page_title: Matt Gaetz
section_title: Political positions
hierarchical_section_title: Matt Gaetz / Political positions
caption_attribution_description: English: Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz about the recent hurricanes in Florida during a brief intermission of a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Oct. 3, 2017. Mattis testified alongside U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the U.S. Defense strategy in South Asia. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)
context_page_description: Matthew Louis Gaetz II is an American lawyer, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, his district covers a large portion of the western Florida Panhandle, including Pensacola, Destin, Navarre and his hometown of Fort Walton Beach.
  Prior to serving in Congress, Gaetz was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the state's 4th district, which includes most of Okaloosa County, from 2010 to 2016.
caption: Gaetz speaks with Secretary of Defense James Mattis in October 2017
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