WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, has been appointed to multiple subcommittees within the House Committees of Financial Services (FSC) and Oversight and Government Reform (OGR). Along with being appointed as Vice Chair of the FSC Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Ross has been appointed to the Subcommittees on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and Oversight and Investigations. Ross also has been appointed to the OGR Sub...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 26, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, made the following statement after reintroducing his Student Loan Repayment Act, which will allow employers to receive tax credits for hiring employees with student loans and for setting up an employee-employer match program for student loan repayments: “After the Department of Education reluctantly admitted a coding error in its student loan repayment rates, it recently announced the new average thr...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 25, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, made the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order on border security: “Finally, a president who is listening to the outcries of the American People and taking our national security seriously. President Trump’s plan to immediately secure our U.S.-Mexico border is the first incremental step in improving our immigration system and protecting our homeland. I am also excited th...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, made the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which makes the Hyde Amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent and government-wide: “I proudly voted for H.R. 7 today because our nation should invest in women and children’s health, not abortion. Abortion is not healthcare; it is a brutal procedure that ends the lives of unbo...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, made the following statement in response to President Trump signing orders today to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines: “I commend President Trump’s swift action to move forward with the building of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Opponents of these pipelines, including our former president, incorrectly claimed the pipelines would not benefit the U.S. jus...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, released the following statement after reintroducing the Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act, which requires federal agencies and departments to justify and approve every line item on their budgets each year, rather than make slight changes to the previous year’s budget: “With our national debt reaching nearly $20 trillion, we must take all measures possible to eliminate egr...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 13, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, made the following statement after voting to pass the FY2017 Budget Resolution, which provides reconciliation instructions to facilitate action on the repeal of Obamacare: “Nearly seven years after being signed into law, Obamacare clearly has failed the American people. Americans face skyrocketing premiums and soaring deductibles. In Florida alone, premiums for 2017 will increase by an average of 19....
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 13, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, released the following statement after being appointed to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR): “I am excited to be back on the OGR Committee where I will continue the fight to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in our government. There are some fantastic, hardworking conservative members on this committee, including many from the Florida delegation, and I look forward to workin...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 12, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, released the following statement after reintroducing the Finish the Fence Act, which amends the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete the required 700-mile Southwest border fencing by Dec. 31, 2017: “Since I was first elected, securing our border has been a top priority of mine. I am excited this is also a shared priority...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 9, 2017 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, sent letters today to House Veteran Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, the U.S. Air Force and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, all regarding Vietnam veterans being denied Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits for diseases associated with Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide sprayed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War to clear out foliage. The first letter, sent to Chairman Roe, asks for im...
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