WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Conor requesting funding for shore protection, or beach renourishment projects in Volusia, Flagler, and St. Johns counties and the City of Daytona Beach Stormwater and Flood Protection Project.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) released the following statement regarding the passage of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the House:
“I am proud to support passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and thank Kevin McCarthy and Ranking Member Mike Rogers for their leadership in securing the repeal of the COVID vaccine… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) chaired the Heritage Foundation meeting of its National Independent Panel on Military Service and Readiness (NIPMSR). Launched last month, the panel will examine issues impacting military recruitment and retention.
“I’m grateful to the Heritage Foundation for bringing together this panel with extensive experience and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to request a House Armed Services Committee briefing on how the Defense Department has secured, archived, and standardized operational data and intelligence gathered over the past two decades in Afghanistan as required by last year’s defense bill.
“It’s been over a year… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) sent a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, and the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Arati Prabhakar, regarding malign foreign talents programs in U.S. federal research. Specifically, the expresses concern with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP)… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and members of the Florida Congressional Delegation in introducing the “Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act” that would prevent energy exploration and development that would jeopardize the Gulf Test Range.
“The Gulf Test Range is an irreplaceable… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) introduced the “Preventing Underhanded and Nefarious Iranian Supported Homicides Act” or “The PUNISH Act” to enforce U.S. sanctions on the Iran Regime until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the Iran Regime has not supported any attempt or activity to kill a U.S. citizen, former or current U.S. official,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) led Republican colleagues in a letter urging the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to consider the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) August 11, 2022 guidance in Department of Defense policy requirements on members of the armed services.
The new guidance released by the CDC states… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) released the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the Biden Administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan:
“When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, he campaigned on bringing competency and compassion to the White House. What we witnessed transpire in Afghanistan over the last year as a result of his… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) released the following statement:
“Democrats have yet again failed the American people by unleashing new tax and spend legislation that will ultimately target middle class Americans and small businesses with tax hikes during a recession and record inflation, hundreds of thousands of new IRS audits, and subsidies for favored… Read more »