Tag: Rick Scott

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  China on war alert over US Senator trip to Taiwan

  

  China is said to be upping its military preparations while US Senator Rick Scott is visiting Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be a rogue province. “These actions by the United States seriously violated the One China principle,” Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian said Friday.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Florida Senators sponsor bill to resume cruise lines and ports operations

  

  Florida State lawmakers have teamed up to introduce a bill that would allow cruise lines and ports to resume operations.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  China’s growing influence in Latin America is a threat to our way of life

  

  Last month I traveled to Panama, Colombia and Argentina. The purpose of my trip was to get an update on the fight for freedom and liberty in Venezuela, to highlight the important economic relationships between Latin America and my state of Florida and to continue building on the progress made to stop narco-trafficking.

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Valentine Day carnage: Florida governor calls for resignation of FBI director

  

  Florida Governor Rick Scott called on Friday for FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign in the wake of revelations the bureau ignored a January 5 tip about Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 when he opened fire on Valentine's Day. The agency said earlier Thursday in a statement that it received a call in January from a person close to Cruz through its Public Access Line tip-line to express concerns about Cruz's erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts.