The Florida Chamber of Commerce is an organization devoted to the advocacy of private businesses in the state of

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

. This Chamber originated in 1912, and included its first continuing group in 1916, the ''Florida Tick Eradication Committee''.http://www.flchamber.com/mx/hm.asp?id=about_history Florida Chamber of Commerce history, accessed on 16 February 2009 As the group expanded and accepted new responsibilities, it became the ''Florida Development Board'', then the ''Florida State Chamber of Commerce'', before assuming its current name in 1975. According to the Florida Chamber of Commerce, they have ''played a major role in the areas of

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.'' The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board criticized the chamber as being nakedly politically biased. "For the Florida Chamber’s report card, an F is like making the honor roll , Editorial"
In May 2020, The Chamber urged the governor to re-open the state from coronavirus lockdowns, advice which was incongruent with CDC Guidelines in safely reopening businesses that had been forced to close to protect Floridians' lives.

Ron DeSantis Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving as the 46th governor of Florida since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis represented Florida's 6th district in the U.S. House of Represe ...

declared, ‘I’m not singing their tune’ at a press conference on May 14. Then, the very next day, Governor DeSantis changed his tune at another press briefing. On May 15, he ordered a "full phase 1" reopening, and then the state moved to "Phase 2" on June 3rd, despite rising cases and deaths from the virus. "I mean ... go enjoy. Have a drink. It’s fine," DeSantis said."

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External links

LinkedIn profile of Florida Chamber of Commerce
{{US-org-stub Organizations based in Florida