Charlie Crist

I am grateful this subcommittee has chosen climate change as its first point of discussion, Mr. Chairman, for the 116th Congress.

Do you think that is a reasonable amount of time for a human being to wait for justice?

I believe in forgiveness and I believe in second chances, and that voting is in fact a civil right.

The right to vote is one of the most important rights that we have, it is fundamental to who we are as a democracy.

The Stoneman Douglas kids changed this country. They demanded that we put the lives of our children first.

there are a lot of other societal issues important to my district, like harmful algae blooms, climate change, and civil rights, that are not included in the big ideas.

What exactly went wrong? And I want to know the failures that occurred in the Bureau.

How can you reconcile these cuts with what we just discussed of trying to improve upon it?

I applaud and support any and all efforts to shore up our election security, especially through Help America Vote grants.

It was a great day, one that ended a dark chapter of Jim Crow-era politics in Florida.

My home state of Florida has been devastated in recent years by gun violence and mass shootings.

I do, too. And that is why I brought together lenders and women and minority business owners for an access to capital fair that we had in my district.

It's more than an annoyance, it's an invasion of privacy, and it's being used to deceive and take advantage of unsuspecting victims.

I have concerns about the impacts that this could have on vulnerable communities, including the likelihood that this could sharply raise rates and send home values plummeting, exacerbating the existing affordability challenges that many…

it is hard for me to understand the Administration breaking a campaign promise to not cut Medicare and Medicaid

I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, for 19 days, critical financial agencies which serve the people have been closed. Taxpayer assistance has stopped; the people's refunds are at risk of serious delay; small business…

I want to thank Ranking Member Waters for her tireless leadership for a strong, affordable National Flood Insurance Program. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this bill. More than 5 million middle class and working Americans…

This is very bipartisan. First, I thank Ms. Tenney for putting this together. It is wonderful of the gentlewoman to do that. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to say a few words about Ileana, what everybody knows. I am sure Mr. Gaetz will echo…

I wrote you a letter, along with the entire Democratic Delegation from Florida, about how your proposed rent hikes on the poorest Floridians would evict 1.7 million Americans, including 1 million children.

How do you justify taxing the poor single mothers by hiking their rent?

We should be offering them a hand up, not slapping them on the wrist with a steep rent hike.

If we had all cars become electric, would that have a significant impact on the reduction of emissions?

What needs to happen is adoption of carbon-free energy sources.

Florida may be the state that is most susceptible to rising sea levels.

I have some very serious concerns about the impact it's having on our domestic solar industry.