Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Collin Allred (D-TX), members of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, expressing their disappointment with South Africa’s claims against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which baselessly accuses Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people.  

WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) released the following statement in response to reports that Senate negotiators are considering proposals that would substantially weaken or end the Biden-Harris Administration’s Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela parole program:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps. Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Kiggans (R-VA) introduced the bipartisan Counting Veterans’ Cancer Act of 2024, which aims to improve healthcare and research outcomes for America’s veterans by increasing collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and state cancer registries. Specifically, the legislation requires the Veterans’ Health Administration to share national cancer data with state cancer registries.

TAMARAC, FL – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) joined the City of Tamarac to announce $350,000 in critical Community Project Funding that the city has received for the First-Time Homebuyer Purchase Assistance Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), and Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the RPM Cost Sharing Elimination Study Act of 2023.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) introduced the Department of Veterans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led fellow Florida Democrats in calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to end his administration’s campaign of censorship in Florida’s schools, citing evidence that book bans negatively impact LGBTQI+ and Black students.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), and Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) led more than a dozen of their colleagues to introduce the Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales (ARMAS) Act, legislation that would mobilize resources across the federal government to disrupt firearms traffi