wilson Statement on Passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Washington, DC – Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: "Today, I proudly voted to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to restore critical protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and… Read more »
Wilson Votes to Make Historic Investments in Jobs, Opportunity, Working Families with New Government Funding Package Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson voted to make historic investments in American jobs, opportunity and working families with H.R. 4502, a package to fund the federal government in the next fiscal year. This essential legislation will improve the health and… Read more »
