Just Rearrange the Pieces

The good news is we don't need to rebuild from the ground up. The pieces are already here — hospitals, universities, farmland, cooperatives, veterans who know how to build things, communities that know how to organize. What's missing is the arrangement. Right now, the controls are in someone else's hands: insurance companies decide your healthcare, Wall Street decides your housing costs, algorithms decide what jobs you see.

Every issue on this page is connected to that same problem. And every solution points the same direction: put the controls back where they belong — in our hands, in our communities, accountable to us.

Healthcare

Insurance isn't healthcare. Medicare is just the ACA in different clothing. The VA is the only system that actually delivers care. I want to expand what works — starting with mobile clinics in every corner of FL-3.

Read my healthcare plan →

Economy

Each recession is different from the one before in the details. What stays the same is that each one takes your time, your money, your momentum, your independence, and your security. Here's what a real economic foundation should look like.

Read my economic plan →

Veterans

We don't leave our buddies behind on the battlefield. We shouldn't leave them behind when they come home. Every veteran deserves VA care — regardless of discharge status.

Read my veterans plan →

Housing

When a hurricane knocks your house down, the question isn't just "how do we rebuild?" — it's "who owns what we build?" Co-op housing that stands up to storms, is affordable, and built by the citizens of our district.

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Food & Agriculture

FL-3 has 1.4 million acres of working land and no processing facility. We ship cattle out and buy beef back at retail. A local co-op changes that equation — premium prices out, affordable prices in.

Read my agriculture plan →

Privacy & Civil Liberties

Government handles needs. Private industry handles wants. Neither one should be handling your data — or your rights — without your say. There's a fine line between observing and spying. And when one branch of government starts doing the job of all three, that's everyone's problem.

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Jobs & National Service

AI is about to hollow out entry-level jobs. The next recession will need a jobs program like what FDR created — not make-work, but real service that builds skills, builds communities, and builds the district. Mobile health teams, housing crews, local tech support — work that matters.

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Here's what's different about how I think about this. Some of these issues require Washington — legislation, votes, the whole machine. But others? We can start building right here, right now. An activist congressman brings the federal dollars and cuts the red tape. You do what you already know how to do. We get the process going together — and eventually, you won't need me for it at all.