Ashley Moody
Senator for Florida · Republican · United States
“And so I argued very hard for the provisions that eliminated taxes on Social Security benefits and provided additional relief through the enhanced deductions for seniors. So there were two ways we were trying to make it easier on our seniors.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 116 (Thursday, July 16, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 116 (Thursday, July 16, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S4129-S4130] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] Working Families Tax Cut Act Mrs. MOODY. Mr.”
“I just traveled around the State of Florida last week, as all of our colleagues did, when we went back to our States and met with our constituents. And I can tell you people were excited, and they were excited because they were just coming off of having to file their taxes.”
“Mr. President, I rise today to share some good news with the United States of America. We just celebrated not only the birthday of this Nation--250 years--but we also celebrated the anniversary of the Working Families Tax Cut Act being signed into law.”
“And if I can get one thing through to American parents right now, it is easy to sign up. There is money waiting for your children right now from the U.S. Treasury because we want to set them up for success. But we didn't stop at financial investment. Education is also important.”
“But even for States where you have universal school choice--and there are a few of us like Florida, but others have started with school-choice statutes--understanding that each child learns differently, you can still take advantage of the Working Families Tax Cut Act because it allows for the deduction of education expenses for tutoring,…”
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“(2) Use of funds.-- (A) In general.--Contributions proffered by entities under agreements in support of projects shall be used by the Administrator to conduct capital repairs, maintenance, and improvements to NASA-owned infrastructure at a NASA Center, as the Administrator considers necessary to support activities conducted under agreements entered into under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, which may include renovation, rehabilitation, sustainment, demolition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, enhancement, expansion, and modernization of NASA-owned infrastructure at a NASA Center.”
“(iii) Direct contributions.--The Administrator may make direct financial or in-kind contributions to projects undertaken by commercial entities under agreements entered into under clause (i), as the Administrator considers appropriate to support common use infrastructure at a NASA Center.”
“(H) Contributions from other entities.--The Administrator may enter into agreements for voluntary contributions from other entities, including Federal, State, or local authorities, for the purpose of funding projects. (I) Direct agreements.-- (i) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to restrict the Administrator from entering into direct agreements under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, with entities to perform work within a NASA Center separate from the activities funded through projects. (ii) Prioritization.--The Administrator shall prioritize such direct agreements in instances in which required work would be completed more expeditiously or at a lower cost than through the pilot program described in this section.”
“(G) CECR funds.-- (i) In general.--As provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Administrator is authorized to use amounts otherwise made available within the Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration account to fulfill the obligations entered into by the Administrator under agreements pursuant to this section. (ii) Receipt of funds.--Contributions may be collected only as provided in subparagraph (A). Private contributions deposited into the Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration account shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts, and shall be subject to the same purposes, terms, and conditions as amounts otherwise appropriated to the account.”
“(F) Requirements with respect to agreements.--Each agreement entered into with a commercial entity under subparagraph (A) shall, on a case-by-case basis-- (i) address the terms of use, ownership, and disposition of the funds, services, or equipment contributed pursuant to the agreement; (ii) include a provision that the commercial entity will not recover the costs of its contribution through any other agreement with the United States; and (iii) include a provision that mutually determines which entity covers costs in the event of cost overruns or project delays.”
“(E) Nonconditioning of agreements.--The Administrator shall not withhold execution of any agreement under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, or deny a lease or other authorization for commercial activities on the basis of a failure to reach agreement on the amount or terms of contributions described in this section.”
“(C) Project costs and timelines.--The Administrator shall-- (i) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the projects described in this section are completed within the cost estimates and timelines established under subparagraph (B)(i); and (ii) exercise streamlined acquisition procedures to the maximum extent allowed by law. (D) Cost-sharing.--The Administrator shall ensure that any agreement entered into with a commercial entity under subparagraph (A) provides that, at the conclusion of the project, any funds contributed by the commercial entity that remain unexpended shall be returned to such entity in proportion to the amount originally contributed by the partner.”
