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February 8, 2021

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A recent Tate High School graduate who spent two weeks in jail facing possible deportation was reunited Wednesday with his Pensacola family.

Gustavo Pineda Mendoza, 18, was released from an Immigration Detention & Enforcement (ICE) facility in Miami. Congressman Matt Gaetz's office contacted ICE Monday and helped get him home.

February 5, 2021

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 4 opposed an amendment to the committee rules that would require each meeting to start with the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance.

February 5, 2021

House Judiciary Democrats appeared to make fun of Republican Matt Gaetz's request to have the committee recite the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of hearings Thursday on a hot mic.

February 5, 2021

House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) on Thursday shut down Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) request to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of committee hearings.

Gaetz, during a hearing on new House rules, put in a request to have the Pledge of Allegiance recited at the beginning of hearings, an idea Nadler considered to be "unnecessary."

February 4, 2021

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he would do anything in order to defend President Trump during his impeachment trial.

In an interview Wednesday with Steve Bannon, the Florida lawmaker said he and several other Republicans were turned down by the House Ethics Committee when they asked to speak on behalf of the 45th president at the trial.

February 4, 2021

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), an outspoken ally of former President Donald Trump, said he would give up his House seat if he was asked to defend Trump at the impeachment trial, which is slated to begin next week.

February 4, 2021

Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz said he would be willing to give up his seat in the House in order to serve on the defense team of former President Donald Trump during his second Senate impeachment trial, should Trump ask him to do so.

February 4, 2021

Every elected official in Washington should be held to the same standard when it comes to their rhetoric, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., told Fox News' "Hannity" on Wednesday.

February 4, 2021

As Democrats in Congress and the media go all-out to make freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) the face of the Republican Party, today they'll go beyond demonizing her (and her fellow Republicans) by stripping Greene of her House committee assignments.