Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
C. Thomas "Tom" Gallagher IIIis an American politician from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected state official than any other individual in Florida history. He began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1979 to 1987. He was then the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1989 to 1995, the Education Commissioner of Florida from...
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I am pleased that this money is being returned to the victims. This may help them recover from the financial anguish, but the mental anguish may never be undone.
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I commend our investigators and prosecutors for their tenacity in making our state a national leader in combating insurance fraud. We will not give up the fight to protect Floridians from the danger and cost inflicted by insurance fraud schemes.
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The idea is although over a bunch of years you build up a cash reserve of $6 billion, you could just as easily have a bunch of years where you have a $15 billion deficit.
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I certainly believe that we're in a bear market and we're going test the lows that we established last week, and that we will go through them. But there will be life after the bear market.
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Aggressive investigations and prosecutions coupled with legislation I'm advocating this year will tighten the net around these criminals.
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The economy is performing well enough to be producing pretty good profits under last year's rules. But we don't know what the profits are going to be under the new rules.
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The eight hurricanes which stuck Florida in less than 15 months created problems that no one could have ever anticipated. Addressing those challenges, reducing the burdens on Florida homeowners and preparing Florida's families for future storms remain my top priorities this session.