Healthcare Emergency
- Reinstate ACA premium tax credits that already expired. People are paying more right now because Congress let them lapse. This isn't a new program — it's restoring one that was working.
- Close the Medicaid coverage gap at the federal level. Florida refused to expand Medicaid. That left hundreds of thousands of people making too much for Medicaid, too little for ACA subsidies. Washington created the gap. Washington needs to close it.
- Fix Social Security cost-of-living adjustments. Make them reflect what seniors actually spend money on — medicine, healthcare, groceries — not a formula that pretends those costs don't exist. A 3% COLA means nothing when your prescriptions went up 15%.
Cost of Living
- Block SNAP cuts scheduled to hit after the election. They're counting on you not noticing until it's too late. The cuts are already written into the budget — they just timed them so you wouldn't feel it until after you voted.
- Fix the benefits trap. Right now, earn one dollar too much and you lose everything. Housing assistance, food assistance, childcare subsidies — gone overnight. Benefits should phase out gradually, not vanish at an arbitrary line. Nobody should be punished for getting a raise.
- Enforce antitrust. When companies get big enough to set prices instead of compete on them, someone has to step in. That used to happen. It stopped. Start again. Grocery consolidation, meat packing, health insurance — the same pattern, different industries.
Privacy
- Data protection against both corporate and government overreach. Your browsing history isn't a product. Your location data isn't a commodity. Companies that collect it without clear consent should face real consequences, not a fine they budget for quarterly.
- Your personal data belongs to you. Not your carrier, not your app store, not an agency with a three-letter acronym. Ownership means you decide who sees it, period.
What an Activist Congressman Does from Day One
Legislation takes time. Coalitions take time. But a congressman who actually works for the district doesn't wait for a vote to start helping.
- Help communities write federal grant applications — HRSA for health centers, EDA for economic development, USDA for rural infrastructure. The money is there. Most small counties don't have the staff to apply for it.
- Connect the county that needs the project with the grant that funds it. A rural health clinic in Gilchrist County. A broadband co-op in Hamilton County. A processing facility in Suwannee County. The federal programs exist — someone has to make the introduction.
- Cut red tape and broker partnerships between the VA and community health centers, between UF/IFAS and local farms, between FEMA and county emergency management. The bureaucracy isn't going away — but someone can navigate it for you.
I can't write the grant. But I can connect you to the person in the next county who needs the same thing. When two counties need the same clinic, the application is stronger and the funding goes further.
Emergency Lanes and Foundations
Some of these require Washington. Others, we can start building right now. The emergency lanes keep people from falling while we build something worth standing on.
The Day One items are triage. They stop the bleeding. The bigger plans — mobile clinics, co-op housing, cooperative processing, economic restructuring — those are the foundation. You need both. Emergency lanes and long-term construction, running at the same time.