Dear friend,
This week, the House is working on legislation to boost jobs, lower taxes and lower costs on hard-working families as we Build Back Better. The House passed a strong National Defense Authorization Act that provides a pay increase for our soldiers and bolsters operations at MacDill Air Force Base, while also taking steps to tackle a deepening climate emergency.
Republicans are creating unnecessary turmoil again by voting against a bill to keep government open and working. The House also approved a bill to provide a lifeline to those suffering from recent natural disasters and support Afghan refugees.
On Monday, local education advocates, parents and teachers joined me for a Hillsborough Education Town Hall to address deep concerns over the failure Governor DeSantis to support our local public school students and schools. Florida ranks 43rd out of 50 states in per pupil support, and is the ONLY state not to apply for certain federal emergency aid for our public schools. He is leaving hundreds of millions of federal K-12 aid on the table. Thanks to the steady voices of Florida advocates, there is good news: our neighbors helped flip the decision of Gov DeSantis not to apply for emergency food aid for our kids - welcome news to 2 million Florida children, their families & all who care about a strong healthy community.
If you missed the town hall, you can watch it here.