Attorney General Ashley Moody presented a Back the Blue Award to Sarasota County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Snow for the deputy’s quick-thinking, heroic actions.
On May 16, 2023, Senator Rick Scott slammed President Joe Biden’s move to turn a blind eye to slave labor by vetoing the Senator’s bipartisan legislation, led by Congressman Bill Posey in the House, to support American solar manufacturers and workers and to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for breaking American trade laws and using slave and child labor to produce these products.
Last year, the Biden Administration used funds from a $30 million federal grant program for “safe smoking kits/supplies,” which included providing Americans with crack pipes.
On May 12, Senator Rick Scott released a weekly update on his actions to address America’s debt crisis and rising inflation following the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releasing Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) numbers for April, which showed inflation continued to rise.
On May 16, 2023, Senator Rick Scott introduced the Artificial Intelligence Shield for Kids (ASK) Act to prevent children from accessing artificial intelligence features on social media sites without the consent of a parent or guardian.
Senator Rick Scott joined his fellow Republicans for a press conference this week to discuss the disastrous consequences of President Biden's refusal to protect the border during the first two years of his Presidency and the inexcusable lack of preparation for the expiration of Title 42, which ended at midnight and has led to more than 10,000 migrants crossing the southern border illegally every day.
Florida’s unemployment rate remains at a near record low 2.6 percent for the 4th consecutive month. Florida also saw the largest volume of visitors ever recorded in a single quarter between January and March of this year.
Florida's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 6, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.