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Orlando Sentinel — News of a potential meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came as a surprise to U.S. Rep Stephanie Murphy last week. “Certainly the way that came about was unconventional,” Murphy said in an interview at an Orlando church’s health and job fair Sunday. “Usually there is a lot of diplomatic work that happens and there are some concessions that happens before a U.S. president provides North Korea with the legitimacy of a meeting. All of that can’t... Read more

MSNBC Morning Joe — Rep. Stephanie Murphy , D-Fla., represents an area that includes the now-shuttered Pulse Nightclub. Murphy attended President Trump's Wednesday meeting on gun policy, and she says she was heartened by some of Trump's comments. To watch the interview, which appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe, click here — . Read more

Orlando Sentinel — U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is making a push to allow federal agencies to study gun violence following her meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Murphy , D-Winter Park, was part of a bipartisan group of legislators who met with Trump at the White House as Congress debates what to do about gun reform in the wake of the Feb. 14 Parkland high school shooting that killed 17 people. During an appearance on the Morning Joe program on MSNBC on Thursday, she said a bill she sponsored,... Read more

Sunshine State News — This week, two members of the Florida delegation in the U.S. House—Republican Brian Mast and Democrat Stephanie Murphy —teamed up to unveil a bill to help Israel defend itself. On Tuesday, Murphy brought out the “Deterring and Defeating Rocket and Missile Threats to Israel Act” with Mast as a cosponsor. The bill would allow additional funds outside the current $500 million a year to Israel to defend itself against missile attacks. Murphy and Mast both noted that their would show... Read more

Elle Magazine — In 1996, a Republican congressman named Jay Dickey squeezed an amendment into the annual federal spending bill. The provision ruled that none of the federal dollars awarded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could be used to "advocate or promote gun control." The rider sounded malevolent, if maybe not that consequential. The CDC isn't a political organization. It doesn't exist to promote partisan policies. It exists to serve the public. But in fact, for over two decades,... Read more

Orlando Sentinel — U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy introduced a bill Wednesday to prevent officials with only a temporary security clearance, such as former staff secretary Rob Porter, from accessing top secret information. Murphy , D-Winter Park, said her “Protect America’s Secrets Act” would put into law what she called the “Coats Rule,” named after Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats. Coats testified before Congress this week and said government employees with temporary, interim security clearances... Read more

Military Times — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want service members to get more training for civilian life before transitioning out of the military. Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives this week seeks to boost participation in specialized workshops offered through the Defense Department’s Transition Assistance Program, or TAP. The bill, introduced by Rep. Stephanie Murphy , D-Fla., would require service members to opt out of the additional training provided in addition to the program’s... Read more

Sunshine State News — This week, Florida Democrat Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy joined with three other members of Congress to bring out a bill looking to ensure the federal government continues its efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans. Murphy joined Republicans Elise Stefanik of New York and Bruce Westerman of Arkansas to back Nevada Democrat Jacky Rosen’s “Keeping Our Commitment to Ending Veteran Homelessness Act.” The bill reauthorizes a number of federal programs including the Homeless... Read more

Orlando Sentinel — In front of a mirror in an Orlando hotel, Emmanuel Ortiz Nazario practiced the same English he learned watching “Dexter’s Laboratory” on Cartoon Network in Puerto Rico, just in case he runs into the president of the United States. He and his family left the island after Hurricane Maria ravaged it in September. Now living out of a hotel room, they’ll travel next week to Washington, D.C., to represent the thousands whose lives were upended by the disaster. “We’ll be spokespeople,”... Read more

Orlando Weekly — While the Republican-controlled federal government seems to be at a stalemate over a yearly budget, congresswoman and Winter Park resident Stephanie Murphy says she'll return her salary if a shutdown does indeed happen. "I came to Washington to hold Congress accountable to the American people. Members from both parties should not get paid if they cannot work together to pass a full-year budget that funds our military and critical domestic priorities. That is why I will return my salary... Read more