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September 17, 2025
WATCH THE HEARING HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, welcomed Orange County School Board Member Stephanie Vanos who he invited to testify as the minority witness during an Oversight subcommittee hearing on education titled “Opening Doors to Opportunity: The Promise of Expanded School Choice and Alternatives to Four-Year College Degrees.” The hearing, called by … Continue Reading
September 10, 2025— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced his bipartisan bill, the Fixing Gaps in Hurricane Preparedness Act to save lives in the event of a hurricane or tropical storm has passed the House as part of a larger legislative package, the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R.5089). Frost’s bill would ensure that hurricane preparedness tools, alerts, and planning systems would address the needs of seniors, people with disabilities, non-English speakers, and rural and urb… Continue Reading
September 09, 2025— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) introduced the Faster Buses Better Futures Act, legislation that would encourage cities to modernize their bus systems by creating new grant programs to increase bus access and improve commutes. Last year, people took 7.7 billion public transportation trips in the United States, nearly half a billion more than the year before, which represents a 25% increase in public transit use since 2022. Cities like Houston, Austin, Miami, New York, and W… Continue Reading
March 10, 2025
_ Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday or boycotted the speech altogether. “There's a MAGA fest, a MAGA rally going on in the House chambers,’’ Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said soon after leaving the chamber as Trump delivered his speech. “I knew what was next in the lineup of (his) greatest hits. I didn't need to sit there.” Clarke and some other caucus members who lef… Continue Reading
March 10, 2025Alex Jimenez of Winter Park, a 65-year-old corporate vice president, might look the part of a moderate suburban Democrat open to a bipartisan message in the Trump era. But Jimenez is in no such mood. “WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!” he wrote in a recent letter to the Orlando Sentinel. “The clock is ticking. … Get to work!!” Jimenez, who considers himself center-left, is “extremely disappointed with Democrats at the moment,” he said. “‘Rudderless’ is the word I think of in describing the party, while Repu… Continue Reading
March 05, 2025—Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost walked out of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Frost revealed a "No Kings Live Here" T-shirt under his jacket as he walked out. In a statement, Frost said: "Donald Trump is many things - a liar, a grifter, a wanna-be-dictator - but no matter how hard he tries and how many Republicans in Congress bend the knee and kiss the ring: he will never be king. "Tonight, the American people saw a desperate liar stand in front of a podium a… Continue Reading
December 17, 2023
My mother, a special education teacher of 37 years, raised me to appreciate what school can be: a place where, with supportive and inspiring instruction, young people can learn a-nd grow into their best selves. Reading is a critical part of that education. But in Florida, with a teacher vacancy crisis, average SAT scores dropping to almost dead last in the nation, and curriculum under attack, our schools have instead become a frontline for politics, not learning. Florida’s law allowing anyone t… Continue Reading
November 07, 2023In 2021, I was a 24-year-old, working class Afro-Latino without millions in the bank — or, really, any money in the bank; without the significant political connections or traditional office experiences that make someone “qualified” to run for office. Everyone counted me out. In Florida of all places — a state where our neofascist governor has stripped people of their reproductive rights, banned books, championed the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” law, and taken great pride in targeting minorities and… Continue Reading