Press Releases
Congressman Maxwell Frost Introduces Wheelchair Right to Repair Act to Empower Wheelchair Users with Faster, Affordable Repairs
Watch The Press Conference Here ORLANDO, FL - Today, Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) introduced the Wheelchair Right to Repair Act, landmark legislation that will make it easier, faster, and more affordable for more than a million Americans who rely on power wheelchairs to get their devices repaired. The legislation is being co-led by Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA). Frost was joined at the press conference by local disability rights champion JJ Holmes, and by State Senator … Continue Reading
August 21, 2025
Frost Statement on Federal Judge Ruling Halting Operations at Horrific Everglades Immigration Detention Center
ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) released a statement following a federal judge’s decision ordering the State of Florida and the Trump Administration to halt construction and wind down operations at the Everglades Immigrant Detention Center, also known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams cited the extensive environmental damage caused to the Florida Everglades as a result of the detention center. Under the order, the … Continue Reading
August 21, 2025
BREAKING: Maxwell Frost Announces Location and Timeline for New Orlando Passport Office
ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced that the State Department has released the official location for the new Orlando passport office. The State Department has signed a lease to establish the office just north of the Orlando International Airport at 5520 Gatlin Avenue, Orlando, FL 32812 . The anticipated substantial completion deadline for the passport office is summer 2027. After years of fighting for the State Department to expand passport services to … Continue Reading
August 19, 2025
Congressman Frost Reintroduces Bipartisan “Safe Air on Airplanes Act” to Protect Passengers and Flight Crews
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Congressmen Mike Lawler (R-NY) and John Garamendi (D-CA) reintroduced the bipartisan Safe Air on Airplanes Act, legislation to secure clean air on airplanes to ensure the safety of the nearly 3 million people including flight crews and passengers that fly daily. Specifically, the Safe Air on Airplanes Act would work to phase out bleed air systems which currently exist on almost all commercial aircraft and supply the air we … Continue Reading
August 08, 2025
Frost Scores Victory As Bipartisan Committee Action Moves His Transit Bus Affordability Plan Forward
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) today celebrated a major step forward for his bipartisan Transit Bus Affordability Act, as the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure formally requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a study on the rising costs of transit bus manufacturing - a core provision of Frost’s bill. The request, led by Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Reps. Frost and Mike Turner (R-OH), … Continue Reading
August 07, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Calls Out Florida GOP’s Effort to Cheat Voters with Partisan Redistricting
ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) issued a statement slamming the Florida House Speaker for convening a Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting to redraw and gerrymander Florida’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The move comes as a wave of Republican-controlled states - led by Texas and Governor Greg Abbott - rush to suppress Democratic voters in a desperate attempt to cling to their majority in the House of Representatives. In a … Continue Reading
July 30, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Blasts Florida Attorney General’s Threats to Remove Orange County Government Officials Over Immigration Enforcement
ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) issued a statement slamming Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, for threatening to remove Orange County Commissioners and Mayor Jerry Demings, after Orange County leaders rejected a proposal that would force county corrections staff to transport federal immigrant detainees to federal detention facilities. Uthmeier’s threat comes as Florida’s newly appointed CFO has announced the State is auditing the county’s spending. In a … Continue Reading
July 29, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Announces Over $10 Million Returned to Central Floridians and 6,000 Cases Solved Via Office’s Constituent Services
ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced that his office has returned over $10 million in money owed to constituents of Florida's 10th Congressional District from the VA, IRS, Social Security Administration, and other federal agencies. “Despite the daily chaos coming from the Trump Administration, my office remains laser-focused on delivering for Central Florida, and this $10 million milestone is proof that no matter what is going on in Washington—we’re here … Continue Reading
July 22, 2025
Frost and Cherfilus-McCormick Reintroduce Bill to Prevent Radioactive Materials from Being Used to Build Roads – the “No Radioactive Roads Act”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) reintroduced the No Radioactive Roads Act, legislation to ensure the current Trump Administration or any future administration cannot allow for deadly, cancer-causing radioactive material, phosphogypsum (PG), to be used in road construction. Florida is the world's largest PG producing area with 1 billion tons of PG stored in stacks, mainly in the Central Florida … Continue Reading
July 18, 2025
Florida House Democrats Call for Closure and Demand More Access, Oversight in No Cages in the Everglades Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Florida’s Congressional Democratic delegation introduced the No Cages in the Everglades Act to defund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lawless, inhumane immigration detention site within South Florida’s ecologically sensitive tribal lands, and to ensure more robust access, public data, and Congressional oversight there and in all similar facilities. It was introduced by U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (FL-10), along with his fellow Florida Reps. Debbie … Continue Reading
