In Congress, Jared has stayed focused on what South Florida families actually feel: the cost of living. He authored legislation to cut homeowners' property insurance premiums, one of the biggest expenses squeezing Florida families, and he is fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare from cuts and to lower health care and prescription drug costs.
What sets Jared apart is his willingness to stand up to both parties. He said no to Republicans when they threatened Medicare and Medicaid, and no to Democrats who wanted to defund the police. He supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks, because corruption is a problem on both sides, and he has called out issues at FEMA under Republican and Democratic administrations alike. While too many in Washington retreat to their partisan corners, Jared will work with anyone, and stand up to anyone, to deliver for Floridians.
After the 2018 shooting at his alma mater, Jared became a leading voice for school safety. He helped craft and pass the bipartisan Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, Florida's most comprehensive school safety and gun violence prevention law in over 20 years, working across the aisle to get it done, and he remains a trusted partner to many of the families affected by the tragedy.
Jared is also a strong and consistent supporter of Israel and one of Congress's most outspoken voices against rising antisemitism and political extremism, a fight that is personal for him and for the community he represents.
Jared was shaped early by a commitment to public service and by his father, whose example he has carried forward since losing him to pancreatic cancer. He earned a degree in political science with a focus on public policy at The George Washington University and a law degree at Nova Southeastern University. His own public service began while he was still in law school, on the Parkland City Commission, where he championed public safety and the environment and passed one of the state's first local bans on texting while driving. He went on to serve in the Florida House of Representatives and on the Broward County Commission before being elected to Congress in 2022 and re-elected in 2024.
He currently serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, and on the House Judiciary Committee, and he is a co-founder of the Bipartisan Disaster Preparedness Caucus, helped launch the Bipartisan School Safety and Security Caucus, and co-founded the Sneaker Caucus to engage younger Americans in the democratic process.
Jared and his wife Leah live in Broward County with their two sons. From local government to Congress, he has kept the same approach in every job he has held: answer to the people he represents, not to a party, and never be afraid to take on either one to get South Florida a fair shot.