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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) advocated for the funding to rebuild JAXPORT's Blount Island berth, and this week the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $40 million to the Jacksonville Port Authority to start the rebuild. In a letter to Secretary Sean Duffy, Cammack argued the port is critical to military deployments and Florida's economy, and that modernizing its berths would let Blount Island fully support post-Panamax ships.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, which oversees the FCC, today welcomed a major win in her push to shut down contraband cellphones in prisons. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote next month on final rules that, for the first time, would allow state and local correctional facilities to use targeted cellphone-jamming technology.
LAKE CITY, Fla. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) joined Florida Gateway College (FGC) leaders on the college’s Lake City campus today to announce a $3 million federal grant, the largest in the college’s history, to build a new Building Construction Technology Center and launch trades programs for students across rural North Florida.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) today announced that veterans experiencing homelessness in Ocala and Gainesville will keep their housing after she worked directly with the Department of Veterans Affairs to secure a new contract for Volunteers of America. Beginning October 1, the VA's Contract Emergency Residential Services (CERS) program will fund 36 beds at the Ritz Veterans Village in Ocala and 18 beds in Gainesville, part of 102 beds across North Florida. The facilities' previous VA funding was set to expire September 30.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) and Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced H.R. 10611, the Temporary International Movement of Equines (TIME) Act of 2026. The bipartisan bill directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to modernize the rules governing the temporary entry of international competition horses and racehorses.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) secured $50 million in new and expanded federal water and wastewater infrastructure authorizations for Columbia, Suwannee, Marion, and Gilchrist Counties, along with a coastal storm risk study for Horseshoe Beach in Dixie County, in the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (H.R. 9497), which passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 415 to 9.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03), Chair of the Republican Women's Caucus, released the following statement after the House voted 413-2 on Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) following a bipartisan House Ethics Committee investigation into his conduct toward two staffers:
"Yesterday, I voted to censure Congressman Chuck Edwards.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) today announced more than $42.2 million in Rural Health Transformation Program investments benefiting health care providers and communities across North Central Florida, following her work in Congress to help craft and advance the legislation that created the program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) today announced that ten of her amendments were adopted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800), which passed the House by a vote of 216-214. The legislation authorizes a pay raise for every service member and now advances to the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, by a vote of 232-198, prohibiting Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing individual stocks issued by publicly traded companies. Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03), who presided over the House as Speaker Pro Tempore during final passage, voted in favor of the legislation and called the reform long overdue.