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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Darren Soto sends his condolences to the victims and families of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.
"It never gets easier to bear the news of a school shooting in America. It devastates me, along with our community, that children faced such horror in their school today. This senseless shooting claimed the innocent lives of 17 and injured many.
Washington, D.C. –U.S. Congressman Darren Soto issued the following statement on the House passage of a bipartisan budget deal:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Darren Soto issued the following statement after news that donation supplies bound for Puerto Rico were contaminated by a rat infestation in the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) Kissimmee office:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Darren Soto issued the following statement following news that FEMA awarded, and later voided, a flawed $156 million contract with Tribute Contracting LLC to distribute food to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico:
Washington, D.C. –U.S. Rep. Darren Soto issued the following statement follow a Federal Court ruling deeming Florida's system of restoring voting rights for felons unconstitutional:
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. The letter is co-authored by 30 Members of Congress, including the two U.S. Senators from Florida, Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio.
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. 30th, 9:00p.m.
Dear Central Floridians,
Like you, I am concerned about a possible government shutdown and what this means for our country. Please know that I do not take this lightly. We need bipartisan solutions for Congress to work, not a dysfunctional blame-game that jeopardizes American lives.
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: