A group of Florida Democrats in Congress want the governor to reverse course with regards to a recent decision involving unemployment.
All ten of the Democrats in Florida's U.S. House delegation have sent a letter to Ron DeSantis, expressing concerns with his decision to withdraw the state from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program on June 26th.
The governor says the extra $300 is keeping jobless Floridians from seeking work and that's causing businesses trouble finding employees. But the lawmakers say other things are causing businesses to struggle finding workers, including competitive pay, fear of unsafe workplaces and unavailability of child care.
The Democrats say that cutting off the program will cost Florida hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support.
So far no response from DeSantis.
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