Congressman Charlie Crist invited a Coast Guard family to be his guests at the State of the Union address Tuesday. Crist chose Chelsey Gutierrez and her husband Chris to highlight the real world consequences of the more than monthlong partial government shutdown on Coast Guard families and to give this particular family a little bit of a reprieve from their stress. Chris Gutierrez was deployed for... Read more »
PALM HARBOR — Chelsey Gutierrez remembers growing up in a Republican household in California and her parents watching each State of the Union speech on television. Tuesday night, when President Donald Trump speaks for a second time, they’ll be paying even closer attention than usual. That’s because Gutierrez, 30, of Palm Harbor, will attend the event live as guest of U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist. She w... Read more »
A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives are binding together to try and take down the spam call industry once and for all. Charlie Crist (D-FL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), and Walter Jones (R-NC) have introduced the Spam Calls Task Force Act, which will develop an interagency task force focused on the robocall problem. "Night and day, Americans are being inundated by spam cal... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., has teamed up with U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY, to bring back the “Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act” which “would enhance state and local veteran treatment court programs that support the unique needs of veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system.” “I have seen firsthand the life-changing impact veteran treatment court programs can have,... Read more »
WASHINGTON — If you're getting bombarded by spam calls, you are not alone. A new report found that Americans received 26.3 billion robocalls last year. That's up 46 percent from 2017. That uptick has a group of Washington lawmakers working to do something about it. Rep. Charlie Crist among bipartisan group Group calling for task force to find solutions Task force would work with Attorney General,... Read more »
Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) was joined by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in reintroducing the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act in the 116th Congress. This bipartisan bill would enhance state and local veteran treatment court programs that support the unique needs of veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system. The legislation was introduced with the support of mor... Read more »
U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) released the following statement on the announcement of an agreement to re-open the federal government: "The shutdown was irresponsible, causing harm to millions of Americans in the public and private sectors, damaging our economy, and weakening our safety and security. I strongly support border security, but holding the federal government hosta... Read more »
Now in his second term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., is hoping Congress will be able to cut down on spam calls. This week, Crist paired up with U.S. Reps. Matt Cartwright, D-Penn., Garret Graves, R-La., and Walter Jones, R-NC, to bring out the “Spam Calls Task Force Act” which will create a federal task force to cut down on spam calls. Crist’s office insisted these calls are a “gro... Read more »
Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL-13) joined U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), Francis Rooney (R-FL-19), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18), Scott Peters (D-CA-52), Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and Daniel Lipinski (D-IL-02) in introducing bipartisan legislation to price carbon and return 100 percent of the net revenue as a rebate to American families. Crist joined fellow Florida Representatives Deutch and Roon... Read more »
The U.S. House is once again attempting to combat climate change by regulating carbon emissions. This time, they’re aiming to beef up the bank accounts of American families as well. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act would institute a fee on carbon emissions. But instead of the U.S. Treasury keeping the cash, any fee money left over after administrative expenses are covered would go dir... Read more »
