Too many Miami families are one illness or one prescription away from financial disaster.
Richard believes health care is a right, not a privilege. And that no one should lose sleep wondering how to pay a hospital bill.

In Congress, he’ll work across the aisle to guarantee affordable, high-quality coverage with real choice — protecting the right of anyone who likes their current plan to keep it, while ensuring every family has access to an affordable public option that lowers costs for everyone. He’ll champion legislation to cap out-of-pocket expenses, expand mental-health services, and take on drug companies that keep prices high while posting record profits.

Because in the richest country on earth, no one should go bankrupt just to see a doctor or fill a prescription.

Every parent knows the cost of child care has become unmanageable — and every study shows that early education changes lives. As a dad of a three-year-old, Richard has seen firsthand how broken and expensive the system is. In Miami, child care often costs as much as rent, and he feels that strain just like so many other families do.

His first legislative priority will be to build bipartisan support for affordable, accessible pre-K and child care for every family, raising early-education pay, expanding hours for parents who work nights, and treating early learning like the essential service it is.

Because when every child gets a fair start, every family gets a fair shot.

Miami has become the most rent-burdened county in the nation, and young people, families, and seniors are being priced out of the communities they built and have called home their whole lives. Richard believes housing isn’t just about real estate, it’s about dignity, stability, and the ability to put down roots and build generational opportunity.

In Congress, he’ll work to treat housing as critical infrastructure, just like roads and bridges, so federal dollars flow faster to projects that expand supply and lower costs. He’ll collaborate across the aisle to reduce red tape at HUD, improve the Housing Choice Voucher program, expand first time home buyer tax credits, and restore federal funding for flood-mitigation and resilience projects that protect homeowners and lower insurance costs.

Because if our hospitality workers, teachers, and first responders can’t afford to live here, we don’t have a community — we have a crisis.

After a lifetime of work, every American deserves peace of mind. The freedom to retire without fear of losing their savings or health care. For every senior in Miami, Social Security and Medicare aren’t handouts — they’re earned promises that must be protected and strengthened.

In Congress, Richard will work to preserve and strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ensuring they remain fully funded and off the chopping block. He’ll support measures to protect seniors from skyrocketing prescription-drug prices, safeguard pensions, and expand home- and community-based care so older Americans can age safely and comfortably in their homes.

Because the measure of a country isn’t how it treats its wealthiest, it’s how it honors those who’ve worked a lifetime to build it.