District 24 awarded over $92 million for COVID-19 relief Miami Times / Penny Dickerson / April 15, 2020Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson scored two pandemic power moves in one week that complement a continual stream of bill sponsorship. Most have been in support of the COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming 2020 presidential election. On Monday, April 13, Wilson announced colleges and… Read more »
Miami, Fla. – Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson announced that airports in South Florida would receive $342,272,000 million in emergency funding as a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that Congress passed on March 27. The funding will help airports continue operations and replace lost revenue caused by a sharp decline in airline travel. … Read more »
Florida Delegation Calls on USDA to Provide Relief for Florida's Agricultural IndustryFlorida Daily / Kevin Derby / April 12, 2020This week, Florida's two U.S. senators–Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott–and 25 of the state's 27 members in the U.S. House urged U.S. Agriculture Sec. Sonny Perdue to provide immediate relief to Florida's agricultural producers. Florida's vast… Read more »
Florida Democrats Want HHS, CMS to Quickly Send Funds to Help Hospitals Deal With CoronavirusFlorida Daily / Kevin Derby / April 12, 2020Democrats in the Florida delegation in the U.S. House are calling on the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to quickly send funds to hospitals across the Sunshine State as the… Read more »
Frederica Wilson Announces Almost $7.8 Million in HHS Grants to Help Healthcare Centers Deal With CoronavirusFlorida Daily / Kevin Derby / April 10, 2020U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson announced that almost $7.8 million in U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department funds were headed to her South Florida district to help residents deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The funds are part of… Read more »
South Florida community health centers get millions for coronavirus responseSun Sentinel / Cindy Krischer Goodman / April 8, 2020FoundCare of West Palm Beach opened as the first drive-thru testing site in South Florida. In the weeks that followed, the federally funded community health center has tested hundreds of people for the virus and filtered thousands of phone calls from people… Read more »
Florida Delegation Urges Sonny Perdue to Offer Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program BenefitsFlorida Daily / Kevin Derby / April 5, 2020Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and members of the Florida delegation in the U.S. House called on U.S. Agriculture Sec. Sonny Perdue to approve the state's request to administer the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program… Read more »
FLORIDIANS NEED DISASTER FOOD BENEFITS FROM USDA SAY LAWMAKERSBlack Star News / April 5, 2020U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05), along with members of the Florida Delegation, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to approve the state of Florida's request to implement the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). D-SNAP allows people who are not… Read more »
Wilson: Help cruise industryFlorida Politics / April 1, 2020The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill spread around significant sums to individuals, state and local governments and businesses, both large and small. Among those not seeing relief is the cruise industry, something Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson would like to see rectified in future bills. During House negotiations on the… Read more »
Democrats bill will cover coronavirus test costs Miami Times / April 1, 2020House Democrats introduced legislation requiring all health insurance plans to cover the full cost of COVID-19 testing for U.S. consumers. The No Cost for COVID-19 Testing Act codifies the promises made by insurers to cover COVID-19 at no cost to patients and fills potential gaps in coverage for people in… Read more »
