Statements Archive

Today, Secretary of State Laurel Lee enacted a rule to relieve some of the ballot qualification requirements for candidates who use the petition qualifying process to get on the ballot in Florida. The rule will allow …

Today, during a virtual press conference, State Legislators José Javier Rodríguez, Amy Mercado, Javier Fernández, and Cindy Polo discussed how Hispanic communities are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus and Trump and DeSantis’ poor response to …

“It’s a shame when we have to depend upon local efforts to try to fight off something that should have been headed off with both federal and state responses.”– Dr. Kayser Enneking Are you a health …

In response to today’s report of 227,000 new unemployment claims in Florida, Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, called on Governor Ron DeSantis to take swift action to fix the state’s broken unemployment system: …

Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, released the following statement in response to Governor Ron DeSantis issuing a statewide stay-at-home order: “It is distressing that Governor Ron DeSantis waited until the coronavirus had spread …

As the COVID-19 crisis threatens the health and job security of hundreds of thousands of Floridians, Donald Trump refuses to reopen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange. Additionally, Trump is still supporting the Republican lawsuit to …

The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion to reconsider a ruling that Florida may not bar former felons from registering to vote because they cannot afford to pay fees. Terrie Rizzo, chair of …

This week, the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are partnering to launch a massive texting campaign to encourage Floridians to register to vote-by-mail. Hundreds of volunteers will text over one million …

Sign the petition to urge Governor DeSantis to fix Florida’s unemployment system! Today, State Senator José Javier Rodríguez, and State Reps. Anna Eskamani and Carlos Guillermo Smith held a press call with the Florida Democratic Party to …

Gov. Ron DeSantis today issued a four-county “safer-at-home” order covering counties in Southeast Florida that are hardest hit so far by Covid-19. Speaking at a news conference at a drive-through testing site at Hard Rock Stadium …