U.S. House, 12th District: what did each candidate actually say they'd do?

Where they agree

• Bilirakis and Overman both want lower drug costs. Bilirakis: "lowering prescription drug costs for seniors"² Overman: she will work to "lower prescription drug costs."⁵
• Both link flooding to insurance costs. Bilirakis is "fighting for an Anclote River Basin study to attack the flooding driving repetitive-loss premiums in the first place."² Overman: "when communities skip investment in drainage, flood mitigation, and clean water infrastructure, families pay through higher premiums and repair bills."⁵
• Overman and Scrivener both want limits on corporate money in politics. Overman: "I do not accept contributions from corporate PACs."¹⁷ Scrivener: "Campaign Finance law needs to be reworked to prevent unlimited corporate spending"²⁰

Where they really split

• Borders: Bilirakis says "Gus secured the wall to choke off the cartels driving human and drug trafficking"² Overman says "I support secure borders, effective immigration management, due process protections, family unity, lawful pathways for immigration"¹⁵
• The new tax law: Bilirakis points to a "$6,000 senior tax exemption locked in under the new tax law."³ Overman writes that the law "raised concern among healthcare providers, patient advocates, and policy analysts" over Medicaid and ACA changes.⁸
• Housing: Bilirakis proposes "an above-the-line $10,000 tax deduction on homeowners insurance premiums for a primary residence."² Overman supports "reducing unnecessary barriers to responsible housing production."⁷

What each one leaves out

• Bilirakis's Issues & Record page mostly lists bills and funding he says he already won; his one forward plan with details is the homeowners-insurance deduction, and he gives no cost or date for it, or for his Social Security and drug-price pledges.²
• Overman names a policy on 12 of fourteen issues but says how on none, and gives no costs or dates; the one record she ties to an issue is the Tenant Bill of Rights on housing.^{5, 7}
• Scrivener names a policy on 3 of five issues and says how on one (data privacy); he gives no costs or dates and no record tied to an issue.²⁰