Flooding is the costliest and most common natural disaster in the U.S. – claiming lives, damaging households and businesses, and straining government agencies. I’m proud to join the American Flood Coalition, an effort to bridge party lines and levels of government to promote and enact practical solutions to this common, growing threat. I look forward to teaming with this new coalition to do everything in our power to build stronger, smarter, flood-proof communities.
Charlie Crist is honored to have represented a beautiful Gulf Coast district that covers Pinellas County from Clearwater down through St. Petersburg, where he grew up.
Charlie has spent his life’s work serving his fellow Floridians. He was elected to the Florida State Senate in 1992, where he championed environmental protection issues and public education. In 2000, after two terms in the Florida Senate, Charlie continued to push for education funding and better teacher pay as the state’s Education Commissioner. In 2002, he was elected Florida Attorney General, a role through which he fought for consumer protections, civil rights, and opportunities for at-risk youth.
Elected as Florida’s 44th Governor, Charlie was a staunch environmental advocate, securing a landmark land acquisition to preserve the Florida Everglades, and fighting to hold BP accountable after the 2010 oil spill that ravaged Florida’s coastline. He continued to lead efforts to protect civil rights, taking action to automatically restore voting rights of non-violent ex-felons and to extend voting hours across the state for all Floridians.
In Congress, Charlie was committed to working in a bipartisan manner to create jobs, increase wages, protect our beaches from climate change, honor our military and veterans, and protect the benefits seniors have earned. With his role on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, he continued to lead the fight to make flood insurance more affordable.
Charlie resides in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida – “The Sunshine City.”
The American Flood Coalition is an IRS Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The American Flood Coalition is not a Congressional Membership Organization and nothing on this website shall be read to imply official sponsorship by either the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate or any of their respective Members. Federal Champion is an honorary title awarded by the American Flood Coalition to recognize Members of Congress who have come together to drive adaptation to the reality of higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
