Rick Scott
If poor people are spending their own money, it is amazing how fast they will figure out how to keep a lid on medical bills.Collection: Medical
Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.Collection: Health
In Florida, we are focused on economic growth and not on things that divide us.
We are for freedom here in Florida.
I am very much opposed to forcing anyone to violate their conscience or their religious beliefs, and of course, I'm very much opposed to discrimination.
Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable.
I am grateful for the lessons I learned from my parents' sacrifices. They often had trouble making ends meet, so we moved for them to find work. I remember my mom would sometimes take on second jobs, like ironing, just so we could buy groceries.
My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.
Mom somehow made it to every one of my graduations - even when it meant she had to travel far away.
People win elections based on having the right ideas, the right plans, like my seven step plan for 700,000 jobs. That's what wins elections.
I've worked since I was in second grade.
My religion is very important to me.
I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you know, families.
As far back as the 1800s, people were moving to Florida to make their dreams come true.
In the middle of the Great Depression, George Jenkins, Jr. left his job at a grocery store and decided he would open up his own store. I am sure many people thought Mr. Jenkins was crazy, but he had a dream. Today, his chain of stores employs 127,000 Floridians and is the largest employee-owned company in the country. We know it as Publix.
I have recommended cutting the tax on cell phones and TVs for every Florida family so they can save around $43 a year for spending as little as $100 a month on cell phone and TV bills combined.
Students can spend their money better than government can. It should not require a federal loan and decades of debt for students to get a college degree. Price limits access - plain and simple.
I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.
Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid, and we're not going to implement exchanges.
When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.
In business, you learn from mistakes. In government, they never do.
I don't think it's good in any business for anyone to have a monopoly. On the other hand, you need to have size to get costs down.
I support Donald Trump because I believe he's a businessperson that's going to get the economy going, but also he's going to focus on how we destroy ISIS.
I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'
Every business has to figure out how to make itself more efficient. They've got to use technology. They've got to use the Internet, things like that. We can do the same thing with our state colleges.
I had a mother that told me what to do all my life, and I traded that in for a wife. We got married two years out of high school which is not what you tell your kids to do, right?
I want everybody in Florida to live the American dream.
It's time for an end to the Republican-on-Republican violence.
When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.
It is up to all of us - the state, Florida's local communities, and the federal government - to work together on long-term solutions to improve the quality of our water.
My goal, one-hundred percent, is to get individuals and companies to move to Florida.
By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that's what I'm going after.
Nobody would think that anybody on a terror watch list should have a gun, right?
Let's remember, the Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years.
Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.
I grew up in a family struggling for work.
Everybody handles protesters differently.
I believe in the right to defend yourself.
My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.
While the federal government is committed to paying 100% of the cost of new people in Medicaid, I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care.
America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.
No mother, or father, should despair over whether or not they can afford - or access - the health care their child needs.
When businesses think of locating in North America, I want to make sure that they think first about Florida.
Somebody's going to have to stand up to ISIS. It is a threat. When we have Americans beheaded, when we have people posing as refugees and become terrorists as in France, this is a scary time in the world.
I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters' job.
With over 20 million residents and 100 million tourists, we must stay ahead of the possible spread of the Zika virus and take immediate action to ensure Florida is prepared.
Faced with a deep recession, some say the answer is to expand the role of government.
History has repeatedly shown that the costs of many government healthcare programs far exceed early projections.
In Florida, Medicaid is the fastest-growing part of our state budget - hands down. It is increasing at more than 3.5 times the rate of our general revenue.
We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.