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May 1, 2018

Florida's two U.S. senators--Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio--and U.S. Rep, John Rutherford, R-Fla., are pressing the Navy secretary on why some ships are not having their maintenance done at Mayport on the First Coast.


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Rutherford Speaking with the military
April 27, 2018
Jacksonville, FL – Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) raised inquiries with Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on recent decisions to perform maintenance on ships homeported at Naval Station Mayport outside of this homeport. Current law requires the Navy to award maintenance contracts to the ship repair industry based in the homeport of the vessel in question if the maintenance is less than 10 months in duration. The lawmakers assert that these recent decisions by the Navy may constitute a violation of the law and are detrimental to the quality of life of sailors and their families.

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Rutherford School Visit
March 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1625, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes critical funding for national defense, combating the opioid crisis and school safety funding, as well as Rutherford’s H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018. This omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2018 now moves to the Senate for a vote before heading to the president’s desk for signature.
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Rutherford Speaking with the military
March 21, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Rutherford (R-Fla.), a member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Shulkin asking that he look into whether proper leave protocols were followed by VA employees who engaged in recent union protests outside VA, AFL-CIO Headquarters and at the U.S. Capitol.

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Rutherford Speaking
March 14, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives voted 407-10 to pass the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018, a bill sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL), along with Reps.


March 7, 2018

Jacksonville, FL - Florida Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL) says his bipartisan-supported bill to stop school violence would help students, teachers and school administrators more easily identify and report signs of trouble to prevent school shootings. House leadership announced today that a vote will take place on that bill next week.


March 6, 2018

Rep. John Rutherford(R-Fla.) is pressing House appropriators to include funding for a school safety program in an upcoming government spending bill, he told The Hill on Tuesday.


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Rutherford Speaking
March 1, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL), along with Reps. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Hal Rogers (R-KY), held a news conference to discuss their bipartisan bill, H.R. 4909, the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018.


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Rutherford Speaking with the military
February 9, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a measure that boosts defense spending and provides disaster relief connected to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the California wildfires. The bill passed in the House and Senate with bipartisan support and was signed into law by the President this morning.

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Rutherford Speaking
February 1, 2018

Jacksonville, FL – Congressman John Rutherford (FL-4) is pleased to announce the nominations of 47 students to be considered for appointments to the United States Air Force Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Military Academy, and United States Merchant Marine Academy. Each student completed a rigorous application process and underwent an interview with a panel of former military officers before being selected for a nomination to one of our nation's service academies.