Today, U.S. Reps. Scott Franklin (FL-18), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Darren Soto (FL-09) and Kat Cammack (FL-03) introduced the Restore Agricultural Investment, Stability and Expansion (RAISE) Act of 2023, which would provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the standing authority to help American farmers and growers recover after natural disasters by issuing block… Read more »
Today, Representative Scott Franklin (FL-18), along with House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost, introduced H.R. 3943, Servicemember Employment Protection Act. This bill would amend the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to ensure those serving in our Reserves or National Guard who are called up into active duty are not… Read more »
Representatives Scott Franklin (FL-18) and Darren Soto (FL-09) introduced the Conservation Reserve Program Amendments Act on Thursday. This bill would protect Florida orange groves by making them eligible to enroll in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a federal initiative designed to protect vulnerable farmland. It creates a subprogram within… Read more »
Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-18) today announced the House passed his bill, H.R. 662, the Block Grant Assistance Act. This critical bill provides needed authority for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue block grants to agriculture producers devastated by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole.
“The Florida citrus industry is synonymous with the Sunshine State and the backbone of many… Read more »
Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-18) and Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) introduced H.R. 4162, the Land Grant Research Prioritization Act. This bill would provide land grant universities with dedicated access to existing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant funding to enhance artificial intelligence (AI), mechanization and other research to develop solutions to the challenges… Read more »
Rep. Scott Franklin released the following statement regarding his support for H.R. 3564, the Middle-Class Borrower Protection Act:
“The new mortgage rate structure put in place by the Biden Administration on May 1st to “increase pricing support for purchase borrowers limited by income or by wealth” is mortgage socialism. This overreaching policy is a dangerous… Read more »
Last night, the House Appropriations Committee adopted Reps. Scott Franklin (FL-18) and Mario Diaz-Balart’s (FL-26) initiative to protect the 50 percent federal cost share for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP). WERP is part of the larger, ongoing Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a model restoration program designed to restore, protect and preserve… Read more »
LAKELAND, FL—Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-18) today held a dedication ceremony to rename a Lakeland Post Office in honor of 23-year-old fallen U.S. Marine, Corporal Ronald Payne Jr. of Polk County, who was killed in action during a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Tawara, Afghanistan on May 7, 2004.
“Today Lakeland honors one of our own who made the ultimate sacrifice… Read more »
Representative Scott Franklin released the following statement regarding his support for the REINS Act, which passed the House of Representatives tonight:
“Our Founders always intended Congress to be the lawmakers, not the executive branch. Over time, Congress has surrendered its Constitutional responsibility to keep a check on the growing executive. We… Read more »
Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-18) today issued the following statement after voting in support of the Fiscal Responsibility Act:
“I came to Congress vowing to cut spending, reduce government bureaucracy, strengthen our military, and make this institution function the way the Constitution intended. I also committed to lead and govern responsibly. The bill we passed tonight was not the… Read more »
