Oliver G. Gilbert III

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A strengthened SBA 504 program makes buying property and expanding easier.

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Parkview Elementary. Parkway Middle. Miami Norland Senior High School. Every year of K through 12 happened right here. The teachers who taught me, the neighbors who watched me grow up, the friends who became family — they’re the reason I’m running, and they’re who I’m running for.

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On the County Commission, I’ve focused on a new goal: Make Miami-Dade County a truly world-class community. To get there, we have to overhaul our transportation system, which is why I’ve led bold initiatives to build up density along our transit corridors, creating partnerships that will fund rapid transit expansion and lead to more affordable housing in the neighborhoods that need it the most.

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We’re the richest country on earth, but we send billions of dollars to other countries so they can afford universal healthcare. How does that make sense? In Congress, Oliver will fight for a pathway to ensure that healthcare is a right for every American.

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Families who are working hard to make ends meet shouldn’t have to carry the same tax burden as billionaires. The IRS should be spending more time auditing the ultra-wealthy than scrutinizing an Uber driver’s gas deduction. Oliver supports common sense tax policies indexed to what families in our communities actually earn, so that relief reaches the people who need it most and keeps money in working people’s hands.

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Countries around the world have made universal childcare a reality. As a father, Oliver knows the challenges families are facing every day. In Washington, he will redirect spending toward our children and families, so that the resources no longer being wasted on mass deportations start building something that actually lasts.

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In Congress, Oliver will fight to secure the federal funding needed to ensure the job gets done, and that our residents get the transit solutions they’ve been promised for decades.

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Oliver will fight in Washington to reinvest in job training, especially in high-paying technical fields that can’t easily be taken away by AI, and to strengthen support for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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Every student deserves a pathway to purpose. The BUILD Act prepares students for the economy of tomorrow by connecting education to real careers, expanding apprenticeships, supporting teachers, rewarding innovation, and building the workforce America needs to compete.

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Every person with a lifelong disability deserves healthcare, a safe home, meaningful relationships, and the support to live with dignity throughout every stage of life.

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Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. The BUILD Business Act modernizes the Small Business Administration by expanding access to capital, reducing barriers to entrepreneurship, and helping more Americans start, grow, and expand successful businesses.

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Eleven concrete actions to help Americans start, grow, and expand small businesses. Tap any item to expand.

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Growing a construction, trucking, retail, or service business? A stronger SBA 7(a) program helps finance hiring and equipment.

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The BUILD Business Act shifts federal policy from simply recruiting employers to creating more of them. When small businesses succeed, communities create jobs, families build wealth, neighborhoods become stronger, and America's economy grows from the ground up.

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Goal:Help growing businesses scale without being overwhelmed by early debt.

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Veteran, first-time entrepreneur, or business owner in an underserved community? Benefit from expanded mentoring and streamlined access to capital.

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Strengthen the SBA 7(a) program by increasing federal guarantees, reducing borrower fees, simplifying approvals, speeding processing, and expanding lending in underserved communities.

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Employee? Expanded ownership incentives create more opportunities to build wealth.

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Strengthen the SBA 504 program by expanding funding, modernizing eligibility, speeding project approvals, and creating a new 504 Express Expansion track for established businesses creating jobs.

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Rooted in Miami Gardens. Fighting for Our Future.

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Expand Rapid Transit

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Investing in Jobs& Job Training

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Investing in Jobs & Job Training

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Real Help, Right Where You Are

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Require business plans for grant applicants.

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What do President Trump and Washington Republicans do to help during these tough times? They spend your money on a war you didn’t ask for, didn’t vote for, and don’t need. They build a billion dollar ballroom for the Mar-a-Lago crowd. And they even use your own money to lie right to your face, spending millions on TV ads to deny the truth and divide our communities.

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FL-24 is one of the most diverse districts in America; TPS holders, Haitian and Caribbean families, DACA recipients, & immigrant workers are our neighbors, our coworkers, and our families. Our immigration system has been broken for decades and needs reform that is both humane and orderly. The cruelty and chaos coming out of Washington right now is not the answer. I support: - A roadmap to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and the immigrants whose labor keeps our economy running; - Permanently protecting TPS and DACA; - Expanding our refugee and asylum systems and clearing the processing backlogs that leave people in limbo; - Reforming our temporary work-visa programs so a worker's legal status isn't chained to a single employer who can exploit that power; - Smart, accountable border management.

