Dennis Ross (politician)

Dennis Alan Ross (born October 18, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.

He went on to serve briefly as an Associate with the law firm of Holland & Knight and was in-house counsel to Walt Disney World.

Subsequent to his time at Disney, he opened up his own law firm, Ross Vecchio P.A., representing Business and Industry in Workers Compensation matters for over 20 years.

Ross went on to work for a year as a legislative aide in St. Petersburg to State Senator Dennis Jones in 1982.

In 2009 Ross signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.

[19] Ross had a 13% score from the Humane Society Legislative Fund for his voting history on animal rights issues.

[21][22] Following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Ross signed a letter written to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives urging them to reevaluate the legal status of bump stocks, though no action has been taken as of March 2018.

[26] Ross supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, calling the controversial order a "long overdue" measure to "ensure our country is safe from radical Islamic jihadists.