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Florida Legislative Update
Representative Hazelle Rogers
Dear friends and neighbors:
I am pleased to serve as your voice in the Florida House of Representatives at a challenging time for our state government.
My priorities throughout the session were to focus on Florida’s economic recovery, creating new jobs,
education, health care, public safety and fighting for families and those who need the services of our state.
In writing a new state budget, we faced a $6 billion revenue shortfall. The Legislature responded by reducing programs and services, draining trust funds and increasing fees by 2 billion, many of which will impact working-class families. For these and other reasons, I voted against the budget because I don’t think it adequately met our state’s needs.
Despite the budget’s insufficiencies, I am pleased that it makes use of substantial portions of the $5.3 billion made available to Florida as a result of the federal economic recovery package approved by President Barack Obama and Congress. Regretfully, this budget rejects $444 million of federal economic stimulus that would have enhanced benefits for the unemployed.
This year, my colleagues and I in the Florida House of Representatives
undertook a number of serious initiatives that will improve the lives of our friends and neighbors. We also fought for seniors and people who rely on health care services, and won approval for legislation to require Medigap
coverage for certain patients needing dialysis or kidney transplants. With
a slow economic recovery we will be challenged with our budget priorities
next year and I am ready and prepared to work on your behalf.
It has been a pleasure to serve you in the Legislature.
Please do not hesitate to call my office at
(954) 497-3367, or email me at
hazelle.rogers@myfloridahouse.gov. if there is ever anything I can do for you.
Sincerely,
Representative Hazelle P. Rogers
Hazelle in the Community
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