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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has endorsed Congressman Darren Soto's bill, the Protect Patriot Spouses Act (H.R. 557), supporting the Juarez family and all military spouses facing deportation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked a vote for his House-passed Venezuela TPS Act:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09), the first Puerto Rican from Florida elected to Congress, introduced a bipartisan House Resolution that would support Puerto Rico's plebiscite results and call upon Congress and the President to take action in 2021 if Puerto Ricans vote for statehood. The plebiscite, which is scheduled to take place on November 3rd, will give the people of Puerto Rico the opportunity to vote for statehood or independence.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the House passed Congressman Darren Soto's bill to rename a Winter Haven Post Office (1401 1st Street North in Winter Haven, Florida) after Althea Margaret Daily Mills, a civil rights hero who sued Polk County to desegregate the public schools. Congressman Soto gave the following remarks on the House Floor:

"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support our bill, H.R. 2969, which passed the House today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Congressman Darren Soto's bills, the Digital Taxonomy Act(H.R. 2154) and the Blockchain Innovation Act (H.R.

ORLANDO, FL – Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the dispensing of funding passed by Congress to help American municipalities serve constituents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation was supported by Central Florida Reps. Demings, Soto, and Murphy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, with the U.S. Postal Service under assault from the Trump Administration, Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09) voted to pass H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. The Delivering for America Act requires the Postal Service to return to the Postal Service operations and levels of service that were in place on January 1, 2020 throughout the duration of the coronavirus public health emergency and requires all election mail to be treated as First-Class mail.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-06), Co-Chair of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, along with Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11), Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06), and Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for guidance on the taxation of "block rewards" in a proof of stake network. Currently, taxpayers are not given guidance for how participating in "staking" should be treated, which could result in unintentionally dissuading participation in this new technology.