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Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement applauding Florida Governor Rick Scott for filing a petition against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the impending numeric nutrient regulations: “I applaud Governor Scott for petitioning the EPA to withdraw EPA regulations that single out the state of Florida for more onerous regulations. These… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) will host a third entrepreneur summit in Osceola County on Wednesday to bring together various entrepreneurs from across the 15th Congressional District and provide a forum to showcase their innovative technologies to the public and potential investors. The Osceola County Entrepreneur Summit will take place at Workforce Central Florida in Kissimmee on… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) introduced H.R. 1508, the Assure Service Members are Paid Act of 2011 (ASAP Act), a bill to require that in the event of a government shutdown, our military men and women defending our nation continue being paid without delay. “Our military service members are committed to defending our nation up to and including laying down their lives,”… Read more »

Today, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that Central Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) will be the permanent home for Space Shuttle Atlantis, OV-104, after the Orbiter is officially retired from duty later this year. Since the inception of America’s human space flight program, nearly every manned mission to space has launched from Florida’s Space Coast, making Kennedy Space… Read more »

Last year, Congressional leaders failed to fulfill one of Congress’s most basic responsibilities by not passing a budget for 2011. As Congress continues to negotiate plans to prevent the federal government from shutting down, Congressman Bill Posey remains committed to cutting as much spending as possible and helping remove uncertainty for workers and private-sector job creators.… Read more »

Congressman Posey released the following statement regarding a possible government shutdown: “Yesterday the House passed a bill that would (1) fund all federal agencies for one more week so that negotiations could be completed on the larger bill, (2) fund the Department of Defense through the rest of the year so that our troops get paid, (3) and cut $12 billion in federal spending… Read more »

Today Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) testified before the House Budget Committee lamenting the lack of direction at NASA and asking the Budget Committee to make human space flight the highest priority within NASA’s overall budget. In August of 2008, the President promised Space Coast residents that he would close the gap between Shuttle and its replacement Constellation program,… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) will host the 2011 Congressional Art Competition on Saturday, April 30th at the Osceola Center for the Arts in Kissimmee from 9AM – Noon. This opportunity will enable students to enter a piece of artwork in “An Artistic Discovery,” the annual competition held in Congressional Districts across the nation. “The 15th District is home to many talented… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the National Health Care Law): “The Administration should stop selectively issuing health care waivers to over 1,000 individual organizations and instead issue one giant waiver for every American who wants… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) will host another Entrepreneur Summit in Brevard County to continue efforts to bring together various entrepreneurs from across the 15th Congressional District to showcase their innovative technologies to the public and potential investors. The Entrepreneur Summit will take place in the Hartley Room at the Denius Student Center of the Florida Institute… Read more »