Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Economic Affairs Committee passing HB 5005 Deregulation of Professions and Occupations and HB 5007 Reducing and Streamlining Regulations.
Appropriations Committee Votes to Protect Employee Choice, Paycheck Protection Passes
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 21, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Appropriations Committee passing CS/HB 1021 Labor and Employment by Representative Dorworth (R-Lake Mary).
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Majority Leader Comments on Civil Justice Subcommittee Votes to Increase Efficiency in Supreme Court, Increase Accountability in Judicial Nominating Commissions
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 17, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Civil Justice Subcommittee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bills (PCBs) on Judicial Efficiency and Judicial Nominating Commissions. Judicial Efficiency legislation creates two co-equal Supreme Courts, the Supreme Court of Civil Appeals and the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals. Judicial Nominating Commissions (JNCs) legislation reduces the number of members on each JNC, provides that the governor directly appoint all members of JNCs, and aligns JNC terms to run concurrent with the governor’s.
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Statement by House Majority Leader on Growth Management Bill
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 17, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) on Growth Management (PCB CMAS 11-04).
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House Majority Leader Praises Today’s Vote on Medicaid Reform
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 17, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Health and Human Services Committee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bills (PCBs) on Medicaid Reform (PCB HHS 11-01 and PCB HHS 11-02).
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Florida House Passes Student Success and Teacher Quality Bill
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 16, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Florida House passing CS/CS/SB 736 Education Personnel on Student Success and Teacher Quality.
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House Majority Leader Praises Passing of HB 1021 Labor and Employment
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 10, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the State Affairs Committee passing HB 1021 Labor and Employment by Representative Dorworth (R-Lake Mary).
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Unemployment Compensation Bill Passes the Florida House
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 10, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the passing of CS/CS/HB 7005 Unemployment Compensation out of the Florida House.
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Statement by House Majority Leader on Passing of Student Success and Teacher Quality Bill out of the Education Committee
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 10, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Education Committee’s passing of HB 7019 Education Personnel on Student Success and Teacher Quality.
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House Majority Leader Makes Statement on the Proposed Committee Bills on the Practitioner Dispensing Ban and Repeal of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Database Passing the Health and Human Services Committee
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 10, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Health and Human Services Committee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bills (PCBs) on the Dispensing Ban and the Repeal of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Database.
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House Majority Leader Makes Statement on Civil Justice Subcommittee Passing Proposed Committee Bills on Judicial Accountability and Judicial Transparency
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 3, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Civil Justice Subcommittee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bills (PCBs) on Judicial Accountability and Judicial Transparency. Judicial Accountability addresses merit retention votes for appellate court judges, and Judicial Transparency reforms the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC). The Civil Justice Subcommittee also discussed a proposal to create two co-equal Supreme Courts, the Supreme Court of Civil Appeals and the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Statement by House Majority Leader Lopez-Cantera on Governor Rick Scott’s State of the State Address
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 8, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding Governor Rick Scott’s State of the State Address to a Joint Session of the legislature.
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Statement by House Majority Leader on Nominating Representative Will Weatherford for Speaker-Designate
Posted by House Majority Leader :: March 7, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Republican Conference of the Florida House of Representatives nominating Representative Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel) for Speaker of the Florida House for the 2012-2014 Legislative term.
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House Majority Leader Makes Statement on Unemployment Compensation Bill Moving to House Floor
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 25, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Economic Affairs Committee’s passing of CS/HB 7005 Unemployment Compensation.
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House Majority Leader Makes Statement on Stopping the Growing Number of Prescription Drug Related Deaths
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 24, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Health and Human Services Subcommittee workshop on the pharmaceutical supply chain, regulation of controlled substances, and prescription drug-related deaths.
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House Majority Leader Praises Passing of Proposed Committee Bill on Student Success and Teacher Quality
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 23, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the K-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) on student success and teacher quality (PCB KCOS 11-01 Education Personnel).
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House Majority Leader Makes Statement on Today’s Passing of the Court Rule Adoption Bills
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 23, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Civil Justice Subcommittee’s passing of the two Proposed Committee Bills (PCBs) on court rule adoption (PCB CVJS 11-01 and PCB CVJS 11-02).
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House Majority Leader Makes Statement on U.S. Senator Marco Rubio Addressing House Republican Conference
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 23, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding United States Senator and former Speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio addressing the House Republican Conference.
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House Majority Leader Applauds Today’s Passing of the Unemployment Compensation Bill out of the Finance and Tax Committee
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 17, 2011
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Finance and Tax Committee’s passing of HB 7005 Unemployment Compensation.
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Republican Leaders Call On House Democrats to Do Their Jobs
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 15, 2011
Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) and Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Matt Hudson (R-Naples) today issued the following statement regarding House Democrats’ continued refusal to participate in this week’s budget reduction exercises.
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Majority Leader Lopez-Cantera Responds to Statement by Representative Saunders Urging Democrats to Not Participate in Budget Reduction Exercises
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 14, 2011
Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding Minority Leader Saunders’ statement discouraging House Democrats participation in this week’s budget reduction exercises.
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House Majority Leader Praises Today’s Pro-Jobs, Pro-Business Unemployment Compensation Vote
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 10, 2011
Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami) today issued the following statement regarding the Economic Development & Tourism Subcommittee’s passing of the Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) on Unemployment Compensation (PCB EDTS 11-01).
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Majority Message Points - Unemployment Compensation
Posted by House Majority Leader :: February 4, 2011
The PCB brings consistency and fairness to the Unemployment Compensation System by providing tax relief to businesses, adjusting benefits to reality, and clarifying workplace expectations for employers and employees.
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Statement by House Majority Leader on a Florida Federal Judge Striking Down the Federal Health Care Law
Posted by House Majority Leader :: January 31, 2011
Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera today issued the following statement regarding U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson’s order stating that federal health care reform signed into law by President Obama should be declared void in its entirety.
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2010-11 Budget Summary Book
Posted by House Majority Leader :: April 30, 2010
Press Release Urging Governor to sign HB 1143-Prohibiting Taxpayer Funded Abortion
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Monday, May 10, 2010
A Veto of HB 1143 would reverse a 34 year long national policy and allow taxpayer funded elective abortion for the first time in Florida's history
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2010-11 Budget Summary Book
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Monday, April 30, 2010
Medicaid Transformation-Majority Memo
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Monday, April 19, 2010
Florida’s current Medicaid system is unsustainable. The program currently consumes 28% of our state budget. By 2014, the program is expected to consume over 33% of the entire state budget. Floridians simply cannot afford to continue to operating the program in its current form. Our goal is to improve the quality of care for Floridians, while controlling the spiraling out of control costs that are threatening the stability of the entire Medicaid program.
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Seminole Gaming Compact-Majority Memo
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Monday, April 19, 2010
As a result of the new Compact, the Tribe has agreed to pay the state a guaranteed minimum of $1 billion over five years, a larger guarantee than that included in CS/CS/SB 788 and the August 31 Proposed Compact. In exchange for partial but substantial exclusivity, the Seminole Tribe of Florida is authorized to operate Class III slot machines, raffles and drawings, and any new game authorized by Florida law for any person at all seven of its tribal casinos for 20 years and card games at its tribal casinos in Broward, Collier, and Hillsborough for five years.
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Medicaid Transformation HB's 7223 and 7225
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
HB's 7223 and 7225 propose a five-year implementation for a statewide, fully integrated, managed care system that will control costs, significantly reduce fraud and abuse, and most importantly, provide better and more stable care for Medicaid participants.
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Quick Reference Guide for Teacher Quality: House Bill 7189
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Our common sense education reforms are about investing in what’s best for our children, and
working hard to reward our teachers for what truly matters in education: individual student
learning gains.
The most important factor that we can control in education is the quality of a teacher at the
front of the classroom. Our reforms are focused on making sure that we encourage our best
teachers to stay in the classroom.
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Keeping Floridians On the Job: Reducing Unemployment Taxes
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Thursday, March 2, 2010
As their first action of the 2010 Legislative Session, the Florida House reduced unemployment taxes. House Republicans recognize that it is better right now for Florida employers to use their dollars to keep Floridians working rather than be forced to lay off employees in order to afford a higher unemployment tax bill. The Department of Revenue had announced an over 1000% increase for many Florida businesses.
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2010 Budget Outlook
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Thursday, January 14, 2010
This morning the House Appropriations Council received a briefing on the outlook for the current and upcoming budgets. While the numbers have changed somewhat, the outlook remains the same: Florida’s budget situation remains challenging.
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INVESTING IN FLORIDA’S TRANSPORTATION FUTURE
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Passenger rail is an important investment in Florida’s infrastructure future and provides innovative and green transportation options for commuters and visitors, while creating jobs and helping recharge our state’s economy. The proposed bill represents a win for Florida commuters who will now have more access to cleaner and more efficient mass transit as part of our growing transportation system. It’s also a win for Florida taxpayers who understand best that now is not the time to raise taxes. I am pleased that we were able to fund this initiative with existing transportation dollars and am hopeful that our leaders in Washington will follow through on their commitments for Florida’s transportation future.
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HASNER: EVERY FLORIDIAN WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IS RECEIVING INCREASED AND EXTENDED BENEFITS
Posted by House Majority Leader :: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
