Not slogans. Not bullet points printed by a consultant. Six positions, with the federal levers I'll actually pull. If I'm wrong on any of these, tell me. If I'm right, vote.
No federal dollars to rebuild in a 100-year flood zone without a verified retreat-and-fortify plan. Today, FEMA writes blank checks to rebuild in place — over and over until the insurance market collapses. We have 6 years before private insurance fully exits Florida. This is the lever.
Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Miami-Dade should be drawing federal money to MOVE infrastructure inland — not to repaint the same beach house after the third hurricane in five years. I will write the bill.
PFAS contamination of Florida's drinking water is a federal-criminal-prosecution problem, not a civil-settlement problem. EPA needs the authority and DOJ needs the political cover. I'll sponsor the bill that gives them both.
ShoreLogic's model runs in 3 Florida counties. It should run in 300 nationally — and the data should be free, federal, and public. Same principle as NOAA hurricane data. Same approach for sea-level rise.
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit produces about 100,000 units a year. We need 4 million. Modernize the formula, raise the cap, and reward states that actually deliver affordable units — not the ones that take the credit and never break ground.
Any LLC or fund acquiring more than 25 single-family homes a year files with HUD, pays a graduated federal tax, and triggers a local right-of-first-refusal for community land trusts. This is bipartisan in private — let's make it bipartisan on paper.
Tallahassee will preempt any rent stabilization the legislature passes. The federal protection layer — anti-discrimination, anti-junk-fees, deposit caps tied to federal mortgage funding — is the place Tallahassee can't reach.
If a state continues to refuse expansion, the federal government can — and should — administer expansion directly to that state's eligible residents. The 1.2 million Floridians without coverage are not collateral damage for a governor's ideology.
A Medicare buy-in for anyone 50+. Phased to 40+ within 4 years. Available in every county.
Insurance plans that say they cover mental health but reimburse it at 30% of the medical rate and limit network access aren't complying with parity. ERISA enforcement should reach them. I'll sponsor the bill.
Co-sponsor the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the first 10 days. Then actually fight for it instead of letting it die in committee.
Tied to Social Security and DMV. Opt-out, not opt-in.
A constitutional amendment is the long game. In the short game, restore enforcement at an FEC that currently can't reach quorum.
Inflation Reduction Act siting decisions should weight states that need the jobs. Florida is one of them. I'll fight for the siting.
Federal Pell expansion to cover credential programs at SPC, HCC, and the rest of the state-college system. The Senate has talked about this for 8 years. Vote on it.
Federal floor on tip-credit wages, federal protection for tip-pooling rules. The tourism industry runs on tipped workers; the federal protections are 35 years out of date.
Vote yes the first time it comes up. Vote yes the tenth time. The number of senators who have said "I support reproductive freedom" and then voted against the codification bill is a problem the next senator needs to not be part of.
FDA approval of mifepristone is being challenged in federal court. The Senate has a role — through HHS oversight, through DOJ confirmations, through appropriations. I'll use all three.
State personhood laws threaten IVF. Federal protection is the floor. I'll co-sponsor.