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Kissimmee, FL – U.S. Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09) has launched a new Environmental Advisory Board for Florida's 9th Congressional district, led by Eric Rollings as Chair, consisting of community leaders and environment advocates.
Washington - Los congresistas demócratas boricuas Nydia Velázquez, José Serrano y
Washington, DC – Three Puerto Rican lawmakers have written the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) expressing concerns regarding elements of the agency's hurricane recovery response in Puerto Rico. Among other concerns, in their letter, Reps.
Kissimmee, FL – U.S. Representative Darren Soto (FL-09) named Michelle Martinez as the new District Director for Florida's 9th Congressional District. Martinez previously served as Campaign Manager for Rep. Soto's re-election campaign in 2018.
U.S. Representative Darren Soto (FL-09) released the following statement after voting to pass a resolution to terminate President Trump's unlawful, fake national emergency declaration:
Washington, DC – Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL) reintroduced the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient (WORKER) Act, a sweeping economic bill aimed at resolving prominent challenges to American labor and job markets.
"The President's power, if any, to issue the order must stem either from an act of Congress or from the Constitution itself...When the President takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb." – U.S. Supreme Court, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952).
U.S. Rep. Darren Soto this week embarked on a congressional effort to determine why more than $47 billion set aside to help Puerto Rico recover has not yet been disbursed 17 months after Hurricane María devastated the island.
Today, Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09) released his Congressional Puerto Rico Recovery Blueprint, a report outlining the policy areas and plan of action Congress must take for the recovery of Puerto Rico. Rep. Soto prepared the Blueprint at the request of Members of Congress. It was presented to congressional leaders in the U.S.
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will tour Puerto Rico and hold oversight hearings on that island's hurricane and economic recovery while U.S. Rep. Darren Soto charges that the administration is blocking those recoveries.