Gov. Rick Scott personally greeted and talked with all the guests at Wednesday's luncheon, including some Suwannee County 4-H members.

LIVE OAK, Fla. — Touting his success in creating work for Floridians, Gov. Rick Scott told a Suwannee County audience Wednesday his next task is getting Washington to start working for the Sunshine State as well.

On a campaign trek through North Florida on Wednesday, Scott made an appearance at the Suwannee County Coliseum to share his vision as he runs for a U.S. Senate seat. Scott is one of eight candidates for the position, including Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Scott, a Republican, will face off with Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente in August’s primary.

After personally greeting and talking with the 150-200 people in attendance, Scott briefly addressed the crowd, consistently coming back to the importance of creating jobs and helping people to get to work.

“The most important thing you can do is help people get a job,” Scott said, adding that during his two terms as governor, more than 1.5 million jobs have been added in the state.

He now wants to turn his attention to the federal government in Washington D.C.

“I’m running for the senate because I think Washington needs to work for us,” Scott said, adding that not every state is treated equally through federal programs.

An example Scott provided was while alls states pay the same federal tax rates, Medicaid will pay more to a person living in New York than a Floridian.

“I don’t want to waste any money,” he said. “But if we’re going to have a program and we’re going to fund a program, we’re going to fund Florida just as well as we fund any other state.”

Scott also took aim at a few other changes he’d like to see in the U.S. Congress and the federal government: term limits, a super majority of a 2/3 vote needed to raise taxes and fees (Scott backed the proposed constitutional amendment requiring the same that will be on the November ballot for the state legislature) and providing the President with line item veto powers.

Scott also took issue with the legislature not being able approve a budget on time, therefore requiring the government to shut down (like it did for 16 days in 2013 or for three days earlier this year).

“They might shut down the state parks or shut down this or stop transportation efforts, but they keep getting paid,” he said. “If they don’t have a budget, they shouldn’t get paid.”