To the editor:

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will be a senator for All Floridians.

The cost of living is skyrocketing in Florida. As an immigrant who worked her way through school at minimum wage jobs, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell understands daily financial struggle. In contrast, Senator Scott is a billionaire who will cut Social Security and Medicare and give additional tax cuts to the very wealthy.

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knows that the decision to have an abortion must be made between a woman, her family, and her doctor. She will protect every woman’s right to make the decision that is best for her. Extremist Rick Scott cosponsored a national abortion ban and enthusiastically supports the Florida six-week abortion ban, which would mean that abortion would become illegal before most women even know they are pregnant. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell trusts Floridians to make their own health care decisions.

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell knows that for so many Floridians, health care costs too much. As Associate Dean at FIU Medical School, she worked hard to expand health care access to thousands of Floridians. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell sponsored legislation to expand Medicare and reduce the price of medication. Senator Scott wrote the plan to cut Medicare and recently said that he would support repealing the Affordable Care Act, ripping affordable health care away from over 3 million Floridians. Scott opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, which stops drug companies from jacking up prices for life saving medications like insulin.

For the majority of Floridians, the choice for Senator is clear: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

Dennis Raube

Fort Myers