Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) released the following statement on House passage of H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019. The bipartisan bill which was passed 249-173, closes the shell corporation loophole by requiring identification of the actual person or persons who stand to gain financially from the arrangement. This “beneficial ownership” legislation will make it harder for terrorists, human traffickers, corrupt officials, and other crimin...
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St. Petersburg, FL – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-FL) announced a $3.9 million grant to Pinellas County from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The grant will fund Pinellas County’s upgrade of Span Wire Traffic Signals at 16 locations throughout the county, improving and hardening traffic intersections to withstand up to 150 MPH winds, equivalent to a category 4 hurricane. “Each year, Pinellas County and the Sunshine State prepare their home...
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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) released the following statement on committee passage of his bipartisan bill, H.R. 886 Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019, co-led by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY). The legislation, which passed the House Judiciary Committee today by voice vote, is now cleared for consideration by the full House of Representatives. “Pinellas and Pasco Counties have been blessed with a veterans treatment court program that of...
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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) released the following statement on House passage of four pieces of legislation that condemn the governments of the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong for attempting to subvert Hong Kong’s autonomy, violating the human rights of protestors, and violently pushing back against pro-democracy efforts. The legislation, which passed the House by a unanimous bipartisan voice vote, reaffirms the United States’ bilateral relation...
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St. Petersburg, FL – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-FL) announced over $8 million dollars in grants to Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding will come in the form of three grants for emergency protective measures and debris removal following Hurricane Irma in 2017. “Two years ago, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Southwest Florida, leaving a trail of destruction across the State. Whil...
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Representative Charlie Crist (D-FL) announced a $39,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation, an organization aimed at promoting homeownership in the Tampa Bay area. This grant supports the Tampa Bay CDC’s work offering financial assistance and counseling on a range of issues including homeownership, financial literacy, and foreclosure prevention. “Homeownership is the cornerstone of the American dream, but for too many in ...
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St. Petersburg, FL – Congressman Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) announced an over $300,000 grant from the Department of Education to St. Petersburg College. The grant will be used for the establishment of a Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program, which would provide Pell grant-eligible students access to vouchers for child care services located near each of SPC’s eleven campuses and education sites. “For many families in Pinellas, having a child can mean putting your higher educatio...
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St. Petersburg, FL – Congressman Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) announced an over $245,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Coptic Orthodox Charities, Inc. The funding is awarded through the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Refugee Resettlement grant program. “For close to 20 years, newly settled Pinellas County residents have been blessed with an organization dedicated to serving disadvantaged minority groups through financial, educational, lega...
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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) released the following statement calling for the House of Representatives to initiate a formal impeachment process against President Trump in light of his attempt to pressure Ukrainian President Zelensky to launch an investigation of Vice President Joe Biden and his family, while withholding $400 million of aid to Ukraine. “Reports detailing the whistleblower complaint and the President’s subsequent admission make it clear tha...
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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) introduced H.R. 4413 to establish a United States Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program in Pinellas Park High School. Presently, there are only two other Coast Guard JROTC programs in existence, located at the Maritime and Science Technology Academy (MAST) in Miami, Florida and Camden County/CamTech High School in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. U.S. Coast Guard JROTC programs can only be establis...
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