Federal and local disaster workers do not solicit or accept money. Don’t trust anyone who offers financial help and then asks for money or personal information. The Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, or any other U.S. agency never charge for assistance. (Thread). Do not disclose information to any unsolicited telephone calls and e-mails from individuals claiming to be FEMA or federal employees.
FEMA will not contact you unless you have called FEMA first or applied for assistance.

We just passed my amendment to help people in countries like Cuba and Venezuela access the internet, communicate with family members, and resist their authoritarian governments. We just passed my amendment to stabilize and strengthen an important anti-terror program that Florida first responders rely on.

We need to stand up for American workers, to invest in our economy, to reclaim American global leadership, and to stand up to China. We must lower costs for American families, secure our supply chains, and ensure good pay and safe workplaces for American workers. As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I believe we must continue to prioritize our national security, cybersecurity, and supply chain security. demings.house.gov/media/press-re…

Mothers and babies need baby formula, and they need it now. America steps up in times of crisis. I call on the major formula producers and the administration to work together and around the clock to supercharge domestic production and get formula to Florida’s families. In the longer term, this is yet another example of how ordinary Americans are harmed when a few giant companies control the market for critical products. We’ve seen it with oil and gas companies, internet companies, and more.

We are a nation of laws, and immigrants in Orlando who are acting in good faith to fulfill their legal obligations have met with unacceptable delays due to staffing shortages.
wesh.com/article/orland… Caseworkers from my office have visited and are working with these individuals, and I've written to ICE to hear directly from them. Let’s work together to get this right.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has a spectacular record, impeccable credentials, and her perspective as a fellow Floridian will be a breath of fresh air on the Court. She is exceptionally qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. demings.house.gov/media/press-re… In the coming years, the Supreme Court is likely to hear cases that may determine the long-term direction of American life, and the safety and constitutional rights of every American.

Known as the “Mother of Miami,” Julia Tuttle wasn’t allowed to vote in 1896, but that didn’t stop her from becoming the only female founder of a major American city. While others saw a swampy wasteland, she saw unlimited potential. #WomensHistoryMonth “It may seem strange to you,” she wrote to a friend, “but it is the dream of my life to see this wilderness turned into a prosperous country.”
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I’m proud to introduce legislation to prevent the sunset of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), a nationwide broadband network for public safety communications. demings.house.gov/media/press-re… As a former 27-year law enforcement officer and Chief of Police, Chair of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, and as the mother of a firefighter, it is critical that Congress pass this legislation to enhance first responder communications.

I grew up the daughter of a maid and janitor and affordable gas was critical for my family. Floridians need lower gas prices. (1/5) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will cause major harm to Florida families at the pump. But even before the invasion, the largest oil and gas companies made hundreds of billions in profits last year, pocketing those gains with stock buybacks.

Dorothy Height, called by President Obama the “godmother of the civil rights movement,” spent her life fighting for justice and equality. #BlackHistoryMonth Today, she is “widely credited as the first person in the modern civil rights era to treat the problems of equality for women and equality for African-Americans as a seamless whole.” nytimes.com/2010/04/21/us/…

As a member of @HouseIntel I am continuing to monitor the situation in Ukraine as we work to keep all Americans safe.

U.S. citizens: please take the State Department’s warning seriously and leave the country as soon as possible. The safety of the Floridians serving in the National Guard in Ukraine is a top priority and I trust the DOD’s assurances that they will be safely withdrawn in the event of escalation.

Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs was a pastor, abolitionist, and Florida’s first and only Black Secretary of State. He also helped to build the state's education system, including leadership to establish @FAMU_1887 (#FAMU #FAMUly #Rattlers #FangsUp🐍). #BlackHistoryMonth Born in Philadelphia in 1821, Gibbs worked as a carpenter’s apprentice before he attended Dartmouth College, the third Black man to do so. He later attended Princeton Theological Seminary to become a minister.

“Always courageous,” U.S. Navy pilot Jesse LeRoy Brown was the U.S. Navy's first Black pilot, and the first Black naval officer killed in the Korean War. His heroism in service to our country earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross. #BlackHistoryMonth His father took him to an air show at age six. As a paperboy, he read in the newspaper about pioneering Black aviators. He wrote to the White House to ask that Black Americans be allowed to fly. He'd look up from working in fields and say, "I'm going to fly one of those one day."

If you or someone you love needs help, resources are available. For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, remember that the Suicide Prevention Hotline is open, free, and confidential 24 hours a day, every day, at (800) 273-8255 Aspire Health Partners: 407-875-3700 aspirehealthpartners.com

Jane Bolin was America's first Black female judge, the first in a long road towards equal justice under the law.

She once said, “those gains we have made were never graciously and generously granted. We have had to fight every inch of the way.” #BlackHistoryMonth "Jane Bolin made history over and over."

She was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School. The first Black woman to join the New York City Bar Association. She saw the barriers put up ahead of her, and broke through them.
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Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first Black woman in America to earn a degree as a medical doctor. Hospitals and pharmacies shunned her, but she persevered, bringing critical medical knowledge to poor communities. Here's her story. #BlackHistoryMonth Rebecca entered medical school around the outbreak of the civil war, and graduated to become the only Black woman out of America's 54,543 known doctors. It's likely that during her life she never knew that she was America's first Black female doctor. pbs.org/newshour/healt….

Extremist anti-choice politicians in Florida are already moving to copy Texas’s blatantly unconstitutional law with legislation that empowers bounty hunters to track patients and abortion providers. The danger is not theoretical. We’ve seen anti-choice violence in Florida’s recent history. We must take action now to protect reproductive rights and the health and safety of Florida’s women.

The Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing genocide of the Uyghur ethnic minority in China is a crime against humanity.
 
Today I voted to crack down on goods made by forced labor in Xinjiang as part of the ethnic cleansing of the Uyghur people. The Chinese Communist Party has lied and dissembled to cover up internment camps, torture, rape, and forced sterilization. They have attempted to eradicate the religious beliefs of the Uyghur people. It is evil, it is unacceptable, and we will fight it.

Tonight we’re voting to prevent an automatic $36 billion cut to Medicare, plus a potential default that would wipe out six million jobs and $15 trillion in the retirement funds and other household wealth of American families. Our tax dollars are precious, and we need to be responsible with our spending, not punish Florida seniors for Congress’ inability to come to reasonable solutions.

I am excited to announce that we have successfully obtained committee approval for major investments to Central Florida’s public safety, education, job training, affordable housing, & infrastructure services.

Funding for ten community projects is one step closer to reality (1/x) As Orlando’s former Chief of Police, I saw that our community was safer and better when we stood for accountability and opportunity for all. I brought this same attitude to these community project designations, which I requested as part of this year's budget.

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