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On Friday, February 26th, All Star Boxing will make its return to Palm Bay, Florida. The Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce has once again partnered with Telemundo and All Star Boxing to bring another major World Boxing Organization (WBO) sanctioned boxing night to Brevard County. During the event, All Star Boxing will honor our nation’s military veterans with a tribute to 92-year-old… Read more »

Today the House of Representatives passed important bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) to block the Justice Department and financial regulators from abusing their authority to target legal and law abiding businesses they may not like. The Financial Institution Customer Protection Act (H.R. 766) is a continued effort to ensure the Administration’s… Read more »

The Policyholder Protection Act, introduced by Congressman Posey and signed into law last December, will ensure that your personal insurance policies are not raided in order to bail out banks affiliated with your insurance company. This legislation will “wall off” insurance assets set aside to pay the claims of policyholders from the risky practices of an insurer’s affiliated financial… Read more »

Last night the House of Representatives passed the Policyholder Protection Act (H.R. 1478), bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) to ensure that your personal insurance policies won’t be raided in order to prop-up failing financial institutions. The House Financial Services Committee voted unanimously to approve the legislation on… Read more »

Today the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved bipartisan, bicameral legislation filed by U.S. Representative Bill Posey (R-FL) to expand opportunities and protections for private space companies looking to explore space. The Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015 (H.R.1508) establishes and protects property rights for commercial space exploration and… Read more »

To help create a more competitive economic environment Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) supported The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility and Improvements Act (H.R. 527) which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today with bipartisan support. The legislation makes important reforms to ensure that America’s small businesses and their employees have a louder voice in the federal… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement regarding today’s vote on legislation to fully repeal the Obamacare law: “I have heard from thousands of residents across the 8th District who have been adversely impacted by the President’s health care law,” said Congressman Bill Posey. “Some have said they wanted to keep the coverage they had but couldn’t. Others… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey will host a Federal Contracting Conference at Florida Tech’s Denius Student Center in Melbourne on August 4th and 5th. The event is a chance for government contractors to have one-on-one meetings with procurement representatives from Atlanta and Central Florida to explore new contracting opportunities. “This is a great opportunity for local businesses that… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey will host a Federal Contracting Conference at Florida Tech’s Denius Student Center in Melbourne on August 4th and 5th. The event is a chance for government contractors to have one-on-one meetings with procurement representatives from Atlanta and Central Florida to explore new contracting opportunities. “This is a great opportunity for local businesses that… Read more »

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing today which focused discussion on bipartisan legislation (H.R. 605, H.R. 4557) introduced by Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) to protect insurance policyholders by eliminating provisions buried deep in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that essentially permits the federal government to force your… Read more »