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Yes. And nowhere is that clearer than in South Florida. Climate change is not a distant or abstract threat here; it is already an economic one. We are living with rising seas, sunny-day flooding, intensifying hurricanes, and the soaring property-insurance costs that come with all of it. Families across Florida's 24th District are watching their insurance premiums climb, their flood risk rise, and their home values put in jeopardy. Climate-driven disasters cost the nation tens of billions of dollars a year in damage, lost productivity, and recovery. Coastal real estate, agriculture, tourism, and the entire municipal-bond market that funds local infrastructure are all exposed. As Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission, I dealt with these costs directly by investing in resilience and stormwater infrastructure and replacing failing septic systems that threaten our drinking water and Biscayne Bay. I've seen the bill come due at the local level.

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First, protecting and lowering the cost of health care, Social Security, and Medicare for working families. These are the programs the people of this district rely on most, and they are under direct attack. I'll fight to defend Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security from cuts, privatization, and benefit reductions; strengthen the Affordable Care Act; and lower the cost of prescription drugs, premiums, and out-of-pocket care. Affordability is the defining issue in this district, and it will be my first priority. Second, defending our democracy and voting rights. I'll prioritize restoring the full strength of the Voting Rights Act, including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and protecting the freedom to vote against the obstacles being erected by extremist state legislatures, like the one we have in Tallahassee. In a district like FL-24, with a long history of voters fighting for their place at the ballot box, protecting that right is foundational to everything else.

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As a lawyer, I think about this precisely. Freedom of speech is first & foremost a restraint on government: the First Amendment guarantees that the government cannot silence, punish, or retaliate against you for what you say, what you believe, who you criticize, or what you publish. It protects the journalist, the protester, the religious believer, the political dissenter & the ordinary citizen who wants to speak truth to power without fear. That protection is the foundation of a free society & it matters most when the speech is unpopular or critical of those in power. What concerns me today is the rising tendency of those in power to weaponize government against speech they don't like by punishing critics, threatening the press & using the machinery of the state to chill dissent. Defending the First Amendment means defending it for everyone, including the people we disagree with & refusing to let any administration turn free expression into a privilege granted only to its allies.

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Both have a role, by constitutional design, but Congress holds the primary oversight authority & that is exactly the point of our system of checks and balances. Congress creates federal agencies, defines their missions in law, funds them through the power of the purse, confirms their leaders & conducts the oversight and investigations that hold them accountable to the public. The President, as head of the executive branch, is responsible for executing & administering the laws Congress writes. But the President's job is expressly to faithfully carry out the law, not to rule by decree. The current claims of nearly unlimited presidential power over agencies — the so-called "unitary executive" theory taken to its extreme — get the Constitution backwards. When an administration dismantles agencies Congress created, impounds funds Congress appropriated, or fires the inspectors general whose job is independent accountability, it is unconstitutionally seizing power granted to Congress.

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Let me be direct: I oppose documentary-proof-of-citizenship requirements like the SAVE Act, because they are a solution in search of a problem that would disenfranchise millions of eligible American citizens. My first commitment is to stop these requirements from becoming law. But where citizens face document barriers — whatever the cause — I would help in concrete ways. I'd push for federal funding so that certified copies of birth, marriage, and naturalization records are provided **free of charge** to any citizen who needs them to vote, and for streamlined, online, and mail-based processes so people don't have to take a day off work or travel hours to obtain them. I'd support requiring states to accept a name-change document — a marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order — to bridge any name mismatch, and to provide alternative means for citizens to attest to their eligibility. And I'd fund navigators and legal aid to walk people through the process.

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The federal government's role in education is essential. I strongly oppose the dismantling of the Department of Education and the abandonment of the federal commitment to our students. Pre-school: Early childhood education is one of the highest-return investments we can make. I support a strong federal role in expanding access to high-quality, affordable pre-K and child care: protecting and growing Head Start and supporting universal pre-K. K-12: Congress should fully fund Title I and IDEA and the rest of our commitment to public schools, and I'll fight for every dollar. I'll also fight to raise teacher and school-staff pay, and I will oppose vouchers and any scheme that drains taxpayer dollars away from public education. Higher education: The federal government should make higher education debt-free and within reach: make community college free, expand Pell Grants, invest in HBCUs & minority-serving institutions, protect programs like Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

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Create the American Small Business Grant Program providing grants of $5,000 to $25,000 for equipment, inventory, software, licensing, insurance, lease deposits, and other startup costs.