Stuart, Fla. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today called on the Army Corps to reject a proposed management plan for Lake Okeechobee written by lobbyists for the sugar industry. As...
Exposed: Sugar Industry Lobbyists Writing Lake O Management Plan
As a result of a law I wrote, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently writing the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual, which will determine when discharges will happen from Lake Okeechobee...
Mast, Murphy Introduce Legislation To Protect Indian River Lagoon Manatees
Stuart, Fla. – U.S. Representatives Brian Mast (FL-18) and Stephanie Murphy (FL-7) today introduced the Marine Mammal Research and Response Act. This bipartisan legislation will help protect marine...
New Legislation Introduced to Protect Manatees
Decades of special-interest driven policy making, including unfettered pollution and toxic discharges from Lake Okeechobee, have destroyed the ecology of our waterways and repeatedly turned the...
Fighting to Protect a Memorial Day Tradition
Last week, President Biden’s Pentagon announced that a Memorial Day tradition known as Rolling To Remember had been denied a permit request to use the Pentagon's parking lot as a staging era for the...
Mast Urges Biden To Grant Veterans Access To Pentagon Parking Lot
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse his administration’s decision to reject a permit request filed by American...
Biden Administration Terminates A 30 + Year Memorial Day Tradition
A few weeks ago I emailed you about how the Biden administration was threatening a Memorial Day tradition known as Rolling To Remember, which raises awareness to the 82,000 service members who are...
It’s Time for Commissioner Nikki Fried to Follow the Law
Right now, harmful algal blooms on Lake Okeechobee are testing over 100 times more toxic than the EPA considers safe for human contact. The Clean Waterways Act, which went into effect last...
Mast To Fried: Stop Shielding Polluters From Accountability
Stuart, Fla. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today demanded that Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Commissioner Nikki Fried stop violating a law designed to...