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January 26, 2022 at 4:36 PM

FILED: Promoting Diversity in our Buildings

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Architects are some of the highest paid positions in the construction industry, but the extra years of University required to earn the credential have left the profession behind in terms of diversity. I'm …

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January 24, 2022 at 12:45 PM

FILED: Making diapers more affordable

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I really don’t know anybody who thinks new parents don’t need a break! Look, kids are expensive, the new parents are worn thin, and there are a LOT of diapers. HB85 simply makes diapers ineligible for sa…

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January 24, 2022 at 1:41 AM

Week 2 Recap from the Capitol!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It was another busy week in Tallahassee, but the undisputed highlight was getting home for the weekend for pirates, football, and to break some ground fixing the damn roads!    First, closing 301 and Bloom…

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January 21, 2022 at 3:38 PM

FILED: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Last year, I was recognized as one of two Democrats for the 2021 Champion of Agriculture award in part for helping passing a bill to help the local aquaculture industry survive climate change and ever more…

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January 19, 2022 at 7:52 PM

🚧 Carmageddon starting Friday on Bloomingdale and 301...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Starting Friday, Bloomingdale Ave is going to be closed at 301 while we repave and get started on widening the onramp onto I-75 North. I told you we'd fix these damn roads, and we are getting to work!   As…

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January 18, 2022 at 12:43 PM

FILED: Fixing the damn roads!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The #1 issue I hear about in Brandon and Riverview is the traffic. The truth is, our own County Commissioner Stacy White single-handedly robbed us of billions of dollars towards our roads and bridges, while …

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January 16, 2022 at 11:39 PM

First 2022 Legislative Session Update

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');   The first week of the 2022 Legislative Session is behind us! Here’s a quick update on a few of the bills I heard and what I’m working on while I'm up here.   I got one of my transportation projects th…

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January 14, 2022 at 7:39 PM

It's OUR Beach

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Look, this should be simple. Florida's beaches are OUR beaches. Nobody, not a giant hotel company, or Mike Huckabee, should be able to fense you off from YOUR beach.     Look, I wasn't in the legislature …

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January 13, 2022 at 5:37 PM

FILED: Supporting our Wounded Warriors

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Doing right by our wounded warriors is the literal least we can do for our Veterans who gave their bodies, limbs, and minds in service to our Nation. As the Vice-Chairman of the bipartisan Veterans Caucus, I…

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January 12, 2022 at 12:36 PM

FILED: Filling Critical Shortages in our Schools

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Everyday I ride my bike around Natures Way, now, more often than not, a Sheriff deputy is standing in for at least one of the four crossing guards, another post has been abandoned entirely.    My own kids ar…

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January 11, 2022 at 5:15 PM

JUST LAUNCHED: 2022 Action Center

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Today is Opening Day of the 2022 Session and I have some exciting news of how you can follow-along and help the process along.   Do you like my cannabis bill, home chef bill, or affordable housing projects…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

January 10, 2022 at 3:51 PM

Shutting down at midnight TONIGHT

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Tonight at midnight we are forced to shut-down all fundraising for TWO MONTHS due to the Legislative Session starting Tuesday. Meanwhile, my opponent will keep fundraising while the Republicans in Tallahas…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

January 9, 2022 at 4:11 PM

Last Update before I hit the road to Tallahassee!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I hope this finds you healthy and that you had a Merry Christmas and off to a prosperous New Year! I'm packing about about to hit the road for this upcoming legislative session. Get ready and brace for impac…

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January 7, 2022 at 3:13 PM

Looming Fundraising Shut-Down

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Going into this upcoming 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, I'll be required to shut down all fundraising until the Legislative Session is complete. During that time, the Republican Majority could very well…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

January 6, 2022 at 12:38 PM

Holding them accountable...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); One year ago today, five people died and many hundreds were injured as our Capitol was attacked by a violent mob trying to overthrow the results of a free and fair election.     Hundreds of people who cause…

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January 4, 2022 at 12:19 PM

FILED: Assault Weapons Ban for Florida

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I used to carry an M-4 rifle on three deployments to the Middle East. I needed an assault rifle for that job, I don’t need one in this current job, and they sure as hell don’t belong in my kids’ school. Tha…

