Debbie Mucarsel-Powell: “We owe you our deepest respect and our gratitude.”

South Florida is hurting. My community is calling me in tears because they don't know how they are going to make payments or keep their businesses afloat, and hospital workers are afraid of losing their jobs. And to make matters worse…

My community is not going to be an afterthought. We are not going to be flood control for U.S. sugar or anybody else.

I can't believe what I am hearing, that this bill is political, that we have to wait, and that our constituents don't need help. I want my colleagues on the other side to tell my constituents in Florida who can't access their unemployment…

the status quo has to change.