There is no greater example of selflessness than what Florida’s law enforcement officers do every day – protect others. This week I attended the Fraternal Order of Police Law Enforcement Memorial and the Florida ...
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This week the Journal of the American Medical Association released the first-of-its-kind study on prescription drug abuse and newborns. We now have national data spanning nearly a decade that clearly shows an alarming ...
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During National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, I met with victim advocates across the spectrum. We honored victim advocates during an awards ceremony, and we assembled the first Statewide Task Force on Prescription Drug ...
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I have always been committed to defending the interests of Floridians, businesses, and government entities that have suffered losses caused by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. I had always wanted an audit in order to ...
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On Thursday, I had the opportunity to speak to lawmakers, law enforcement members, health care professionals and others at Operation UNITE’s National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Orlando, which was an excellent ...
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On Tuesday, I participated in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run benefitting the Special Olympics. For the 29th year, local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and others will carry the “Flame of Hope” more ...
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This was a historic week in the battle to defend individuals' rights against the federal government's overreach of authority. The much-anticipated three days of oral argument in the federal health care lawsuit took ...
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The United States Supreme Court today heard oral argument on the final two issues of the health care lawsuit: severability and Medicaid coercion. In regards to the issue of severability, the individual mandate is the ...
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Today we defended Americans’ individual liberty by arguing that the federal government cannot force us to purchase private health insurance from cradle to grave. The health care act's individual mandate far exceeds the ...
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The United States Supreme Court heard 90 minutes of argument this morning on whether the federal Anti-Injunction Act prohibits the plaintiffs from bringing the challenge to the individual mandate at this time. The ...
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