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The House approved Congressman Bill Posey’s (R-Rockledge) amendment to hold the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accountable for illegal targeting of small businesses and jeopardizing our men and women in uniform deploying overseas. The EPA has come under scrutiny for crafting regulations that exceed their legislative mandate, using militarized enforcement tactics, and refusing to… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement regarding his vote against the latest $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill: “Washington’s appetite for passing thousand-page spending bills at the last minute with little time to read and consider the provisions is detrimental to our nation’s economic and financial health. The national debt now stands at $31.4… Read more »

Washington, DC -U.S. Reps. Bill Posey and Louie Gohmert along with U.S Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson led a letter signed by 18 Members of Congress calling for answers from the Administrator of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its VRBPAC panel regarding Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval for use of the COVID-19 vaccines in children ages five and under. The VRBPAC… Read more »

Today the House considered a budget resolution setting spending levels for FY 2021, creating a spending framework for the next ten years that bypasses regular rules for budget accountability and transparency and will add trillions to the national debt.  Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) voted against the resolution calling it “more unaccountable spending” that increases the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement concerning the discovery of Hunter Biden’s laptop:   “The revelation of information contained on a laptop purportedly belonging to former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is deeply troubling and raises serious questions about the foreign policy practices of the Obama Administration,… Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Posey (R-FL) introduced legislation to ensure more accountability for how taxpayer funds are spent through the CARES Act. Rep. Posey was joined by Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ross Spano (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX) and Michael Cloud (R-TX) in introducing H.R. 8331, the Accountability for CARES Act of 2020, which protects national security and supports… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement opposing Speaker Pelosi's $3 trillion spending bill: “A short time ago we were experiencing the greatest economic growth our nation has ever seen, businesses expanding, record low unemployment, more prosperity for Americans across the board. Suddenly we find our nation thrust into a major health crisis, a pandemic… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey issued the following statement regarding the transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Zelenski: “President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky raises interesting questions about the activities of the Obama Administration in the Ukraine. However, I wish we could move past this and get to work on a budget and addressing… Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Posey (FL-8) joined with Reps. Brian Mast (FL-18) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) to introduced legislation named Harmony’s Law, which will help prevent hundreds of rapists—who were convicted and found guilty of rape in the military—from being freed from jail on a misconstrued technicality.  The bill is named after Harmony Allen, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., who was… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) issued the following statement concerning the release of the Mueller Report: “From day one I have been frustrated by the lack of transparency of the Mueller investigation and the Department of Justice. On September 1, 2017, I wrote to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asking what the legally required evidence was that inspired the Mueller… Read more »