Congressman Nugent renews call for VA secretary to resign
As the Veterans Affairs scandal continues to grow, more and more lawmakers are calling on VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign. U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent, a Republican who represents a large portion of The...
View ArticleJails full of people with mental health issues
It’s been a short week in Washington, so just a couple items for you. The House moved another one of the twelve appropriations bills. This time, it was the Commerce, Justice, and Science bill, which...
View ArticleStonecrest World War II veteran awarded long-overdue Bronze Star
World War II veteran Julius Haberman of Stonecrest was awarded a long-overdue Bronze Star Thursday at the Ocala office of U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent. Several of his friends from Stonecrest tagged along for...
View ArticleWhy did Eric Cantor lose?
As you might expect, there have been a lot of discussions going on in the press and within the halls of Congress as to why House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost. Some people attribute the defeat to...
View ArticleA good week for Congress
This was a good week for Congress. I don’t mean it was a good week for me, or for my party, or for the House, or for the specific group of senators and congressmen who happen to hold office here at...
View Article‘Hope’ doesn’t cut it
The House passed one more funding bill this week. We’ve completed work on six out of twelve at this point. I would suggest calling your senators to ask how they’re coming along, but my guess is you...
View ArticleLocal Baptist minister waging write-in campaign against U.S. Rep. Nugent
Local Baptist minister, Rev. Richard Graybill, announced at Monday’s Tri-County Tea Party meeting that he is waging a write-in campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives seat held by Rich Nugent....
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Nugent votes with GOP to sue President Obama
U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent joined fellow Republicans who voted Wednesday to rebuke President Obama by passing a resolution authorizing a GOP lawsuit against his use of executive power. The 225-201 vote fell...
View ArticleI cannot vote to train and equip ‘vetted’ Syrian rebels
As I am sure you saw this week, Congress voted to authorize the Department of Defense to train and equip “vetted” Syrian rebels. What many people may have missed is that Congress did not vote on the...
View ArticleCongressman to join in House of Hope ribbon-cutting, picnic Saturday
Congressman Rich Nugent will be joining in the ribbon-cutting and dedication Saturday of House of Hope in Wildwood, a residential addiction treatment center for men located at 4738 NE 49th Blvd. The...
View ArticleQuestions about Ebola and travel bans
As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, the U.S. has its first confirmed case of Ebola within our borders. As I’m sure you’ve also seen, the man traveled from Liberia, told a nurse at the hospital where he’d...
View ArticleCongressman ‘overwhelmed’ by transformation at House of Hope
Congressman Rich Nugent was “overwhelmed” after touring House of Hope, a place and program for recovering addicts, Saturday in Wildwood. The Republican House member was a special guest at a...
View ArticleCDD 7 reaches out to Congress to get postal station boxes painted
The postal stations in Community Development District 7 were approved for a paint job after a Community Development District supervisor appealed to Congress. CDD 7 Supervisor Ron Ruggeri contacted U.S....
View ArticleCongressman Nugent to speak to Villages Republicans Thursday evening
Congressman Rich Nugent will be speaking at a joint meeting of the Villages Republican Club of Sumter County and the Republican Club of the Villages of Marion County on Thursday at the Savannah Center....
View ArticleNobody gave us this country
On Thursday night, a military coup was brewing in Burkina Faso. By the time newspapers had been delivered in America Friday morning, it was all over. The president of that country had been overthrown...
View ArticlePresident’s immigration plan rewards those who broke the law
Well, it happened. The President announced his executive amnesty plan. As I explained to a reporter Thursday night, it seems like the deeper into his presidency that he gets, the more support the...
View ArticleDisappointed in Congress
Since I’ve been in Congress, I’ve been frustrated at times. On occasion, I’ve been pretty well furious. After this past week, if I’m honest, it was a feeling of being deeply, deeply disappointed with...
View ArticleCongressman Nugent votes in favor of $1.1 trillion ‘CRomnibus’ bill
U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent voted in favor of the $1.1. trillion omnibus federal spending bill, popularly dubbed the “CRomnibus,” on Thursday. The measure passed by a narrow margin, 219-206, with the Florida...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown was not the right answer
This week, amidst all of the focus on the government funding bill, there was a significant piece of legislation that you deserve to be aware of. Very quickly and very quietly, Congress passed the...
View ArticleCongress can dispense with shutdown hysterics
As most of you probably know, the House has now passed a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security which completely defunds and blocks the President’s executive amnesty. At this point, my...
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