Maxwell Frost

Elections

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 10

In August 2021, Frost announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Florida's 10th congressional district.^[16] During the primary campaign, he released a television ad in Spanglish, telling The Hill, "Latinos are in a place where their first language is Spanish but they speak English as well, and quite frankly that's me ... We speak Spanglish in the house, and I know that's the same for a lot of Latino families in the district."^[17]

Frost beat state Senator Randolph Bracy and former U.S. Representatives Alan Grayson and Corrine Brown, among others, in the August 23, 2022, primary.^[18] Due to the district's Democratic tilt, Frost was expected to win the general election in November 2022,^[19] which he did, defeating Republican Calvin Wimbish by a 19% margin, which was smaller than the 32% margin by which Biden won the district in 2020.^[20] Frost is the youngest member of Congress. He was endorsed by numerous national and local political figures, including Jesse Jackson, former NAACP president Ben Jealous, civil-rights activist Dolores Huerta, and U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.^[21]

Committee assignments

For the 119th Congress:^[22]

• Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Government Operations
• Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Caucus memberships

• Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC)
• Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce
• Black Maternal Health Caucus^[23]
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus^[24]
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment^[25]
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus^[26]
• Congressional Progressive Caucus^[27]
• Congressional Freethought Caucus^[28]
• Congressional Labor Caucus
• Congressional Renters Caucus
• Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus
• Future Forum Caucus
• Everglades Caucus
• Bipartisan Task Force on Combating Anti-Semitism
• Voting Rights Caucus
• Mamas' Caucus
• Bipartisan Food Allergy Research Caucus
• Rock and Roll Caucus
• Global Migration Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Homelessness
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Bourbon Caucus
• Get the Lead Out Caucus
• Bipartisan Sneaker Caucus
• Congressional STARBASE Caucus
• India Caucus
• Monopoly Busters Caucus

Environment

Frost supports a Green New Deal.^[6] He has identified environmental justice as a priority of his campaign.^[4][7]

Guns

Frost is a strong advocate for gun control^[4][7], he was an organizer and gun violence prevention activist. He first became inspired to organize against gun violence following the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and worked as the National Organizing Director for March for Our Lives.

In January 2023, Frost and Representative Jared Moskowitz sent House speaker Kevin McCarthy a letter asking him to convene a classified meeting to address mass shootings. The letter called for the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to conduct the meeting.^[29].

In March 2023, Frost and Senator Chris Murphy, alongside Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act H.R. 1307 in order to establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the US Department of Justice (DOJ).  The Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act would bring together those most impacted by gun violence with leaders across federal agencies to advance policy, collect and report data, expand state and local outreach, and maximize existing programs and services related to preventing gun violence. He later reintroduced bicameral legislation to reestablish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, in February 2025.

Frost and Congressman Gabe Amo, alongside Congresswoman Jill Tokuda, and Congressman Adam Schiff introduced the Destroy Zombie Guns Act H.R. 7746, aimed at strengthening requirements for the destruction of firearms, with the goal of preventing the reuse of firearm parts to make illegal “ghost” or “zombie” guns.

Alongside Representative Robin Kelly and Representative Delia Ramirez, Congressman Frost introduced the Prevent Illegal Gun Resales Act H.R. 7135 in January 2026. This bill was aimed at tackling the flow of illegal guns into communities and neighborhoods by holding gun retailers accountable for selling to bad actors, who later sell guns to people who are not legally allowed to own them.

Healthcare

Congressman Frost supports single-payer healthcare and investing in pandemic prevention.^[4][6][7] He introduced with Representative Doris Matsui in 2024 the EPIPEN Act, which seeks to cap out-of-pocket costs for epinephrine autoinjectors used for severe allergic reactions at $60 per two-pack for individuals with health insurance.^[30]

Frost delivered his first floor speech as a member of the United States House of Representative in support of women’s rights and reproductive care. The speech was in opposition to H. Con .Res. 3, a Republican resolution that ignores the long-documented history of violence against abortion providers, staff, and their patients.

Criminal justice

Frost wants to "build toward a future without prison".^[6] He supports the decriminalization of sex work and the decriminalization of cannabis use.^[7][31]

The Housing not Handcuffs Act H.R. 4182 was introduced by Frost Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal to prohibit the criminalization of homelessness on Federal public lands.

Frost also introduced the Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment (SUDEM) Act H.R. 4078 in June 2025. The bill mandates the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to establish a publicly accessible online database.

Housing

Frost is a proponent of affordable housing. He supported Kamala Harris's plan to build three million new housing units in her first term and believed that increasing housing affordability and accessibility should be a policy priority in a Harris administration.^{[32][needs update]} He was endorsed by the Florida chapter of YIMBY Action,^[33] a YIMBY group.