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January 3, 2022 at 6:28 PM

FILED: Energy Star Tax Holiday

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The fight against climate change is going to take the collective action of all of us. Everything from carbon reduction to carbon capture, and improved efficiencies needs to be explored, as does managing the …

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

December 30, 2021 at 4:26 PM

LAST CHANCE: last report before maps are drawn!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); We've all heard about the looming bloodbath Democrats face in the upcoming midterm elections. You know who would be the first to go if Republicans pick up just a single seat? Me.    If you want me gone, then…

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December 29, 2021 at 6:40 PM

🔜 Our End of Year Deadline

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Last year, Republicans were able to beat five House Democrats and cement their majority in Florida. We've been paying the price for that ever since.   We were the lone swing-seat win for the Democrats, and w…

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December 27, 2021 at 10:45 PM

The gift of democracy

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); This year started with an insurrection at our Capitol on January 6th, something the real perpetrators still have not paid a price for...     Now, Republicans are trying to use state legislatures, like ours,…

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December 26, 2021 at 2:16 PM

Merry Christmas -- From Lola

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Hi Everyone,  I'm Lola, Andrew's daughter, and I (along with my mom and dad, brother and Lucy) wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!       From,       Follow along on faceboo…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

December 22, 2021 at 8:44 PM

FILED: Combating the Opioid Epidemic

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Fentanyl laced drugs are fueling record overdoses across our state and I'm stepping up to try and stop it.     I'm proud to announce I've filed a bill which will allow for drug testing strips that can detec…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

December 20, 2021 at 5:12 PM

Last Update of the Year!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Before I officially shut it down for Holiday family-time, I wanted to give one last update since the 2022 Legislative Session starts the week after New Years. Things are already flying fast and furiously, I …

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December 16, 2021 at 9:03 PM

FILED: Affordable Housing here in Brandon

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I am proud to announce I've filed HB 4357, an affordable housing project for Habitat for Humanity here in Brandon.      It's a good feeling to be able to help build and now support my local Habitat for Huma…

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December 14, 2021 at 10:44 PM

UPDATE: Purple Star Schools heads to Rule Making

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); As a military Veteran and father to twin 4th graders, passing Purple Star Campuses last year was probably my proudest moment. It's a designation for military-friendly schools and a way for transitioning mili…

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December 14, 2021 at 5:37 PM

FILED: Conditional Medical Release

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I am proud to announce I've filed HB 4915 calling for a study on the Conditional Medical Release Program.      Did you know that our Department of Corrections is one of the largest healthcare systems in the…

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December 14, 2021 at 1:57 AM

Finally a week back home!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I've been working on this for months, but FINALLY I was able to honor the men and women of Task Force Three, Tampa Bay's firefighters that responded to the Champlain Tower Collapse in Surfside, FL. This summ…

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December 10, 2021 at 3:12 PM

THANK YOU!!! An update on our family

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Late last night, after escaping the Kabul Airport on August 25th, Ahmad and his family finally made it to their new home here in Tampa Bay.     Abdullah, after delivering packages all day for Amazon, volunt…

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December 9, 2021 at 5:29 PM

URGENT: Help me welcome them home!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Tonight, a family of six Afghan refugees whose journey began at the Kabul Airport in August, will be arriving here at their new home in Tampa Bay.   These folks are our allies and friends, I'm committed to…

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December 7, 2021 at 9:27 PM

FILED: Empowering Home Chefs

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I am proud to announce I've filed HB707, a bill that will empower home chefs and bring the word's cuisine to your doorstep.     Since the fall of the Afghan government, approximately 80,000 refugees have be…

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December 5, 2021 at 11:15 PM

FINAL 2021 Committee Week Update

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Our final Committee Week preparing for the 2022 Legislative Session next month was a doozie! I had a HUGE legislative rollout, five formal committee meetings including a Congressional Redistricting Committee…

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December 2, 2021 at 5:03 PM

Today, I'm sitting on the Redistricting Committee

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Today, I've been added as an ex-officio member of the House Congressional Redistricting Committee.   We're going to be workshopping two staff drawn maps (8001) and (8003).      I can already tell you, I h…

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November 29, 2021 at 6:04 PM

Back to work!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! With the holiday and my First Wedding Anniversary all last week, I am very happy to report that my focus was very much on the family before heading back to Tallahas…

