Miami, FL – Congresswoman Wilson plans to send a letter to State Surgeon GeneralScott A Rivkees and Governor Ron DeSantis seeking information related to ensuring safe access to dialysis treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk that COVID-19 poses to Floridians with kidney disease.Forty thousand Floridians are living with end-stage renal disease and are at heightened risk… Read more »
Mail-in voting is key to save elections and lives | U.S. Rep. Frederica WilsonSun Sentinel / U.S. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson / April 28, 2020In 2000, the words "hanging chad" entered the political lexicon as the world anxiously awaited the outcome of the presidential contest between Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore. It took more than a month to count and recount… Read more »
Hospital reliefFlorida Politics / April 28, 2020Rep. Michael Waltz led a bipartisan effort by Florida's House members to urge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to waive interest it can charge on emergency loans to Florida hospitals that extend the loans past deadlines. Waltz and 16 other Florida House members sent a letter over the weekend to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and… Read more »
Mario Diaz-Balart reelected to Congress unopposed. Carlos Gimenez faces GOP primaryMiami Herald / David Smiley and Alex Daugherty / April 26, 2020U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, South Florida's only Republican member of Congress, coasted to a 10th term Friday after his lone opponent failed to qualify as a candidate. But Republican Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who hopes to join… Read more »
FEMA reliefFlorida Politics / Staff Reports / April 26, 2020While the federal government goes trillions of dollars deeper in debt to fight COVID-19, states face daunting budget holes as well. Rep. John Rutherford of Jacksonville and several House colleagues believe one way to help states is for the federal government to pick up all of the costs from FEMA assistance. Rutherford and New… Read more »
Because 'People Will Die' If They Listen to Trump, #DontDrinkBleach Hashtag Goes ViralCommon Dreams / Eoin Higgins / April 26, 2020The hashtag #DontDrinkBleach trended on Twitter Friday in reaction to comments by President Donald Trump Thursday evening endorsingthe idea that Americans could somehow imbibe or be injected with disinfectants to eradicate the coronavirus. "It is April 24,… Read more »
Miami, FL – Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement in response to the passage of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating effect on millions of Americans' health and well-being and the nation's economy. There have been nearly 870,000 confirmed cases, nearly 50,000 dead and more than 26 million… Read more »
Miami, FL -- Congresswoman Wilson is leading a Florida congressional delegation letter to Governor Ron DeSantis, urging him allow Florida to opt in to the Medicaid expansion provision in the Affordable Care Act. Despite overwhelming evidence that expanding Medicaid has dramatically reduced the uninsured rate by providing access to care to the most vulnerable people in our nation, Florida… Read more »
Groups Work to Stop Deportations to Haiti Amid Coronavirus Pandemic NBCMiami / Willard Shepard / April 23, 2020There's outcry from the Haitian community in South Florida and one member of Congress over deporting Haitians back to the island in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, after advocates say Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported almost 130 people Thursday. Recent video taken… Read more »
Why Haitian nationals have a tougher time returning home than deportees from the U.S.Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles / April 22, 2020Haitians stranded by the coronavirus in the United States are finding that it's a lot easier to get back home if you're a U.S. deportee than if you're a tourist stuck abroad. Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe, confirming in a radio interview that the… Read more »
