Kelly Kirschner

His campaign website says he would repeal the recent cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and restore every cut.^5,6

1. Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
2. Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
3. Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding

His campaign website says he would allow the government to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices.^5,6

His campaign website says he would increase affordable housing and prevent Wall Street from buying single-family homes.^5,6

His campaign website says he would eliminate tax provisions that it says let billionaires pay less than working families.^5,6

His campaign website says he would close tax loopholes for corporations, pay down the debt and put the savings to work for working families.^5,6

His campaign website's FAQ says he backs the Scalpel Plan, which was written by former federal agency chief financial officers and aims to save $1 trillion over three years while leaving earned benefits intact.⁶

His campaign website says he would protect Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay and the coastline by prohibiting offshore drilling.^5,6

His campaign website says AI hyperscale data centers should stay out of District 16 unless they can show that they will not deplete aquifers, increase utility costs, pollute the air or override local control.^5,6

1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
3. Pause or limit new data centers

His campaign website says he would keep public lands in public hands and oppose efforts to privatize state and federal lands for uses such as golf courses, development and more resource extraction.^5,6

1. Transfer large areas of federal land to the states
2. Sell limited amounts of federal land, such as near towns for housing
3. Keep federal lands in federal ownership

His campaign website says he would invest in more conservation land upstream to protect water and wildlife.^5,6

His campaign website says he would make phosphate companies accountable and bolster clean air protections.⁵

1. Strengthen limits, such as tighter standards for soot and for pollution from trucks and factories
2. Keep current limits
3. Ease limits and give states more leeway, such as for pollution from wildfires or other countries

His campaign website says he supports a fully funded, proactive FEMA so that the region is not left waiting for help when hurricanes strike.⁵

His campaign website says only Congress has the constitutional power to declare war, that wars of choice require full public debate in Congress, and that he is against blank checks for any military action lacking congressional authorization.^5,6

1. Let the president order military action without needing Congress's approval
2. Let the president act first, but enforce the 60-day limit and end any action Congress doesn't approve
3. Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack

His campaign website says he would fully staff VA clinics.^5,6

1. Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
2. Keep staffing near current levels
3. Cut VA staff further, especially in administrative jobs