Yen Bailey

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Yen is running for Congress to give North Florida the genuine, committed leadership it deserves — someone who knows this community and will fight for its future.

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Protecting North Florida's Environment

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I will show up, listen, and fight for you. Always.

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OUR PLAN TO PUT NORTH FLORIDA FIRST

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Lower Costs for Families

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Our immigration system is broken and Congress has failed to fix it for decades. I support comprehensive immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship for law-abiding undocumented immigrants, protects Dreamers, farmworkers, and essential workers, and makes legal immigration faster, fairer, and more efficient by reducing court backlogs. We should secure the border with modern technology and well-trained personnel while treating people with dignity. I also support replacing the current immigration enforcement system with accountable, transparent structures that protect civil rights, keep communities safe and families together, and ensure no immigrant lives in fear or worker is exploited.

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Yes. Whether you call it climate change or simply the reality we're living through, stronger storms, flooding, extreme heat, and rising insurance costs are already affecting families across Florida. Ignoring those financial impacts won't make them go away. We should focus on practical solutions that strengthen our communities and our economy, including more resilient infrastructure, cleaner energy technologies, climate-smart agriculture like regenerative farming, and protecting the natural resources that support Florida's tourism, agriculture, and coastal communities. Preparing today will save taxpayers money, create jobs, and make our state more resilient.

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My first priority is making life more affordable for working families. That means lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs, addressing Florida's property insurance crisis, expanding affordable housing, and creating good-paying jobs. My second priority is strengthening our democracy. I want to protect voting rights, improve government accountability, and restore trust by strengthening ethics laws, reducing the influence of special interests and corporate money, and ensuring government works for ordinary people.

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Freedom of speech means every American has the right to speak their mind, criticize their government, practice their faith, and peacefully advocate for change without fear of government punishment. That protection applies even when we disagree with what's being said. Like every constitutional right, there are narrow legal limits, such as true threats or incitement to violence. But those exceptions should remain just that, exceptions. I'll always defend the First Amendment because open debate and the free exchange of ideas are essential to a healthy democracy.

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The President manages the executive branch, but Congress has the constitutional duty to oversee federal agencies. Congress writes the laws, controls funding, confirms many agency leaders, and makes sure agencies are carrying out the law as intended. Our system works best when no branch has unchecked power. Strong congressional oversight protects taxpayers, prevents abuses, and helps ensure agencies remain accountable to the American people instead of any one administration.

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If proof of citizenship becomes a requirement to register to vote, then every eligible citizen must have a practical and affordable way to meet that requirement. No one should lose their right to vote because they can't afford a birth certificate or have changed their name after marriage or divorce. I would support reducing or eliminating fees for documents needed to register, accepting multiple forms of reliable proof of citizenship, expanding assistance for seniors, rural residents, military families, people with disabilities, and others who face barriers, expanding online and in-person access, funding assistance programs, and coordinating with states to verify citizenship through existing government records whenever possible. No eligible American should lose their right to vote simply because they cannot afford or easily obtain paperwork.. We can protect election integrity without making it harder for eligible Americans to vote.

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Education works best when decisions are made as close to students and families as possible, so states and local communities should continue leading our schools. The federal government still has an important role in expanding opportunity and supporting student success. That means increasing access to quality early childhood education, investing in teachers, protecting students' civil rights, supporting career and technical education, and helping schools serve their students well. For higher education, we should make college, apprenticeships, technical training, and workforce programs more affordable so more Americans can build successful careers without being buried in debt.