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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) released the following statement urging Republican Senators to oppose the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04), Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (FL-07), and 14 of their colleagues introduced H.R. 9373, the Red Snapper Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives John Rutherford (FL-04) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) sent a letter to Senate leaders requesting their House-passed Invest to Protect Act be brought to the Senate floor for a vote when the Senate reconvenes in November.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) joined Representative Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-26) and 49 of his colleagues in raising concerns over the recent acquisition of farmland near a U.S. military installation by a Chinese-based manufacturer with close links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The letter was sent to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) released the following statement in support of the passage of H.R. 6448, the Invest to Protect Act of 2022, by a vote of 360-64:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) joined Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04), along with 18 colleagues, to demand answers from President Biden and Secretary Austin regarding the impact of the president's student loan cancellation program will have on the military's ability to effectively recruit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (FL) and Representative Al Lawson (FL-05), along with 21 bipartisan members of the Florida congressional delegation, to petition U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to initiate a Section 301 investigation of fruit and vegetable imports from Mexico and to secure trade relief for Florida growers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) and Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) led 28 of their colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter asking National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Richard Spinrad to suspend further consideration of area closures in the South Atlantic until data from the ongoing South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count can be integrated into management decisions.