WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., today launched an online survey asking Central Floridians to provide details about their experiences with Florida’s Reemployment Assistance Program - the state’s program to provide unemployment insurance benefits to eligible unemployed workers. The survey asks Central Floridians to rate their experience with the application process and to provide feedback on any problems they encountered. The survey, available at murphy.house.gov/coronavirus — ...
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WASHINGTON—Today U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, Val Demings, and Darren Soto called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to take steps to safeguard the health and well-being of TSA officers at Orlando International Airport (MCO) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to TSA Administrator David Pekoske, the Central Florida Members of Congress pushed for updated policies to require officers to wear masks while on the job, and posed a series of questions about the agency’s...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., announced today that True Health and their network of community health clinics in Central Florida will receive more than $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19, as well as to maintain or increase capacity and staffing levels during this public health emergency. This additional funding — is being allocated as a result of the Murphy-supported CARES Act — that...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today called for an independent federal investigation of Florida’s unemployment compensation (UC) program. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Inspector General, Murphy cited the program’s “collapse” during the COVID-19 crisis, which occurred largely as a result of profound flaws in the state’s online application portal that were once considered positive features by state...
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As Covid-19 sweeps across the United States like wildfire, my fellow members of Congress and I are working to douse the flames. We need to use far more water -- a fact some of my colleagues haven't come to terms with yet. When the virus first emerged, it caused me to reflect on my experience at the Pentagon during the administration of President George W. Bush. In 2005, I was part of an interagency team that prepared for the potential arrival of another virus, H5N1, commonly known as the bird flu,...
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