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Kendrick Meek
Florida, 17th

Rep. Kendrick Meek's Official Website

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When it comes to public service, proven leadership and political courage, Kendrick Meek is setting a new standard in Florida. He stands up for Florida's children, seniors and the disadvantaged, not just by defending their rights, but by going on offense and taking the fight to systems that have failed them.

Congressman Kendrick B. Meek, who is in his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, was first elected to public office at the age of 27.

He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee, which overseas the largest agency budget in Congress and has responsibility for all U.S. land, sea, air, space defense programs and operations. He has been outspoken in his support for U.S. troops and in making sure those in Iraq and Afghanistan have the equipment they need.

Congressman Meek also serves on the House Committee on Homeland Security, where he is the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Management, Integration and Oversight. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over the administration and operation of the Department of Homeland Security's airport and seaport security programs; customs operations; assistance to state and local governments, and first responders; and immigration inspections, detention and enforcement policies and procedures. Meek is one of the youngest Ranking Members of any committee in the 109th Congress.

An experienced legislator who served eight years in the Florida House and Senate, Meek was elected to Congress in 2002 from Florida’s 17th Congressional District, which includes Northern Miami-Dade and Southern Broward Counties.

In 2002, Congressman Meek launched a citizen initiative to reduce class sizes in Florida’s overcrowded public schools. As Chairman of Florida’s Coalition to Reduce Class Size, Congressman Meek spearheaded a petition drive that collected more than 500,000 signatures. He guided the amendment through two opposition efforts in the Florida Supreme Court as well as a well-funded campaign of scare tactics designed to kill it at the ballot box. In the end, the measure was approved when more than 2.5 million Florida citizens voted for it.

Before his service in elected office, Congressman Meek was a captain in the Florida Highway Patrol and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from Florida A&M University.

Congressman Meek is a native of Miami, Florida. He is married to the former Leslie Dixon of Brooklyn, New York and they have two children, Lauren and Kendrick Jr. Congressman Meek is the son of former Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek.

Rep. Kendrick Meek's Official Website


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23% of Medicare beneficiaries have 5 or more chronic conditions who fill an average of 50 prescriptions per year.

Source:Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health