Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Wesley Bell (D-MO) introduced the Caribbean Anti-Smuggling of Trafficked Arms (CAST) Act , legislation that would help curb illicit arms trafficking from the United States to the Caribbean by requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to report on expanding the mandate of Joint Interagency Taskforce South (JIATF-South) to include combatting illicit firearms trafficking.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) issued the following statement after voting against Republicans’ budget resolution.
“This budget proposal is a complete disaster for working families in South Florida and across the entire country. Republicans who claim that the bill doesn’t impact the programs that Americans depend on to survive couldn’t be further from the truth.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, released the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on a bipartisan basis to advance her bill, the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, released the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on a bipartisan basis to advance her bill, the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) issued the following statement on a series of sweeping tariffs announced by the Administration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. ─ Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) introduced the Lower Housing Costs Study Act of 2025, which would identify and remove barriers to affordable housing in South Florida.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) condemned the recent executive order that eliminates the collective bargaining rights of over 1 million federal government employees.
SUNRISE, FL– Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick joined Faith Center Ministries to announce $1 million in critical Community Project Funding (CPF) for the Eagle Cove Residence at Lauderhill.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick issued the following statement on the Administration's revocation of legal protections for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.