Age
34
Education
Sewanee University
Hometown
Ft Lauderdale
County
Florida
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/oliveradamslarkin/
Campaign Phone
9544396267
Donald Trump has unleashed and all-out attack on our immigrant neighbors. But it is not just Trump and the Republican Party that have gotten us here. Establish Democrats like my opponent, Jared Moskowitz, have thrown immigrants under the bus when he became the only Florida Democrat to support Donald Trump's Laken Riley Act.
I believe we must abolish and prosecute ICE, end unlawful detention, and expand pathways to citizenship.
We must create a clear pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and those with DACA. expand and protect TPS, and end far-right attempts to criminalize immigration.
In South Florida the climate and the economy are one and the same. Our economy is built off the tourism and hospitality industries which thrive because our beautiful nature environment. District 25 is one of the most vulnerable areas in the country to climate change. I believe the federal government must rapidly transition to renewable energy, invest in public infrastructure, protect public land, restore our natural ecosystem, and make polluters pay.
While it is extremely hard to narrow down to just two, I think my top priority is Medicare for All. Anyone who has experienced the American healthcare system knows how terrible it is. We are the wealthiest country in the world not to guarantee healthcare as a human right. In Congress I will fight to pass free at the point of service healthcare with no premiums, deductibles, or co-pays. Healthcare is a human right and it is time we stop allowing our healthcare system to prioritize profit over patients.
The other legislative priority for me is winning the battle for democracy. We are experiencing a crisis of democracy in our country with attacks on our basic rights every day. I will fight to pass a pro-democracy agenda that includes: banning Congressional stock trading and the revolving door, banning partisan gerrymandering, overturning Citizen's United, granting statehood to DC, abolish the Senate filibuster, expand the House of Representatives, abolish ICE, and taxing billionaires.
Freedom of speech is one of the most important rights we must fight for. During Trump's term in office we have seen attacks on the press, students, educators, immigrants, and pro-democracy organizers. Freedom of speech is about the ability to seek information, speak out, and organize against the powerful without fear of retaliation. I don't believe we are currently living up to those standards.
I am also a proud union organizer, and I believe that an overlooked aspect of freedom of speech is the freedom to organize for a union. Freedom of speech includes the right to unionize, collectively bargain, and take collective action if it comes to it. If we be believe in an expansive view of what freedom of speech is we must support labor law reform to allow workers to have decision making power on the job without fear of retaliation from their boss.
I believe Congress should have the right to oversee federal agencies. Congress is a large democratic body that can deliberate on decisions. I do not believe the executive should have unilateral decision making power.
I would fight to overturn any law that seeks to make democracy harder for people to participate in. While I organize to overturn this anti-democratic legislation, I would find other avenues to weaken the effects of these laws. I would organize to lower the cost of necessary documents so that someone's financial situation is not a barrier to participation. I would also seek to pass legislation that requires businesses to provide paid time off for employees to gather any necessary documents.
The federal government is the only body that is able to fund education at the scale necessary to improve the education system. The federal government must pass a budget that allows for the full funding of refurbishing or building schools, increasing teacher salaries, and funding of supplies necessary for the highest quality education. Over the last several years, states like ours have defunded public education, censured topic such as Black and LGBTQ history, and weakened the power of public sector unions. The federal government has the power to pass national education standards to make it impossible for people like Ron Desantis to attack our rights.
I also support universal 3-k to College for All. For far too many people the cost of higher education prevents people from seeking education or leaves people in a financial trap. Education should be a human right.
Age
45
Hometown
Coral Springs, FL
County
Broward County
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jaredemoskowitz/
Our immigration system is broken, and both parties have used it as a political football for too long instead of actually fixing it. I support comprehensive immigration reform that secures our border, creates a clear and fair pathway to citizenship for Dreamers who have grown up in this country and know no other home, and modernizes our legal immigration system so it works for families and businesses alike. We also need to address the root causes of migration in Central and South America because if we only focus on the border and ignore why people are fleeing in the first place, we'll never solve this. Immigration built this country. A smart, humane policy can honor that history while also upholding the rule of law.
Climate change is absolutely a threat to the health of our economy, and in South Florida, we don't need an economist to tell us that. We see it every hurricane season, every time a neighborhood floods that never flooded before, every time a homeowner gets dropped by their insurance company or sees their premiums double. And rising sea levels aren't a distant threat – they are happening right before our eyes, in our backyards. FL-25 is an entirely coastal district, and our beaches aren't just beautiful, they are the backbone of our tourism economy. When we lose our coastline, we lose our livelihoods. The financial threat is real and it's already here. Inaction on climate change isn't just an environmental failure, it's an economic one. That's why I've fought for investments in clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and protecting the Everglades. The cost of acting now is far less than the cost of rebuilding later.
My first priority will be to lower the cost of living for working families. That means tackling student loan debt, bringing down housing costs, and raising the minimum wage. I'm already leading the fight to pass the Affordable Loans for Students Act, which caps interest on federal student loans at 2%. Second, restoring and defending our democratic institutions. Trump and his administration have spent years undermining the rule of law, attacking independent agencies, and eroding the checks and balances that protect every American. Getting that back on solid footing is essential to everything else we want to accomplish.
Freedom of speech is one of the most sacred rights we have as Americans. It means the government cannot silence you for what you think, believe, or say. I will always defend it. But free speech has never meant speech without consequence. It has never meant the right to incite violence or spread deliberate lies that cause real harm. I've watched antisemitism and white nationalism move from the fringes to the mainstream, and I've been one of the loudest voices in Congress calling it out, regardless of which side of the aisle it comes from. The best answer to speech we disagree with is more speech, better arguments, more truth, and leaders willing to stand up and say what's right even when it's hard.
Congress. Full stop. The Constitution is clear that Congress holds the power of the purse and the authority to create and oversee federal agencies. The executive branch enforces the law. It doesn't get to unilaterally dismantle, defund, or ignore agencies that Congress has established. What we are seeing from this administration (the gutting of agencies, firing inspectors general, ignoring congressional oversight) is not just bad policy, it's unconstitutional. I've been outspoken about this in Congress and I will continue to hold this administration accountable for its abuse of power.
This is a solution in search of a problem, and we all know what it's really about: making it harder for certain people to vote. The reality is that millions of Americans, particularly women who changed their names after marriage, low-income citizens, and elderly voters, face real barriers to obtaining the documents that would be required under such a policy. If documentary proof of citizenship becomes a requirement, I would fight to ensure that those documents are free, accessible, and easy to obtain for every eligible citizen. I would support federal funding to help states provide free certified birth and marriage certificates to voters who need them, and work to create a streamlined process that doesn't disproportionately burden the very people this policy is designed to disenfranchise. The right to vote is sacred, and I will never stop fighting to protect it.
At every level, the federal government has a responsibility to ensure that every child regardless of their zip code or family income has access to a quality education. At the pre-school level, I support expanding access to early childhood education programs like Head Start, because the research is clear that early investment in children pays dividends for decades. At the K-12 level, the federal government should set a baseline of equity and funding, support teachers with competitive pay, and protect students from discrimination while respecting that local communities know their schools best. And at the higher education level, we have a full-blown crisis on our hands. The cost of college has spiraled out of control, and we need bold federal action to bring it back down by capping student loan interest, expanding Pell Grants, and making community college more accessible. Education is the great equalizer, and I will fight to make sure it stays that way.
