Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) announced his invitation of Gold Star Mother Paula Knauss Selph to be his guest for the State of the Union. Paula’s son, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Christian Knauss, was one of the 13 American servicemembers killed in the ISIS-K terrorist attack at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal from… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman, and Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Mike Waltz (FL-06) pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on taking accountability for his unannounced absence and failure to communicate with the Commander in Chief in a timely manner about his recent hospitalization during a House Armed Services Committee… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Thursday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-06) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the bipartisan Contract Our Veterans Act in the House to set goals for the U.S. Department of Defense to increase contracts with small, veteran-owned businesses. “It is a win-win scenario for both our Department of Defense and veteran-owned small businesses to work… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on the failure of the Biden Administration to uphold the Doha Agreement during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Watch the full exchange here. “Many years of this painful episode in our history but that I would say to our… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Friday, President Joseph Biden signed into law the bipartisan Moving American's Privacy Protection Act (MAPPA), introduced by U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-06) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-9), to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to remove personally identifiable information (PII), which includes Social Security and passport numbers, from cargo… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) introduced the bipartisan Protecting the Families of our Fallen Patriots Act in the House to ensure Gold Star families receive the retirement benefits they are entitled to. “The surviving spouses of our fallen patriots should be allowed to provide for their young children… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness Mike Waltz (FL-06) pressed Defense Department officials on taking accountability for the aging and dilapidated barracks and housing on military bases across the country. Watch the full exchange here. “We have, by my count, five hundred installations, five hundred… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Monday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) joined the Heritage Foundation alongside Allison Center for National Security, Senior Research Fellow Brent Sadler to examine whether America’s Navy is equipped to protect and defend the nation against communist China and what must be done to reverse our Navy’s decline. Watch the full exchange here. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) sent a letter to Commissioner Robert Califf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to question the telework policies at the FDA, which have minimized the operational standards for approving critical drugs and therapeutics. “It has been four years since the pandemic hit our country yet a number of federal… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to strengthen the United States’ maritime power at a moment when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is extending its influence on the South China Sea and the Houthis are attacking shipping in the Red Sea. Waltz and Kelly were joined a… Read more »