July 16, 2025
Maxwell Frost Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Support Public Transit and Lower Bus Procurement Costs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) introduced the Transit Bus Affordability Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at helping local transit agencies and bus manufacturers find ways to reduce the cost of new buses in order to meet the growing demand for bus ridership. The legislation comes at a pivotal moment: in 2024, Americans took 7.7 billion public transportation trips - nearly half a billion more than the previous year - … Continue Reading
July 15, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Statement on the Murder of Saifullah Kamel Musallet
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) issued a statement following reports of the horrific murder of Florida resident, Saifullah Kamel Musallet, a Palestinian-American visiting family in the West Bank. In a statement, Rep. Frost says: “The horrific and cold-blooded murder of an American citizen by Israeli settlers in the West Bank cannot be ignored. Saifullah Kamel Musallet, a Palestinian-American and Floridian, was brutally murdered, and his attackers … Continue Reading
July 11, 2025
Alongside Renters Rights Groups, Rep. Maxwell Frost Announces Two Bills to Empower Working Renters
Watch the Press Conference Here ORLANDO, FL — As Florida and the country grapple with rising costs, a worsening economy, and a housing crisis, today Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced he was introducing two bills to empower working-class renters and dismantle the hurdles that have made it harder for too many to have a roof over their head. Frost’s End Junk Fees for Renters Act and End Tenant Credit Screening Act would crack down on the excessive and dishonest junk fees … Continue Reading
July 10, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost and Senator Jeff Merkley Introduce Bicameral Pro Renters Bill, the End Junk Fees for Renters Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) announced the introduction of bicameral legislation aimed at addressing the housing crisis and standing firmly with working-class renters - the End Junk Fees for Renters Act. Frost’s bill, which is being co-led by Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) in the House, chair of the Congressional Renters Caucus, comes as Florida and the U.S. face a housing affordability crisis that continues to squeeze … Continue Reading
June 30, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Announces $1.8 Million in Federal Grants to Support Central Florida Service Programs
ORLANDO, FL - Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced Central Florida will be receiving $1.8 million in federal grants from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for service and volunteering. This funding will support the City of Orlando’s Operation AmeriCorps and City Year Orlando’s ongoing efforts to provide academic support to students in underserved neighborhoods. This funding announcement comes after a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to restore funding to … Continue Reading
June 26, 2025
Frost, Jayapal Introduce Legislation to Decriminalize Homelessness, The Housing Not Handcuffs Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Maxwell Frost (FL-10) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) have introduced legislation on the one-year anniversary of the disastrous City of Grants Pass v. Johnson Supreme Court decision, which allows cities to criminalize homelessness. The Housing Not Handcuffs Act aims to prohibit the criminalization of homeless persons on public lands when there is nowhere else to go. “Since the Grants Pass decision, cities across the country have passed over 200 bills to … Continue Reading
June 24, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Blasts Florida and Trump Administration for “Alligator Alcatraz,” Calls Detention Center a Cruel Spectacle
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) issued a statement condemning President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, for announcing plans to redirect FEMA funds — meant for disaster response and recovery — toward building a tent-based immigrant detention center in the middle of an abandoned airfield in the Everglades. The site, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” would reportedly rely on surrounding alligators as a “cost-saving” security … Continue Reading
June 18, 2025
Maxwell Frost Introduces Legislation to Expose Human Rights Abuses in Immigration Detention System – SUDEM Act
Watch the Orlando Press Conference Here ORLANDO, FL — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL), Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY),introduced the Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment (SUDEM) Act, legislation that would expose widespread human rights violations in America’s immigration detention system and shine a light on the secretive practices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Across the country and in … Continue Reading
June 06, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Statement on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Return to the United States
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration has returned Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States to face trial, after wrongfully deporting him to El Salvador. In a statement Rep. Frost says: “The U.S. Constitution is crystal clear — everyone in this country is entitled to due process. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was denied that right when the Trump Administration … Continue Reading
June 05, 2025
Congressman Maxwell Frost Statement on President Donald Trump’s Travel Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) slammed Donald Trump and his Administration's latest cruel move to issue a sweeping travel ban targeting 12 countries and restricting travel from seven more. In a statement, Rep. Frost says: "Trump's travel ban is cruel, inhumane, and rooted in bigotry. It does nothing to make our communities safer, but it does vilify immigrants. It will devastate our immigrant families across this country-especially the thousands of Cuban, … Continue Reading