Today, Representatives Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) Adam Schiff (CA-28), Stephanie Murphy (FL-7) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats asking the Intelligence Community (IC) to assess the national security threats posed by “deep fake” technology. Deep fakes are realistic digital forgeries of videos, images, or audio created with cutting-edge machine learning techniques. They could be used by malicious actors to falsely portray people saying or doing things that never happe...
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Today, Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), whose district includes Monroe County, marked the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma’s landfall in the Florida Keys with events throughout the island chain. “One year ago today, our home state of Florida was preparing to face Hurricane Irma’s devastating winds and storm surge,” Curbelo said. “Thousands of properties were destroyed or severely damaged, lives were lost, and the Florida Keys’ tourism-based economy was forced to a standstill that lef...
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– Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) was recognized this week as a 2018 Hero of Main Street by the National Retail Federation (NRF) for his consistent support of policies important to retail small businesses in South Florida and across the country. The awards were presented as small retailers across the country gathered in Washington for NRF’s Retail Advocates Summit. “From farm stands in South Dade to gift shops in the Florida Keys to cafeterias in Kendall, our community enterprises are a cr...
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Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) welcomed House passage of legislation to increase the financial literacy of higher education students and families through improved counseling for recipients of federal financial aid. “It’s essential for students and families to have the tools they need to better understand the costs of higher education and what the investment means for their short-term and long-term financial health,” Curbelo said. “I’m proud this legislation will require institutions of hi...
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Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), whose district includes large portions of Kendall and all of south Miami-Dade County, issued the following statement urging local officials to keep their promises to South Dade residents and expressing his support for Metrorail expansion: “The people of Kendall, South Dade, Homestead, and Florida City have long been promised rail expansion; first at the passage of the half-cent referendum, then during the political campaigns of numerous local elected offici...
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Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of Members to urge the Administration to take action against individuals in Nicaragua responsible for human rights abuses and acts of corruption. “Since protests began in mid-April, nearly 400 people have been murdered and over 2,000 people have been injured at the hands of the Nicaraguan Government, the Nicaraguan National Police, or militias controlled by Ortega” the members wrote in a letter to the President. “On J...
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Leave it to the STATES South Dade News Leader August 24, 2018 https://bit.ly/2wzWxPd For decades, the United States has debated cannabis. Whether it’s the medical benefits of the plant, the economic benefits it could have for legal, state-regulated small businesses, or the role legalization could have in product safety and combatting drug trafficking, this hot-button issue has attracted a great deal of discussion among the American people and their representatives at all levels of government. … ...
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Curbelo focuses on nationwide tax reforms that also benefit south Florida constituents Ripon Advance News Service August 24, 2018 https://bit.ly/2o8NReO U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) has been working diligently on several national tax reform items as south Florida’s only member serving on the House Ways and Means Committee that also would benefit residents in his home state. “We cover a range of issues in the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has fairly broad jurisdiction. So, I do my b...
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Today, Representatives Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), South Florida’s only Representative on the House Ways and Means Committee that oversees trade policy, and Vern Buchannan (FL-16) garnered bipartisan support urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to protect Florida's specialty crop farmers as the Administration looks to obtain a ‘handshake’ deal with Mexico to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “While we wish to continue our trading relationship with Mexico, we need ...
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Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), co-founder and co-chair of the Climate Solutions Caucus and sponsor of the first Republican-led proposal to fund infrastructure while also lowering carbon emissions, issued the following statement commenting on reports of an anti-climate proposal being drafted by the Administration: “While I supported Clean Power Plan for newer facilities, I did not believe it was an efficient solution to address the growing challenge of rising carbon emissions as a whole. ...
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