“Any contributions so collected shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts, and shall be subject to the same purposes, terms, and conditions as amounts otherwise appropriated to the account. (B) Transparency.-- (i) Cost and schedule estimates.--In any agreement that includes the means for voluntary contributions described in this section, the Administrator shall establish a reasonable cost and schedule baseline for each project. (ii) Project completion.--At the conclusion of each designated project, the Administrator shall provide each contributing commercial entity with a final project cost, including a breakdown of cost sharing between government and commercial entities.”
“(b) Agreements in Support of Common Use Infrastructure Projects.-- (1) Funding.-- (A) Voluntary infrastructure contributions.--The Administrator may enter into agreements under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, involving transactions that support public and commercial activities at 1 or more NASA Centers, and such agreements may include the authority to collect voluntary infrastructure contributions to fund specific capital repair, maintenance, and improvement projects described in paragraph (2), but no contribution may be collected or accepted, and no agreement authorizing the collection of such contributions may be executed, except to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in an appropriations Act.”
“(5) Project.--The term ``project'' means any work performed in support of a common activity or infrastructure effort under 1 or more common use infrastructure agreements entered into pursuant to this subtitle, regardless of whether such work is conducted pursuant to a single agreement or multiple separate agreements with different commercial entities. SEC. 1096. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AT NASA CENTERS. (a) Pilot Program.--The Administrator may conduct a pilot program for private and public investment in specific infrastructure projects at 1 or more NASA Centers.”
“DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (3) Common use infrastructure.--The term ``common use infrastructure''-- (A) means any infrastructure that benefits 1 or more NASA Center users; (B) includes roadways and commodities pipelines and portions of roadways and commodities pipelines; and (C) does not include any infrastructure that solely benefits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (4) NASA.--The term ``NASA'' means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3956-S3957] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6684. Mrs. MOODY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title X, add the following: Subtitle H--Space Ready Act SEC. 1094. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Space Ready Act''. SEC. 1095.”
“(6) Prohibition on new budget authority.--Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to provide new budget authority to incur obligations in advance of appropriations. ______”
“(4) Updates.--Not less frequently than every 2 years, the Administrator, in collaboration with commercial entities, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives interim milestone updates relating to the pilot program under this section. (5) Termination.-- (A) In general.--The authority to collect voluntary contributions under paragraph (1)(A) shall terminate on December 31, 2031. (B) Rule of construction.--The termination under subparagraph (A) of the authority to collect voluntary contributions may not be construed to otherwise affect the validity or terms of agreements under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, or the retention or use by the Administration of proceeds from such agreements.”
“(3) Annual report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report on projects conducted under this section that includes the following: (A) For the preceding calendar year, the total amount of expenditures on projects by NASA and industry. (B) The proposed uses of amounts contributed by NASA and industry for the operating plans of the Administration. (C) Additional recommendations for efforts to streamline or reduce costs for each agreed upon project described in this section.”
“(D) Unexpended contributions.--For any voluntary contributions from a commercial entity designated to a specific project that are not fully expended on that project within 90 days of the project becoming operational, the Administrator shall, at the election of the contributing commercial entity-- (i) refund the unexpended portion to the entity; or (ii) allow the commercial entity to redesignate the funds to another eligible project under this subsection.”
“(B) Consultation.--The Administrator shall consult and partner with other Federal, State, and local public entities-- (i) to ensure that such projects are not duplicative; and (ii) to identify opportunities for projects to provide increased capability or capacity to users. (C) Treatment of improvements.--Improvements made to NASA- owned infrastructure at a NASA Center with amounts made available under a voluntary agreements under this section shall be property of the United States, unless the Administrator determines that transferring ownership of such improvements would be in the best interests of the United States.”
“(2) Use of funds.-- (A) In general.--Contributions proffered by entities under agreements in support of projects shall be used by the Administrator to conduct capital repairs, maintenance, and improvements to NASA-owned infrastructure at a NASA Center, as the Administrator considers necessary to support activities conducted under agreements entered into under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, which may include renovation, rehabilitation, sustainment, demolition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, enhancement, expansion, and modernization of NASA-owned infrastructure at a NASA Center.”
