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NAPLES DAILY NEWSFeds lay out plans for Everglades bridge to boost water flowBy The Associated PressMIAMI (AP) - Federal officials say they will soon begin the next phase of a multi-million dollar project to erect a bridge across the Everglades in South Florida.Interior Secretary Sally Jewel announced plans to raise a two-and-half mile section of U.S. 41 during a visit Friday to Everglades National Park. She was joined by several members of Congress, including Democratic Rep.'s Debbie Wasserman ... Read more

MSNBC: THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW BLOGGOP wants to ‘help’ the Library of Congress with word choiceBy Steve BenenA House Appropriations panel this week took up a spending bill that should have been pretty uncontroversial: the package provides funding for basic federal functions such government printing, the Capitol Police, and congressional operations.But Roll Call reported that lawmakers ran into an unexpected controversy.[T]he bulk of an hour of debate in Wednesday’s Appropriations markup was devot... Read more

ABC NEWS / ASSOCIATED PRESSGOP Takes on Library of Congress on Immigration TerminologyBy ANDREW TAYLOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS Apr 22, 2016, 3:40 PM ETCongress may not be able to reform the immigration system, fix the broken tax code or even pass a budget. But it's telling the Library of Congress how to label immigrants living in the country illegally.That's how conservative Republicans are responding to a move by the library to drop the term "illegal alien" in favor of "noncitizens" or "unauthorized ... Read more

WALL STREET JOURNALFight Brews in House Over Use of ‘Illegal Alien’ by Library of CongressBy KRISTINA PETERSONCongress isn’t going to overhaul the immigration system anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean they can’t fight about it in the meantime.This week a panel of the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill funding the legislative branch spending for fiscal 2017 with a provision aimed at blocking the Library of Congress from changing its “aliens” and “illegal aliens” terminology.The Libra... Read more

People have the right to make their own health care decisions. The Florida's Supreme Court's decision to halt the demeaning state law to force women in our state to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion restores the rights of women to make important health care decisions and is an important step towards women's health care equality. The injunction puts a hold on Governor Rick Scott and Republican lawmakers' insulting presumption that women don't think long and hard before making a decision to terminate a pregnancy. Florida's women should not have to rely on the legal system to ensure their right to have access to a safe and legal medical procedure. Governor Rick Scott and Florida lawmakers supporting this intrusive law should get the message: these so-called "women's health care" laws are unnecessary, intrusive, and unconstitutional. Read more

I am glad to be spending this Earth Day in the Everglades with U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and a group of dedicated public officials who are actively working together to restore our Everglades for every Floridian and their children. I have worked since my earliest days in the Florida Legislature to restore and support our "River of Grass" and I have been honored to be a congressional partner of President Obama's bold environmental and climate agenda. We must use this important day to rededicate ourselves to the most urgent of causes – the call to save our planet for all those yet to come. Read more

Sundown marks the beginning of Passover, a holiday of reflection, storytelling, and a recommitment to the values of freedom and liberty. We retell the story of Jews who were held as slaves in Egypt and the miraculous story that led to our redemption. As we go through the traditional Seder, each food we eat and word we say holding significant meaning, we also look to the future. We remind ourselves that many among us in our own communities and throughout the world still yearn for redemption and freedom. There are those among us who are still not free from the shackles of human slavery, nor from the realities of hunger. Read more

Every child deserves to grow up safe from exploitation and I will continue to be a voice and a vote for our nation's children. Read more

HUFFINGTON POST Dems Push Congress To Care About Zika Before Mosquito Season HitsBy Michael McAuliff Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Friday tried to jumpstart the stalled emergency funding process to address the threat of Zika virus, and warned House Republicans that they will attempt to force a hearing on the matter.With warm weather and mosquito season imminent, little progress has been made in passing the funding health experts seek to combat the bug-borne menace, whic... Read more

While the people of Puerto Rico face both a financial and public health crisis, House Republicans have decided the best course of action is to sit on their hands. Let me be very clear – doing nothing to help Puerto Rico is not an option. Read more