Former Florida Gov. Graham Remembered as 'A Friend and a Consummate Public Servant'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Graham grew up in Dade County "driving tractors, loading manure and raising livestock on a coral-rock homestead located deep within what at the time was a hot, disease-ridden swamp," a statement posted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida, which was founded by Graham, said.
58% : He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1966 as part of a group of young progressive Democrats who were sympathetic to civil rights, public education and the environment, the center's website says.
57% : ""He was committed to education and to the environment, continuing work that he'd begun as governor to support public schools and universities, and to protect the water supply, wetlands, and wildlife of Florida's iconic Everglades.
22% : Biden noted that Graham was a cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act, which the president said transformed "the way our nation responds to domestic abuse and sexual assault.

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