http://mack.house.gov/ A collection of the latest records posted to Congressman Connie Mack website. http://mack.house.gov/ http://mack.house.gov/_skins/default/images/rss_banner.jpg en_US Frontrunner || www.gslsolutions.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) announced today that 22 students in Florida’s 14th Congressional District will receive Congressional nominations to United States Service Academies for the Class of 2014.

One of the responsibilities of Members of Congress is to ...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:33:00 EST WASHINGTON — A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that "along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts and sun block, support, solidarity and freedom could come, too."

Cuban blogger ...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14), the Ranking Republican of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, announced his support for Senator George LeMieux’s hold on former Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon to be Ambassador to Brazil, citing serious concerns with the O...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:57:00 EST WASHINGTON – At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing this morning, Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14), the Ranking Republican of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, called on Congress to focus on promoting freedom and democracy in Cuba and not on lining the pockets of the Castro r...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:21:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) renewed his calls for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign following an inherent lack of oversight over the payment of funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to creditors of embattled AIG.

Mack, who in March was t...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:32:00 EST Only four months after the Department of Veterans Affairs opened bids on a new clinic in Cape Coral, the $53.1 million construction project was awarded to Kraft Construction Company Inc. from Naples.

The 224,000-square-foot clinic will be constructed on a 30-acre parcel of land on the ...]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:56:00 EST President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

"We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.

"It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sun...]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez -- together with the likes of Cuba’s Castro brothers, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega -- is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America. There, a rebelli...]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:26:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) called on Americans to remember the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today and be mindful of the importance of preserving our freedoms.

Mack said:

“On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan, standing in ...]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) issued the following statement this evening after the House of Representatives voted 220 to 215 on a health care “reform” bill that will increase taxes on American families and small businesses, raise the federal deficit, and put poli...]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:13:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14), the Ranking Republican of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement today after former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya announced late yesterday that “the accord is dead.”

Mack said:
...]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:12:00 EST Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:15:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) issued the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the nation’s unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent in the month of October, an increase over September’s rate of 9.8 percent. Approximately 190,...]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:00 EST RE: “Fight terrorism in South Florida,” by Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez-Herrera, Nov. 4.

I’d like to thank The News-Press for publishing Ambassador Alvarez-Herrera’s guest opinion about my resolution (H.Res. 872) to include Venezuela on the state spons...]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:40:00 EST If anything was learned from this nine-month “surge” by the federal government to prosecute mortgage crimes, it’s that more resources and manpower are needed to fight fraud in Lee County.

That seems to be the case, at least according to the numbers released by the Mid...]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:38:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) was shocked to hear that White House officials are ignoring the Constitution and are refusing to even consider whether imposing mandates on individuals to purchase health insurance is constitutional. CNS News reported the story, which can be foun...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:07:00 EST The former president of Honduras just put his fate in the hands of a Congress that voted 122-6 to oust him.

But a power-sharing deal hatched late Thursday with a push from the Obama administration could bring an end to Honduras' four-month political crisis and allow toppled President M...]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EST WASHINGTON – Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14), the Ranking Republican of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement today after Honduran President Roberto Micheletti and former president Manuel Zelaya reached an agreement last night that would give the Hondura...]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:17:00 EST WASHINGTON – Citing Venezuela’s ties to internationally-recognized terrorist organizations such as the FARC and Hezbollah, Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) and Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) introduced bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives yesterday that calls on the Se...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:01:00 EST WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere this afternoon, Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14), the Ranking Republican, called Iran one of the greatest threats to our hemisphere because of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s close relationship to Venezuelan P...]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:55:00 EST