Press Releases
ORLANDO, FL – Today Reps. Demings, Murphy, and Soto announced new terror-prevention and preparedness grant funding for Orlando under the Department of Homeland Security's Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI).
This year's award will total $3.8 million. Orlando's inclusion in the program was restored in 2018 after a multi-year drought, following strong advocacy by Central Florida's congressional delegation—Reps. Demings, Murphy, and Soto.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Daren Soto (FL-09), Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) introduced the Strengthening Mental Health Support for BIPOC Communities Act, legislation that aims to remove systemic barriers to mental health and emotional support services that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities have historically faced.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) joined Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Angus King (ME) in reintroducing the bipartisan Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act, which would create a voluntary grant program to assist emergency departments in developing protocols for identifying, assessing and treating individuals at risk for suicide.
KISSIMMEE- In honor of Black History Month, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) recognized nine community leaders for their contributions to Central Florida. The honorees' biographies were submitted into the Congressional Record and they received official Congressional Certificates.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Darren Soto, Whip of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, applauded the introduction of President Joe Biden's U.S. Citizenship Act, broad immigration reform legislation sponsored by Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force. Congressman Soto is an original co-sponsor of the legislation.
KISSIMMEE —Last week, members of the Florida congressional delegation, led by Reps. Darren Soto (FL-09) and Bill Posey (FL-08), wrote a letter to Acting U.S. Trade Representative, Maria Pagan, expressing concerns over retaliatory tariffs placed by the European Union (EU) on U.S. agricultural products, particularly Florida grapefruits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) joined Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Alma Adams (NC-12), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus in a virtual event to unveil a historic legislative package to address the United States' urgent maternal health crisis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of an armed insurrection against the United States Capitol, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) announced today that he will introduce a resolution to recognize January 6th as "Capitol Insurrection Remembrance Day."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) gave a personal account of the events that took place on January 6, 2021, with a poem called "A Bird's Eye View to Insurrection."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) released the following statement after it was announced the Biden Administration plans to release $1.3 billion that was meant to help Puerto Rico rebuild after Hurricane Maria and remove restrictions on another $4.9 billion: