Representative Scott Franklin (FL-15), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a Navy veteran, today issued the following statement on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan:
"The events unfolding in Afghanistan were predictable and are a clear failure of leadership on the part of the Biden Administration. In rapid succession, the Taliban has overrun city after city,… Read more »
Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-15) today announced the introduction of legislation that will support small businesses with financial backing so they can participate in setting global standards for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Original co-sponsors of this bill include Rep. Jason Crow (CO-06), Rep. Jay Obernolte (CA-08) and Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-09). This legislation will assist small… Read more »
Rep. Franklin (FL-15) today issued the following statement after supporting a resolution introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) calling for international solidarity with the Cuban people:
“Cuba’s Communist Party has repressed the freedom and basic human rights of Cubans for more than six decades. We are witnessing a movement by the Cuban people who are rejecting the… Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Scott Franklin (FL-15) announced that the entire bipartisan Florida Congressional Delegation is urging Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth to select MacDill Air Force Base as the next Main Operating Base (MOB) for 24 KC-46 Pegasus Tankers.
MacDill and Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington State are the top two candidates for the new… Read more »
Rep. Franklin issued the following statement in response to reports that President Biden provided Russian President Putin with a list of infrastructure entities "off limits" to cyberattacks:
“The federal government’s policy on cyberattacks against our infrastructure should be that all such attacks are unacceptable. President Biden giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a… Read more »
Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) has introduced a bill to further block the People’s Republic of China from participating in the Rim of the Pacific, the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, until it has recognized and addressed it’s genocidal actions against the Uighur Muslims. China was invited to participate in RIMPAC in 2014 despite rogue actions in the… Read more »
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Rep. Scott Franklin, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement in response to the escalating violence in Israel:
“Israel is a staunch ally of the United States that has every right and a solemn duty to protect its people from the bloodthirsty forces of terrorism. I unequivocally support… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Scott Franklin (R-Fla.) announced that he will serve on two subcommittees as a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). Franklin will serve on the subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems and the subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations.
Franklin, a retired commander, served in the United States Navy as… Read more »
