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GAINESVILLE, FL – On Friday, Congresswoman Kat Cammack honored the 2022 Veteran of the Year, Mr. Ansil Lewis, a 30-year United States Marine Corps veteran, at a small ceremony in Gainesville.

Surrounded by friends, family, and fellow veterans, Sergeant Major Lewis received a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in his honor, a plaque bearing his name, one of Congresswoman Cammack's challenge coins, and his special recognition in the Congressional Record.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16) reintroduced the Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act, bipartisan legislation that requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to submit to Congress a comprehensive report examining the cybersecurity of existing wireless networks (2G, 3G, and 4G) and vulnerabilities to cyberattacks and surveillance by adversaries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced legislation to ensure human and drug traffickers cannot continue to defraud the American taxpayer while they await prosecution and conviction. The bill, "Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act," comes after several visits to the border over the last two years by Congresswoman Cammack, Senator Blackburn, and their colleagues.

GAINESVILLE, FL — Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack announced the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council's Economic Development District Planning award from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). With an investment of $210,000, the grant establishes an economic development planning framework, process, and strategy that supports private capital investment and job creation in the region served by the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) announced Ocala Fire Rescue's (OFR) 'Assistance To Firefighters' Grant (AFG) award from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The department will receive $381,150 to improve its operations and safety, including using the grant for new protective equipment.

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant is one of three grant programs administered by DHS and FEMA to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and related hazards.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cammack's bill, H.R. 750—the "Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation Act of 2023" (CAUTION Act)—passed out of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

The bill requires any person that sells or distributes a mobile application that the federal government has prohibited for use on government-owned devices must disclose the fact to any individual who downloads, updates, or otherwise uses such an application.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues Co-Chairs, Representatives Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA), and Vice-Chairs Kat Cammack (R-FL) and Lucy McBath (D-GA), announced the next group of women taking on the Caucus' leadership for the 118th Congress.

Congresswoman Kat Cammack will step up as Republican Co-Chair and Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) as her Democrat counterpart. Newly-elected representatives Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) and Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH) will serve as Vice-Chairs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) and Dan Kildee (D-MI-08) introduced a resolution to zero out the foreign subsidies that make sugar the world's most distorted commodity market. The resolution promotes sound, fair sugar policy that protects domestic producers against foreign abuses, eliminating America's no-cost sugar policy in exchange for the elimination of all foreign sugar subsidies.