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Cities Congratulate Dr. Ben Carson on Confirmation as HUD Secretary

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WASHINGTON, — Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment of Ben Carson as the 16th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On behalf of the nation’s 19,000 cities, towns and villages, the National League of Cities (NLC) congratulates Secretary Carson on his confirmation and looks forward to continuing its partnership with HUD in efforts to protect public housing and community development.

“We look forward to continuing our work with the Trump Administration and welcome Secretary Carson,” said NLC President Matt Zone, councilmember, Cleveland. “The nation’s local elected officials are at the forefront of community development and housing needs of their citizens and look forward to continuing the long-standing partnership cities have had with HUD.”

Local governments nationwide implement numerous HUD programs, including Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and the ConnectHome program. HUD plays a key role in helping cities provide access to affordable housing and reinvest in the infrastructure needed to create economic growth.

Zone added, “America’s cities are the strength of the nation, and encourage the administration to reinvest in our infrastructure, our communities and our people. We call on Secretary Carson to be a strong champion of cities within the administration, and to protect federal programs like CDBG that serve as bridges to economic opportunity and mobility.”

Cities are on the front lines of responding to the needs of the country’s most distressed areas and cannot afford inaction at any level of government. Cities need federal housing policies that encourage affordable homeownership, promote affordable rental housing, and provide special needs housing and transitional housing for the homeless.

America’s cities will look to Secretary Carson and President Trump for leadership in identifying community development challenges and formulating solutions that do not place the economic burden on local governments.

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Congressman Maxwell Frost Slams TikTok Bill Ahead of Scheduled House Vote

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) released a statement ahead of the scheduled House vote on a bill that could unilaterally ban social media app TikTok.

In a statement, Rep. Frost says:

“Tomorrow, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill that will most likely lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States. I am voting no.

“Let’s be clear that I am deeply concerned about our foreign adversaries accessing our private data online, but this bill is not the comprehensive reform we need to reign in Big Tech and protect Americans from harm and manipulation.

“I refuse to spring a TikTok ban on my constituents who, under the neo-fascist control of Governor DeSantis, rely on social media for income, information, and community.

“This legislation is an infringement of our constitutional right to freedom of speech that also places a nearly impossible condition for the app to be sold within six months or less – it’s unrealistic.

“This bill does not solve our data privacy problems and harms innocent users whose very livelihood and existence is supported by this app. Count me out.”

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Sierra Club Florida Urges Governor DeSantis to Protect Local Economies and Workers by Vetoing HB 433

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today Sierra Club Florida sent Governor Ron DeSantis a letter urging him to veto HB 433, “Employment Regulations.”

If signed into law, HB 433 would preempt local governments’ ability to pass protections for workers in extreme heat at a time when climate change is pushing record temperatures higher year after year. Of the many threats climate change poses to Florida’s economy and well-being–including rising insurance rates and storms– the impact of extreme heat is one of the biggest.

 

In 2022, heat exposure in the U.S. led to the loss of almost half a trillion potential labor hours, a significant increase from previous years. In 2021, a report by The Atlantic Council found that loss of productivity from heat led to a loss of about $100 billion dollars a year in the United States. The same report concluded that “without meaningful action to reduce emissions and/or adapt to extreme heat, labor productivity losses could double to nearly $200 billion by 2030 and reach $500 billion by 2050.” These impacts will fall on the shoulders of working-class Floridians at a time when Florida is also growing disproportionately less affordable compared to the rest of the nation.

 

Additionally, extreme heat is already a leading weather-related cause of death and workplace injury across the country. In the United States, extreme heat was estimated to be the cause of about 120,000 workplace injuries every year, and without action, that number could rise to about 450,000 per year in 2050. From 2019 to 2022, heat related deaths rose a staggering 88% in Florida. These deaths and injuries also disproportionately impact marginalized communities.

 

Sierra Club Florida Political Director Luigi Guadarrama said, “Governor DeSantis himself has admitted that ‘Florida’s economic success is tied to our environment,’ yet the legislature continues to produce bills that threaten the well-being of both. We cannot and will not ignore the devastating impact that this bill will have on our economy and the health of hard-working Floridians.”

 

Sierra Club Florida Executive Committee Chair James Scott said, “The cost of inaction on climate change is ethically intolerable and economically unsustainable. Preventing local governments from taking action will cost Floridians their paychecks and their lives. While big business and big-government Tallahassee legislators may choose to ignore that, Florida won’t.”

 

Inaction on climate change is costly. Sierra Club Florida urges Governor DeSantis to take this threat to our economy and our workers seriously, and veto HB 433.

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