Healthcare

Reps. Scott Franklin (FL-18) and Gerry Connolly (VA-11) today introduced the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act. This bipartisan bill would save lives by establishing a uniform base of liability protection for businesses that acquire automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and the good Samaritans who use them. AEDs are used to assist victims of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests… Read more »

Representative Scott Franklin (FL-15), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) letter confirming that American taxpayer dollars were used to fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology: “I was deeply disturbed to learn that American taxpayer money was used… Read more »

Representative Scott Franklin (R–FL) today opposed the Senate amendment to H.R. 1319, the “American Rescue Plan.” This massive spending package is disguised as a COVID relief bill, yet 91% of the spending fails to address the pandemic. It is thin on measures to get Americans back to work, back to school, or back to health, but instead uses COVID as cover to fund a highly… Read more »

A group of bipartisan Florida lawmakers has sent a letter to Operation Warp Speed officials asking for an increase in Florida’s vaccine allotment. According to the letter, the delegation believes that Florida should be given more vaccines to account for seasonal residents as well. “In pursuit of an end to the pandemic and in the interest of the health of all individuals… Read more »

Last week, members of the Florida congressional delegation sent a letter to Operation Warp Speed (OWS) officials requesting it increase Florida’s vaccine allotment to account for seasonal residents, which would improve access for Floridians. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Kat Cammack,… Read more »