Frost co-sponsored the End Junk Fees for Renters Act in 2023, which aims to eliminate extra fees imposed by landlords, ban application fees, and increase transparency in rental agreements.^[34]

In March 2026, Frost and Congressman Ryan Mackenzie reintroduced H.R.7765, the Fair Future Act. This legislation would repeal a 1988 “Thurmond Amendment” to the Fair Housing Amendments Act that has resulted in the permanent denial of rental housing to individuals with prior drug convictions, regardless of the severity of the offense or how much time has passed since the conviction. Frost first introduced the bill in 2024.  

Frost introduced the Promoting Residential Ownership of (PRO) Manufactured Home Communities Act H.R.8047, in March 2023. The legislation promotes affordable housing and fights back against profiteering Wall Street investors by helping residents purchase and own their parks.

Iran

Frost believes that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) "certainly fell short in ways, but it blocked Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon, which was an important success".^[35] In 2022, he supported restoration of the JCPOA but stressed "we must make it longer, stronger, and broader to cover not just the issue of nuclear weapons, but also the full range of destabilizing and threatening actions Iran engages in, like Iran's ballistic missile program and the country's support for terrorist proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas."^[35]

Frost denounced Trump’s attacks on Iran. In a social media post, Frost said Congress should reconvene immediately to vote on a War Powers Resolution. In it he said, "Congress must reconvene immediately to vote on a War Powers Resolution to stop Trump’s illegal and dangerous war. We know what comes next: instability, innocent death, our troops risking their lives, and chaos."

Israel–Palestine

Frost supports a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He has called himself both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian.^[36][37][38] He has criticized the Palestinian Authority's Martyrs Fund that compensates the families of dead and wounded militants, likening it to a recruitment tactic of Hamas for the purpose of committing politically motivated violence against Israel.^[36][39] Frost opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and accuses it of harboring leadership from terrorist organizations.^[36][37][39]

Frost had formerly participated in pro-Palestine activism, signing pledges with the Florida Palestine Network (FPN) and the Palestinian Feminist Pledge, calling for support of the BDS movement, ending military aid to Israel, and rejecting the conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism.^[40] In early August 2022, the Jewish news website Jewish Insider published a candidate questionnaire from Frost's congressional campaign that showed a shift in Frost's foreign policy positions on Israel and Palestine.^[39] Jewish Insider characterized his responses as a reversal that distanced himself from his past while declaring an aggressive stance against the BDS movement, and stating his opposition to anti-Zionism.^[37] His campaign later released a position paper that formalized these positions.^[36][39]

During the course of the ongoing the Gaza war, Frost has shown a shift in his views on Israel–Palestine issues. While Frost voted to provide Israel with initial support following the October 7 attacks,^[41][42] as of April 2024 he has voted against providing Israel with further aid, has accused Israel of violating international law during the war, and has stated that "the bombing campaign in Gaza must stop".^[43][44]

In September 2025, Frost joined Rep. Ro Khanna in signing a letter urging the U.S. to formally recognize a Palestinian state, citing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

In November 2025, Frost co-sponsored a resolution recognizing Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide.^[45]

Frost voted against H.R. 8034 Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act to provide supplemental aid to Israel six months after Hamas’ attacks. In a statement, Congressman Frost said: “Today, the House will vote on legislation that falls short of what we need to bring an end to Netanyahu’s seemingly endless war in Gaza that has claimed the lives of countless innocent Palestinian civilians and brought us no closer to the return of innocent Israeli hostages being held by Hamas – I will vote ‘no.’ I cannot in good conscience support a bill that will send offensive aid to support Netanyahu’s war at a time where over a million people are on the brink of famine, the hostages remain in danger, and tens of thousands of innocent civilians have been killed, while there has been no indication that a change in course is near.”

Crypto regulation

During his campaign, Frost announced a "crypto-advisory council" that would advise him during his campaign.^[46] He received $8,700 in contributions from crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried and Sam's brother Gabriel and nearly $1 million in help from the Super-PAC Protect Our Future, almost all of it after announcing the council.^[47]

Frost voted against the H.R.3633 Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.

Immigration

Frost is opposed to building a southern border wall.^[48] During a January 2024 House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on immigration, Frost proposed removing the Statue of Liberty in response to the Republican bill H.R. 2, "Secure the Border Act".^[49][50] In March 2025, after former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and his legal status was revoked, Frost remarked that his arrest should "scare everyone."^[51] In April 2025, Frost traveled to El Salvador with three other members of Congress to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others who had been deported without due process by the Trump administration.^[52][53]

Frost introduced the Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment (SUDEM) Act in June 2025. This legislation is meant to expose widespread human rights violations in America’s immigration detention system and shine a light on the secretive practices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Frost opposed the Supreme Court decision to remove Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Frost believes there are many undocumented people in the country but believes one of the biggest solutions is to have a faster path to citizenship.^{[citation needed]}

Frost conducted multiple oversight visits to "Alligator Alcatraz," a temporary immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, and publicly raised concerns about detention conditions and alleged human rights abuses. ^[54] He continued calling for investigations and accountability after the facility's closure.^[55]