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Wilson Secures $2.5 Billion in President Bidens Infrastructure Bill to Fix Floridas Roads, Bridges, and other Infrastructure

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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…

Personnel note: Nikki Fried promotes three more inside Ag Department

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Personnel note: Nikki Fried promotes three more inside Ag Department Florida Politics / Jesse Scheckner / August 30, 2021 A week after promoting two people and hiring a third, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced Monday three additional promotions in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Florida continues to face major agricultural, public health, and…

Wilson voted to advance President Biden's historic Build Back Better agenda.

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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…

Wilson Votes to Make Historic Investments in Jobs, Opportunity, Working Families with New Government Funding Package

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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…

Wilson Votes to Pass INVEST in America Act

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Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson applauded House passage of the "Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act," which includes funding for 11 projects in Florida's 24th congressional district. Rep. Wilson fought to ensure the projects were included in the INVEST in America Act, which makes transformational investments in…

Wilson Votes to Pass the Water Quality Protection and Job Creating Act of 2021

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Congresswoman Frederica Wilson voted today to pass H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation that would authorize $50 billion in direct infrastructure investment over the next five years to address the nation's crumbling wastewater infrastructure and local water quality challenges. H.R. 1915 will soon advance to the House floor.The…

INVEST in America Act Includes Wilson Legislation to Re-establish Federal Committee to Promote Transportation Equity

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The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act passed by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee includes the Transportation Equity Act introduced by Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson to re-establish the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity within the Department of Transportation. This committee would be comprised of…

Wilson Statement on Bidens American Jobs Plan

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Miami, FL -- Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement on the American Jobs Plan:"Since my first day in Congress, my mantra has been ‘Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!' and the infrastructure plan that President Biden outlined this week aims to achieve that goal. President Biden's American Jobs Plan is a robust and transformative investment in our nation and American workers…

These cities in Miami-Dade are challenging new flight paths over their neighborhoods

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These cities in Miami-Dade are challenging new flight paths over their neighborhoodsMiami Herald / Aaron Leibowitz / January 7, 2021 A group of cities in northeast Miami-Dade County is taking the federal government to court over a plan to adjust flight patterns in the region, demanding stronger evidence that it won't create headaches for their residents for years to come. The cities…

Democrats in Florida Delegation Criticize Donald Trumps Use of Executive Orders to Help the Economy During Pandemic

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Democrats in Florida Delegation Criticize Donald Trump's Use of Executive Orders to Help the Economy During PandemicFlorida Daily / August 23, 2020Last week, Florida's Democratic members of Congress, led by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., sent a letter to President Donald Trump "pushing back against Trump's ineffectual and possibly unconstitutional executive actions regarding…