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  • BROWN-WAITE: DEMOCRATS PLAYING A “SHELL GAME IN A CARNIVAL”
    Jul 30, 2010  - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) delivered the following statement during debate on the “Small Business Tax Relief Act”: "It’s awfully good to hear the other side finally admit that they messed up in the healthcare bill.  It is going to have a tremendous impa... More
  • Brown-Waite to Obama: "Go Sue Yourself"
    Jul 7, 2010  - Washington D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement on the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to sue the state of Arizona over their new immigration law: “For decades all non-Americans have been required by law to carry with them, at all times, ‘any ce... More
  • Centers for Rationing Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Jul 7, 2010  - Washington D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement on the news of President Obama’s recess appointment of a CMS administrator: “At least we finally know how President Obama plans to pay for his unwanted healthcare bill: a CMS administrator who believes... More
  • Tragically Flawed Reform
    Jun 30, 2010  - Washington D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4173; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: “There are so many good and sensible things in this legislation, but in Title II, plain as day, authority is granted to t... More
  • Brown-Waite: “We Need a Vote on this Bill, and Sold Signs on Those Houses!”
    Jun 29, 2010  - Washington D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement after delivering remarks during debate H.R. 5623, Homebuyers Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 urging Congress to vote on the National Flood Insurance Program as well: “Extending the homebuyer ta... More
  • Brown-Waite: “This is BP’s Mess and They Will be Held Accountable”
    Jun 17, 2010  - Washington D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement denouncing comments made by Rep. Joe Barton of Texas during a hearing by the House Energy & Commerce Committee: “People’s livelihoods are being threatened by this oil spill.  The economic and ... More
  • Brown-Waite: “Cap-and-Tax Won’t Cap That Well”
    Jun 15, 2010  - Washington D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05)  released the following statement in response to the President’s primetime address to the nation: “This spill has threatened our coastlines, our aquaculture and our local economy.  Now we hear from the President that his sol... More
  • $250 Rebate Checks Do Little to Solve Larger Issue
    Jun 11, 2010  - Washington D.C. – On Thursday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began to distribute $250 checks to those Medicare beneficiaries who fall into the so-called “doughnut hole” gap.  U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement on the matter: “F... More
  • Brown-Waite, Nugent Joint Statement on Retirement
    Apr 30, 2010  - Washington D.C. - U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) formally announces her decision to retire due to persistent health concerns.  Hernando County Sheriff Richard Nugent will run in her place. Congresswoman Brown-Waite and Sheriff Nugent released the following joint statement: Re... More
  • Brown-Waite Joins Colleagues to Request Hearing on CMS Analysis of Democrats’ Health Care Law
    Apr 28, 2010  - Washington, D.C. -  U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05), and her Ways & Means Republican colleagues, sent a letter to Ways & Means Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) requesting a hearing on the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) analysis of the recently enacted heal... More