Press Releases

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Rep. Darren Soto issued the following response following President Trump's first State of the Union address to Congress on Jan. 30, 2018:

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Jenniffer González-Colón, led a bipartisan letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urging Administrator Long to continue distributing water and food supplies to Puerto Rico, following announcements that FEMA plans to "shut off" this aid to the island beginning tomorrow.

Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Darren Soto (FL-09) announced their special guests for the President's State of the Union Address, scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 30^th, 9:00p.m.

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Darren Soto released the following statement following a Natural Resources Committee Hearing today, in which BOEM Acting Director Walter Cruickshank admitted that Florida is not officially exempt from the Trump administration's offshore oil drilling plan:

Washington, D.C. –Today, Congressman Darren Soto introduced the "AI Jobs Act of 2018," legislation that will authorize the Department of Labor to work with businesses and educational institutions to create a report analyzing the future growth of artificial intelligence and its impact on American workforce.

Washington, D.C. – Today, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), led by U.S. Representative Darren Soto, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce expressing strong opposition against the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

On December 27, 2017, Congressman Darren Soto and Senator Bill Nelson traveled to Puerto Rico to assess recovery efforts 100 days after Hurricane Maria's landfall on the island.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Darren Soto released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 200,000 Salvadorans: