2016 FL Senate race: on Homeland Security
Rocky De La Fuente:
Address broken VA hospital system
The Department of Veterans Affairs is broken. Some of our veterans are dying as they wait for care; others receive inferior treatment when they receive it. Yet, VA officials think it is appropriate to compare the "inconvenience" to "waiting in line at Di
Source: Ballotpedia.org review of 2016 Florida Senate race
Dec 31, 2019
Augustus Invictus:
Non-interventionism & no unconditional support to Israel
When asked "What changes would you support in response to the threats posed by global terrorism?" Invictus replied "Policy is more important than law in this regard. The implementation of a non-interventionist foreign policy would be a good start.
Declining to topple governments without reason and refusing unconditional support to Israel in a contentious region would be a great help. A moratorium on immigration from countries known for terrorism seems pretty common sense."
Source: Tampa Bay Times on 2016 Florida Senate race
Oct 7, 2016
Pam Keith:
My military service exposed me to issues that we face
The daughter of Kenton Keith, a U.S. diplomat, Keith, 46, has traveled the world. Growing up, she at various times lived in Turkey, Morocco, Syria, Kentucky, Brazil and California. After graduating from Boston College Law School, she joined the
Navy, serving as a JAG in Norfolk, VA and Bahrain. She achieved the rank of Lieutenant before leaving the service in 1999 for a position at a high-powered Washington, D.C. law firm. Since then, her law career has taken her around the country.
She settled in Florida in 2011 when she took a job as in-house counsel for Florida Light & Power, and energy company based in Juno Beach."I have spent a lifetime being exposed to, educating myself to the issues that we face,"
Keith said, citing her law record, her military service and policy talks she held with her now-retired father. "I know what our military needs, what our veterans need. I have a lot of good ideas."
Source: Tampa Bay Times on 2016 Florida Senate race
Jul 21, 2015
Patrick Murphy:
Voted with GOP for DoD bill that Obama vetoed
Defense spending authorization: Murphy voted YEA on May 15, 2015 for HR 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed by a vote of 269-151. The bill "authorizes FY2016 appropriations and sets forth policies for
Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation."
Murphy voted with 40 Democrats and 228 Republicans to approve the bill. The Senate passed the bill on June 18, 2015, by a vote of 71-25.
President Barack Obama vetoed the bill on October 22, 2015.
Source: Ballotpedia.org coverage of 2016 Florida Senate race
Jun 12, 2015
Alan Grayson:
Opposed $607 billion national defense bill
On May 15, 2015, the House passed HR 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act, by a vote of 269-151--Rep. Grayson voted NAY. The bill "authorizes FY2016 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities,
including military personnel strengths." Grayson voted with 142 other Democrats and 8 Republicans against the bill. The Senate passed the bill on June 18, 2015, by a vote of 71-25. President Obama vetoed the bill on Oct. 22.On Nov. 5, 2015, the
House passed S 1356, the National Defense Authorization Act, by a vote of 370-58--Rep. Grayson voted NAY. The second version of the $607 billion national defense bill included "$5 billion in cuts to match what was approved in the budget" and language
preventing the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Grayson voted with 48 other Democrats and 9 Republicans against the bill. On Nov. 10 the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 91-3, and President Barack Obama signed it into law on Nov. 25.
Source: Ballotpedia.org coverage of 2016 Florida Senate race
May 15, 2015
Ann Kirkpatrick:
Voted with GOP for DoD bill that Obama vetoed
Defense spending authorization: Kirkpatrick voted YEA on May 15, 2015 for HR 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed by a vote of 269-151. The bill "authorizes FY2016 appropriations and sets forth policies for
Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation."
Kirkpatrick voted with 40 Democrats and 228 Republicans to approve the bill. The Senate passed the bill on June 18, 2015, by a vote of 71-25.
President Barack Obama vetoed the bill on October 22, 2015.
Source: Ballotpedia.org coverage of 2016 Florida Senate race
May 15, 2015
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