“(iii) Direct contributions.--The Administrator may make direct financial or in-kind contributions to projects undertaken by commercial entities under agreements entered into under clause (i), as the Administrator considers appropriate to support common use infrastructure at a NASA Center.”
“(H) Contributions from other entities.--The Administrator may enter into agreements for voluntary contributions from other entities, including Federal, State, or local authorities, for the purpose of funding projects. (I) Direct agreements.-- (i) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to restrict the Administrator from entering into direct agreements under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, with entities to perform work within a NASA Center separate from the activities funded through projects. (ii) Prioritization.--The Administrator shall prioritize such direct agreements in instances in which required work would be completed more expeditiously or at a lower cost than through the pilot program described in this section.”
“(G) CECR funds.-- (i) In general.--As provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Administrator is authorized to use amounts otherwise made available within the Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration account to fulfill the obligations entered into by the Administrator under agreements pursuant to this section. (ii) Receipt of funds.--Contributions may be collected only as provided in subparagraph (A). Private contributions deposited into the Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration account shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts, and shall be subject to the same purposes, terms, and conditions as amounts otherwise appropriated to the account.”
“(F) Requirements with respect to agreements.--Each agreement entered into with a commercial entity under subparagraph (A) shall, on a case-by-case basis-- (i) address the terms of use, ownership, and disposition of the funds, services, or equipment contributed pursuant to the agreement; (ii) include a provision that the commercial entity will not recover the costs of its contribution through any other agreement with the United States; and (iii) include a provision that mutually determines which entity covers costs in the event of cost overruns or project delays.”
“(E) Nonconditioning of agreements.--The Administrator shall not withhold execution of any agreement under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, or deny a lease or other authorization for commercial activities on the basis of a failure to reach agreement on the amount or terms of contributions described in this section.”
“(C) Project costs and timelines.--The Administrator shall-- (i) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the projects described in this section are completed within the cost estimates and timelines established under subparagraph (B)(i); and (ii) exercise streamlined acquisition procedures to the maximum extent allowed by law. (D) Cost-sharing.--The Administrator shall ensure that any agreement entered into with a commercial entity under subparagraph (A) provides that, at the conclusion of the project, any funds contributed by the commercial entity that remain unexpended shall be returned to such entity in proportion to the amount originally contributed by the partner.”
“Any contributions so collected shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts, and shall be subject to the same purposes, terms, and conditions as amounts otherwise appropriated to the account. (B) Transparency.-- (i) Cost and schedule estimates.--In any agreement that includes the means for voluntary contributions described in this section, the Administrator shall establish a reasonable cost and schedule baseline for each project. (ii) Project completion.--At the conclusion of each designated project, the Administrator shall provide each contributing commercial entity with a final project cost, including a breakdown of cost sharing between government and commercial entities.”
“(b) Agreements in Support of Common Use Infrastructure Projects.-- (1) Funding.-- (A) Voluntary infrastructure contributions.--The Administrator may enter into agreements under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, involving transactions that support public and commercial activities at 1 or more NASA Centers, and such agreements may include the authority to collect voluntary infrastructure contributions to fund specific capital repair, maintenance, and improvement projects described in paragraph (2), but no contribution may be collected or accepted, and no agreement authorizing the collection of such contributions may be executed, except to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in an appropriations Act.”
“(5) Project.--The term ``project'' means any work performed in support of a common activity or infrastructure effort under 1 or more common use infrastructure agreements entered into pursuant to this subtitle, regardless of whether such work is conducted pursuant to a single agreement or multiple separate agreements with different commercial entities. [[Page S3846]] SEC. 1096. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AT NASA CENTERS. (a) Pilot Program.--The Administrator may conduct a pilot program for private and public investment in specific infrastructure projects at 1 or more NASA Centers.”
“DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (3) Common use infrastructure.--The term ``common use infrastructure''-- (A) means any infrastructure that benefits 1 or more NASA Center users; (B) includes roadways and commodities pipelines and portions of roadways and commodities pipelines; and (C) does not include any infrastructure that solely benefits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (4) NASA.--The term ``NASA'' means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3845-S3846] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6643. Mrs. MOODY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title X, add the following: Subtitle H--Space Ready Act SEC. 1094. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Space Ready 2.0 Act''. SEC. 1095.”
“We saw time and time again in the last administration the attempt to force costly and burdensome regulations onto the American people and businesses in an effort to advance a partisan ``green new scam'' agenda. The effects of prices on American families and businesses were devastating. I firmly believe Biden bureaucrats gave no thought to the effects, jumped right in. And the motto became, frankly: Above everything else, politics first, Americans last. I am proud to take this fight head-on to ensure that Americans are not shouldering the cost of the last administration's regulatory state. I would like to thank Congressman Craig Goldman of Texas for leading this effort in the House, and I urge my colleagues in the Senate to vote for this resolution. I look forward to the legislation heading to the President's desk to become law.”
“Food producers, distributors, wholesalers, grocery stores, consumers would be severely impacted by a sudden unavailability of these commercial-scale appliances at the center of America's food supply chains. That would expose yet another critical supply chain risk associated with foreign dependence and this would be a disaster. We need to focus right now on prioritizing American businesses, reducing costs for American people, and we need to be focused on opening factories in America, not closing them, especially for such critical products as these that allow for large-scale food distribution and storage. The government should be making it easier to plan and establish food distribution chains rather than undermining them with harmful regulatory uncertainty.”
“While it is regrettable that the Biden-Harris administration ignored our concerns and the complaints by Floridians and, instead, forced these harmful regulations into our States and into our industries in the waning hours of their administration, I am proud to now be here in the Senate to help continue the fight against these sprawling, harmful, nonsensical policies that were pushed by these Agencies at the very, very last minute of the Biden administration. If this regulation were allowed to remain on the books, Biden's shortsighted harmful energy standard would force commercial fridge and freezer manufacturers to discontinue product lines and close factories in the U.S. The results would be layoffs and open the door for other foreign competitors to step in instead of those here in our own country.”
“Their reckless regulatory agenda prioritized Green New Deal virtue signaling over good fiscal stewardship and the interests of the American people by exposing manufacturers and other stakeholders in our industries to regulatory uncertainty and forcing American families to shoulder the burden. As Florida's attorney general, I was proud many times to lead the fight against regulations that made no sense and were driven by partisan, unelected bureaucrats by filing challenges against these regulations in court.”
“Mr. President, I rise today on the 100th day as a U.S. Senator--in fact, Florida's newest U.S. Senator--to urge my colleagues to support H.J. Res. 75, a Congressional Review Act resolution to rescind burdensome energy efficiency requirements on commercial refrigerators and freezers that were imposed by the Biden-Harris administration at the 11th hour just before President Trump's inauguration. The Biden-Harris administration, as we all know, in many of these agenda-driven regulations pushed out of Agencies, was a disaster for American families, businesses, and industries across our Nation.”
“Senate colleagues and President Trump as we begin to make America safe again, and this includes voting based on priorities that will make our communities and families safe. We have a great opportunity in Washington right now to fight this crisis instead of fueling it through unlawful immigration policies. Now we need to do our part. We need to urge the U.S. House to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act and get it to the President's desk as soon as possible. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.”
“We believe that as a Floridian--the first Floridian President in our Nation's history--he is going to take that approach we have had in Florida to the rest of the Nation. While my calls for a closed border and a declaration of drug cartels as ``foreign terrorist organizations'' fell on Biden's deaf ears, it is no surprise that President Trump immediately got to work on this. On day one, he closed the border. We have seen a 93-percent drop in illegal crossings since then. Turns out we didn't need a new law; we needed a new President. As one of his first acts, he declared cartels as ``foreign terrorist organizations.'' I am incredibly excited to work alongside my new U.S.”
