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Alcee Hastings made trails where previously there were no trails.
He was a fighter, a visionary, and Florida’s history cannot be written without including his chapter. As a civil rights fighter, he was arrested numerous times at sit-ins and demonstrations.
As a lawyer, Hastings battled fiercely for fairness and equality. He was the first Black federal judge in Florida.
RIP to Alcee Hastings, a trailblazing South Florida lawmaker who passed away Tuesday at 84.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995 as a Democrat, and he served there until his death Tuesday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Hastings was 84 years old.
Darren Soto calls for accountability on $8B CARES Act funding in meeting with Florida Senate Dems
Darren Soto urges accountability for federal Coronavirus relief funding.
U.S. Rep.
Darren Soto, who represents Florida’s 9th Congressional District, for accountability on $8 billion of CARES Act funding.
“One of the things that I’m going to encourage you all do is make sure we have an audit, or some ability to understand how that money was spent. We expected them to spend it, because we’re in the midst of a crisis, but $8 billion is something we want to certainly more than keep track around here,” Soto said during a Florida Senate Democratic caucus meeting Wednesday morning prior to the Senate floor Session.
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