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 — .
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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,...
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U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., this week introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the security of one of America’s closest allies, Israel, in the wake of recent provocations by the terrorist group Hezbollah, the Assad regime in Syria, and Iran. Murphy’s bill— H.R. 5126, the Deterring and Defeating Rocket and Missile Threats to Israel Act —authorizes Congress to provide additional missile defense funding to Israel, beyond the $500 million a year that is currently...
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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...
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U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy announced today that the University of Central Florida (UCF) will receive a $913,935 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of the university’s vision for the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The Arecibo Observatory is the largest fully-operational radio telescope on the planet and has been the site of groundbreaking scientific advancements, including a project that earned a Nobel Prize in Physics. This funding comes on the heels of NSF...
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According to news reports, the White House has implemented a policy set forth in a bill that Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy introduced earlier this month to prohibit federal employees with interim security clearances from accessing highly sensitive classified information. The new White House policy, reported today by multiple news outlets, prohibits employees with interim security clearances from attending the President’s daily brief or viewing highly-classified government documents. Murphy called...
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Mr. Speaker: Today I am filing a bipartisan bill to ensure our ally Israel has adequate missile defenses. Threats to Israel come from Hezbollah in Lebanon; the Assad regime in Syria; Hamas in Gaza; and Iran. Each has an arsenal that can target Israel. The U.S. and Israel recently signed an agreement that the U.S. will provide Israel with $500 million dollars a year in missile defense funding, and that Israel can seek additional support when the two nations agree “exceptional circumstances” exist....
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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,...
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U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., welcomed today’s comments by Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar that he would like his department to conduct research into the causes of gun violence. Murphy—who is the author of the Gun Violence Research Act —has been a vocal advocate for greater research to understand the root causes of gun violence and how to respond when these incidents occur. Last year, Murphy introduced legislation that would...
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