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November 23, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Doing something about gas prices...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I don't know about you, but the rising gas prices are infuriating.   That's why I filed HB6083, a bill to eliminate the automatic increases to gas taxes, retroactive to the 1990s, which will save us all at t…

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November 23, 2021 at 2:46 AM

FILED: Bipartisan Cannabis Legislation

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Today, I am proud to announce I filed HB679 which will be the first major bipartisan update to our state’s marijuana statutes since the passage of the medical marijuana amendment over five years ago. Along…

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November 21, 2021 at 10:23 PM

The highs and lows of the Special Session

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm back from Tallahassee and just wrapping up a weekend of service with the US Navy Reserves. It's been a wild week that had me in Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, back to Orlando, and now MacDill AFB here in T…

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November 19, 2021 at 11:08 PM

PASSED: we're building back better!!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); This week while extremists in Tallahassee were playing childish games, Democrats passed a historic package, building off the bipartisan infrastructure bill, that will to help us truly build back better.   He…

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November 15, 2021 at 8:38 PM

SIGNED: we're fixing the damn roads!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); President Biden just signed the historic bipartisan infrastructure bill to help get Tampa moving again!     🚧 In the bill, there's more than $13.1 billion for federal highway programs earmarked for Florida …

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November 15, 2021 at 2:27 PM

Special Deadline: Today at 12:45pm

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm back in Tallahassee for the Special Legislative Session so Governor DeSantis can further erode trust in the vaccines, prolong this pandemic, and kickstart his 2024 presidential primary campaign. It is...…

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November 14, 2021 at 11:22 PM

A Weekly Update from Brandon/Riverview!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It was GREAT to be at home this week and not in Tallahassee! Still, the schedule was jam-packed and to pour gas on the fire (*literally, keep reading to the end), my family was in town and I was playing doub…

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November 12, 2021 at 1:56 PM

Special Session Deadline

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); On Monday, we're being called back to Tallahassee for Governor DeSantis' Special Session. It's a week that will be filled with vaccine skepticism, misinformation, and will only serve to prolong the pandemic …

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 11, 2021 at 1:33 PM

Serving our Veterans

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Watching the towers fall on 9/11, I dedicated my life to service. 12-years and three Middle East deployments later, with our Country rebounding from 20-years of continuous war, I am grateful that service for…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 10, 2021 at 6:41 PM

One year out and my opponent is already kowtowing to the insiders

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); We're one year out from Election Day 2022 and my opponent spent last week in Tallahassee kowtowing to Republican leadership.   Why? Because he cares more about what his "party" wants, and less about what YOU…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 8, 2021 at 5:22 PM

Weekly Update from Week Four in Tallahassee

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It was another jam-packed week in Tallahassee! First up, I made a promise to fix the roads in Eastern Hillsborough County and I'm proud that on Friday President Biden and the Democrats signed the historic in…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 6, 2021 at 3:32 PM

PASSED: we're fixing the damn roads!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); PASSED: President Biden and Congressional Democrats late last night passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill to help get Tampa moving again!     🚧 In the bill, there's more than $13.1 billion for federal h…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 5, 2021 at 1:36 PM

Favorite pictures from our first year in your Florida House

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); A year ago, we won!!!    In our first year, we quickly got to work helping military families get the best education possible for their kids, local folks and small businesses getting back to work after COIVID…

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November 2, 2021 at 6:46 PM

Memorializing a hero

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Yesterday was bittersweet. It was an honor to stand with SGT Brian LaVigne’s family to memorialize forever part of HWY-60 in his honor.     SGT LaVigne gave 30-years of service serving and protecting the …

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 2, 2021 at 12:05 PM

We're taking this show on the road!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I’m hitting the road with events in Miami Shores (11/12), Jacksonville (11/15), and Tallahassee (TBD) over the next few weeks and I need your help (click on the city name for details on each).     If you’re…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

November 1, 2021 at 11:49 AM

We crushed it!!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); We just closed out our best fundraising month ever. THANK YOU!!!   I have one thing to say to those lining up to oppose us:           Follow along on facebook and twitter for all our updates! Di…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 29, 2021 at 4:19 PM

Final Countdown ⌛

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I don't know about you, but I'm excited to get to the weekend Halloween festivities with the family!   But, we've got a bit more work to do first.     In just a few days we'll close out our October fundra…

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