Press Releases

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, today voted in favor of the final package of Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills, completing the House’s work on all 12 funding measures. The package includes the Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development bills. “This package… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) today voted for the FY26 Financial Services and General Government, and the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations bill. The measure passed the House by a vote of 341-79. “As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, I take seriously our responsibility to fund the federal government in a disciplined and… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) today voted for the FY26 Commerce, Justice, Science; Interior and Environment; and Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The spending package makes targeted and fiscally responsible investments to bolster U.S. energy dominance and nuclear deterrence, strengthen efforts to combat illicit drugs, expand access to critical minerals, and support wildland… Read more »

“The high cost of health care for Americans will not be solved by continuing to throw taxpayer money at a broken system. Extending enhanced premium tax credits without zero reforms to lower health care costs is not the solution. We must address the drivers of rising premiums and out-of-pocket costs. These enhanced credits were enacted as temporary COVID-era relief and were intended to… Read more »

Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-18) today welcomed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) announcement of a new suite of operational, artificial intelligence-driven global weather forecasting models, calling the move an important step toward faster, more accurate forecasts and improved preparedness for extreme weather. “Integrating artificial intelligence into weather… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that $1 billion in bridge support will be dedicated to specialty crop producers, a top request he recently led in a bipartisan letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. “Florida’s specialty crop growers help feed America and support jobs across our state,” said Congressman Franklin. “Our… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) issued the following statement after House passage of the FY26 NDAA: “As a career Naval Aviator who served 26 years in uniform, I know a strong America is a safe America. We don’t preserve peace by hoping for the best, but by ensuring our adversaries never doubt our resolve. The FY26 NDAA invests in the tools, training and technologies our warfighters… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) issued the following statement after House passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act: “The House took an important step today to bring long overdue transparency to the Jeffrey Epstein atrocities. The public deserves to understand how he operated for so many years without being held fully accountable. No one, regardless of status or… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) issued the following statement after the House voted to advance a funding measure to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in American history: “Senate Democrats kept the government closed for six weeks while families, service members and federal workers paid the price. They made Americans suffer as part of their strategy for… Read more »

Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) officially added phosphate to the nation’s Critical Minerals List. Earlier this fall, Rep. Franklin joined a bipartisan group urging DOI to include phosphate and warning foreign control of supply creates risk for U.S. agriculture and food security. “America cannot be food… Read more »