“I am so proud of my Senate colleagues. Last month, we passed the HALT Fentanyl Act through the Senate, and now it is in the hands of the U.S. House. This bill will ensure Federal agents and prosecutors have the tools they need to send a strong message to drug traffickers: If they continue to bring poison into our country, they will be held accountable. That has always been the case in Florida, and I am so proud of my friend and predecessor, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is taking this fight directly to the cartels. The American people gave our great President, President Trump, a mandate last November. That was to restore law and order, make sure people were held accountable for their crimes.”
“We understand that many Americans take this deadly drug not even knowing that it is in something else they are ingesting within counterfeit pills. We classified fentanyl as a schedule I controlled substance back in 2017. This allows easier prosecutions for these types of cases. It is time that the Federal Government follow the request and the pleas of national law enforcement organizations, including the DEA, which is calling for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances to be scheduled permanently as a schedule I controlled substance. When I got to Washington, one of my first actions was to join the HALT Fentanyl Act as a cosponsor. As attorney general, I led other States in calling on Congress to pass this bill. Now as Florida's newest U.S. Senator, I will work tirelessly to make sure this gets done.”
“Before I left the Attorney General's Office, Florida reported 2 straight years of reductions in the number of drug-related deaths. According to a recent FDLE Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons by Medical Examiners annual report, fentanyl deaths in our State of Florida dropped 10 percent. This rate of decline is well ahead of the national average, which declined by about 2 percent during the same time. Still, thousands across our Nation are dying--tens of thousands--and we cannot take our eyes off the ball. While we have had success in Florida, we must push forward across the rest of the Nation to deliver accountability and protection for the American people. Florida has always been a leader in law and order, and we have understood the danger presented by fentanyl.”
“I called for the border to be closed and the then-head of DHS to be fired for allowing drug smugglers and countless amounts of fentanyl to flood our country. Those calls were also ignored. So Florida took Biden to court. First, when he stopped deporting those here illegally, committing serious felonies against our citizens, we took him to court. Then, when he started welcoming in and paroling everyone into the Nation that was barely vetted, we took him to court, and we won. We also sent Florida law enforcement to the border to slow down the flow of drugs. We ramped up interdiction efforts with Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Law Enforcement. We fought back with everything that we had. The death and destruction caused by illicit fentanyl started to decline. We started to see hope.”
“That is why we have to continue to provide law enforcement the tools they need to get this drug off our streets and make sure we are providing lifesaving medications like Naloxone to first responders and that people who are struggling with addiction know where to get help. After 4 years of a wide-open border and free range given to drug cartels to smuggle illicit substances into our country, it is no surprise that our Nation was flooded with fentanyl. In Florida, we fought back despite the surge. Our law enforcement officers were up for the task. Our leaders gave us additional resources. Florida led the Nation in fentanyl seizures. I, back in 2023, called for the cartels to be labeled ``foreign terrorist organizations.'' President Biden ignored our call.”
“Florida is no stranger to the opioid epidemic. We suffered from a pill mill crisis, and we had to address that by tightening our laws and making sure people had access to help. Following that, we saw a surge of fentanyl pouring into our country and people overdosing from that drug. Fentanyl now claims 70,000 lives a year. It is the deadliest drug our Nation has ever encountered. That is why it is vital that we continue to not lose focus that this is the deadliest thing facing our men and women right now. This is our challenge. We cannot be distracted, and we have to stop this drug from coming across our borders and into our communities.”
“Mr. President, good afternoon. I rise today in the Senate Chamber for the very first time as a U.S. Senator to address a topic that unfortunately has become important to so many States, so many communities, so many families across this great Nation. Before I became a U.S. Senator and one of your colleagues, I was the Florida attorney general. For the past 6 years in that position, I made it my mission every day to fight against the opioid crisis and put poison peddlers that sought to do harm to our families behind bars. As many of you know, fentanyl now kills more Americans than any other drug by far, and it is the leading cause of death for working-age and fighting-age men and women. It is also a cause of death of infants and children that are exposed to the substance, and that number is increasing exponentially.”