Republican Carlos Gimenez, who toppled a Democratic incumbent in November to win a South Florida congressional seat, brings to Washington nearly three decades of leadership in local governance, tackling budget cutbacks, public safety and most recently the coronavirus pandemic.
Gimenez, who served as mayor of Miami-Dade County for much of the last decade, says he's proven he can cut taxes, make government run smoothly, spur economic development and even slash his own salary by 50%.
Now, he's ready to "dive into the weeds" in Washington and cut the red tape in federal government bureaucracy, too. "The reason I'm here is to try to make the government run better and be more responsive to the people and be less bureaucratic," Gimenez, 66, told.
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