Jeanette Nuñez, Rene Garcia File Bill to Ban State from Investing in Businesses with Ties to Maduro Regime

Two Miami-area Republican lawmakers have filed legislation to prohibit Florida from doing business with companies involved with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced Tuesday. House Speaker Pro Tempore Jeanette Nuñez, R-Miami, and Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah, filed joint bills to ban the state from investing in any companies doing business with the Maduro government, a symbolic gesture in fighting back against the country’s oppressive government.  SB 538/HB 359 come on the heels of an announcement Scott made this summer when he threatened to introduce an agenda item before the Trustees of the State Board Administration in August which would prohibit the Sunshine State from doing any business with organizations supporting the Maduro regime. More…