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Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) issued the following statement supporting Speaker Boehner's decision to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans including our U.S. Ambassador: “After twenty months of searching for answers, the families of four brave Americans serving in Benghazi, Libya,… Read more »

COCOA BEACH, FL – Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) will kick-off the 3rd Annual Cocoa Beach “Foot Prints in the Sand” Kidney Beach Walk presented by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Florida as a tribute to organ donation. The walk will take place at 10:00 AM on Saturday, May 10th, 2014 at the Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach Florida. The day’s activities will begin with a… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) will host, and the public is invited to attend, the 2014 Congressional Art Competition entitled “An Artistic Discovery” on Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 10 AM to 12 Noon in the Richardson Center at the Indian River State College in Vero Beach. This year’s artwork will feature “Patriotic Works of Art”. Awards will be presented at 10:30 AM. Music will be… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement regarding the All Aboard Florida rail project: "While the decision to authorize All Aboard Florida lies with state and local elected government officials, if the loan funding question comes before the Congress for a vote, I will oppose it. However, under current law, the U.S. Department of Transportation has all… Read more »

With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge), the House passed legislation (H.R. 2575) to change the definition of full-time work back to 40 hours per week, undoing a harmful regulation put in place by the President’s health care law. Under the law, health care mandates that apply to full time employment cover employees working 30 hours or more. Some workers have had their… Read more »

Today twenty-four Army veterans became recipients of the Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty in defense of our nation during their military service. In 2002 Congress ordered a review of over 6,500 Distinguished Service Cross recipients to see if they qualified for an upgrade to Medal of Honor. Among those determined to merit the nation’s highest military award is… Read more »

With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge), the House passed legislation on a bipartisan vote of 250 to 160 to provide relief to individuals and their families by delaying the health care law’s individual mandate tax penalty for one year. The President recently provided the same delay to large multi-national corporations but has not acted to protect families and individuals… Read more »

The phone lines and voice mail system in Congressman Posey's local Viera office are experiencing some technical difficulties. If you need assistance and can't get through or if you are having a problem leaving a message for Congressman Posey, please feel free to contact our Washington, DC office at 202-225-3671 or write to him by clicking HERE. Read more »

Working with over fifty of his House colleagues and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Congressman Bill Posey has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding the appointment of an independent special prosecutor to investigate the IRS’s illegal targeting of conservative groups. Last year it was revealed that the IRS used inappropriate criteria to review organizations applying for… Read more »

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation supported by Congressman Bill Posey (H.R. 3865, the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act) to prevent the IRS from implementing newly proposed rules to restrict the First Amendment rights of certain non-profit groups. Below is Congressman Posey’s statement in support of H.R. 3865: “Today the House will vote… Read more »