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Soto with manatees
February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) announced efforts to continue protecting manatees in the 119th Congress by co-sponsoring H.R. 135, the Manatee Protection Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16).


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Darren Soto stands in front of the U.S. Capitol
February 6, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Reps. Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) introduced H.R. 900, the Sinkhole Mapping Act— bipartisan legislation that directs the U.S.


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Rep. Soto speaking
January 31, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps. Darren Soto (FL-09) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led several Democratic colleagues in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem denouncing the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to abandon the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela established under the Biden Administration earlier this month.


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December 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, Reps. Darren Soto (FL-09) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, urging the Department to extend and redesignate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status. Currently, the 2023 redesignation is set to expire on April 2, 2025, and the 2021 extension is set to expire on September 10, 2025.


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Rep. Soto speaking
October 4, 2024

KISSIMMEE, FL — This week, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) announced that the Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) will receive a $6.2 million investment from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for utility infrastructure improvements to support the semiconductor manufacturing industry in Central Florida.


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LCA passage 2
September 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, the House of Representatives passed S. 1648—the Senate version of Congressman Darren Soto’s (FL-09) Launch Communications Act.


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Rep. Soto walking through MCO
September 13, 2024

ORLANDO, FL—Today, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) announced that Orlando International Airport and Kissimmee Gateway Airport received $28 million in FY24 Airport Improvement Program grants from the U.S.


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WIFIA loan presentation
August 13, 2024

KISSIMMEE, FL — Today, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) was joined by U.S.


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Congressman Soto at Pulse
June 12, 2024

ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) released the following statement on the eight-year remembrance of the tragedy at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.