Following Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic damage throughout Florida’s gulf coast, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) met with the Florida Farm Bureau as well as local agricultural producers, farmers, and growers to discuss the storm’s impact. Photos are courtesy of...
Following Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic damage throughout Florida’s Gulf Coast, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) met with local officials and volunteers from the barrier islands to discuss the storm’s impact and current recovery efforts. Photos are courtesy of...
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm, causing catastrophic damage along Florida’s Gulf Coast. It’s crucial for the federal government to expedite state-requested resources and authorize key policy flexibilities in order for Floridians to make a swift...
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host two in-person events to assist constituents affected by Hurricane Helene and help navigate applications for FEMA assistance. Food, water, and additional resources will be available at the events. Event...
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person and virtual Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of...
Following the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Debby, some local governments in Florida face looming budget shortfalls that could disrupt disaster recovery efforts. If these local governments receive reimbursements for past hurricanes from the Federal Emergency...
The proposed law would increase penalties and allow for two hours of quiet time and a buffer of 300 feet at military funerals.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has joined 13 other senators in a proposal to bar demonstrators from creating disturbances at military funerals.
The bill dubbed, SERVE for Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans, seeks to balance the rights to free speech with the rights of a grieving family to lay veterans to rest without harassment from outside groups.
By outside groups, the senators mainly are speaking about the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., which travels around the country protesting military funerals because of the military’s toleration of gays in its ranks. Members of the church show up at funerals with signs that say “Thank God for Dead Soldiers” and “You’re Going to Hell.”
The last time protesters from Westboro Baptist Church came to Florida was to stage a demonstration outside a Bon Jovi concert at the St. Pete Times Forum in April 2010, but has shown up at the funerals of two West Central Florida soldiers over the past four years.
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