Republican from Florida
State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is Florida's Speaker of the House for 2013-14.
Recent statements involving Will Weatherford
"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."
"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."
Eighty-five percent of Floridians who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are "single, childless adults."
The Legislature needs to spend $500 million to "shore up" the pension fund this year and the next 28 years to keep it "afloat."
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