Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) released a statement after voting in favor of the impeachment articles filed against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (R-FL) introduced the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America (RISA) Act, which reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for five years with significant reforms. This legislation will provide accountability, transparency, and reporting measures to ensure Congress can conduct robust oversight of the intelligence community and its use of FISA authorities.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (R-FL) spoke during the Homeland Security Committee's markup of impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) slammed Secretary Mayorkas for his refusal to uphold the law at the Committee on Homeland Security hearing entitled, “Voices for the Victims: The Heartbreaking Reality of the Mayorkas Border Crisis.”
“What do we have instead? An administration that has deliberately subverted the laws, who have deliberately defied the orders of courts which have ordered that they desist these unlawful policies," said Rep. Laurel Lee.
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) and Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-2) introduced the bipartisan Combating Online Fentanyl Trafficking Act which will bolster the workforce that detects, prevents, and prosecutes online fentanyl trafficking. This bill will improve the Department of Justice’s ability to combat the distribution of this lethal drug while strengthening our national security and cyberinfrastructure.
In 2023, there were over 112,000 overdose deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and Subcommittee on Elections Chair Laurel Lee (FL-15) introduced the Uniform State ACE Act, model state election integrity legislation that works in conjunction with H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections Act.
Washington, D.C. – This week, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and Subcommittee on Elections Chair Laurel Lee (FL-15) sent a letter to the D.C. Board of Elections over concerns about a breach of the voter database on October 5, 2023. Included in this breach was a copy of the voter registration roll and the sale by malicious actors of sensitive voter identification information.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) announced Sarthak Gupta as the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for Florida’s 15th District. Gupta, a student at Strawberry Crest High School in Plant City, created Signify, an app that uses image processing to convert sign language into English text, which is then spoken aloud by a text-to-speech synthesizer.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Laurel Lee co-sponsored H.R. 6186, the Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies (TEMP) Act, introduced by Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL). The TEMP Act calls for the research and development of a crop insurance policy to cover losses caused by cold exposure and freezes.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Laurel Lee (R-FL), questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray during the Homeland Security Committee’s hearing entitled, "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland." The hearing examined global threats to the U.S. homeland and our security interests abroad.