Press Releases
Today, Representatives Darren Soto (FL-09) and Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) issued the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass H.R.549, the Venezuela TPS Act, legislation that would grant Venezuelan nationals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS):
A bipartisan group of ten Members of Congress traveled to Switzerland, France, Israel, West Bank, Qater, Cyprus and Greece on a bipartisan Congressional Delegation led by United States Representative Ted Deutch. This is a report authored by U.S. Representatives Darren Soto (FL-09), Scott Peters (CA-52), and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), of findings related to energy matters coming under the jurisdiction of th House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved Congressman Darren Soto's bipartisan legislation to provide equal access of federal resources for Medicaid to all American citizens living in the five U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands. The Territories Health Care Improvement Act, included as part of H.R. 2328, now heads to the full House of Representatives for a vote, one step closer to becoming law.
Today, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), joined by Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Tex.), and Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), introduced the Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act, following reports that the Trump administration is scaling back the Parole in Place program, which protects undocumented military family members from deportation.
U.S. Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09), who introduced the Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549), released the statement below following announcements from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that it will not designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status:
Today, the U.S House of Representatives passed four amendments introduced by Rep. Darren Soto in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes funds and sets policy for defense-related activities for Fiscal Year 2020. Rep. Soto's legislation increases healthcare access for American troops and supports technological advances impacting Central Florida.
Today, U.S. Congressman Darren Soto introduced bipartisan legislation to provide equal access to federal resources for Medicaid to American Citizens living in U.S. territories. H.R. 3631, the Territories Health Care Improvement Act, increases the limit on Medicaid payments and the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for the five U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands.
Today, U.S. Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter signed by 47 Members of Congress to President Trump's Administration requesting the disbursement of funds, which were already appropriated, to improve and build a more resilient electric grid in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Darren Soto's request to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, also known as "DREAMers,"to be employed in the United States Federal Government. Rep. Soto wrote a letter to the House Committee on Appropriations requesting this inclusion. The DACA program already grants Employment Authorization Cards (work permits) for its recipients. Yet under current law, only U.S.