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Four of these Lake O regulation plans were written by the Army Corps of Engineers, but one of them - “Alternative BB” - was actually written by two lobbyists for the sugar industry.
There was an algal bloom the size of New York City on Lake Okeechobee, yet some are still claiming that this was all just a big coincidence - that it was caused by "leaky boats"!
In the coming weeks, the Army Corps will announce a new plan for managing Lake Okeechobee that will be in place for years to come.
I sat down with my children - Magnum, Maverick, Madalyn, and Major - to write letters to the Army Corps urging them to stop poisoning us!
Researchers in STEM fields are vital to our country’s economic success. The breakthrough scientific discoveries from this research often improve the world in ways we could never imagine before the research started.
No U.S Army Corps of Engineers personnel should be placed at structures on or around Lake Okeechobee when cyanotoxins above the EPA limit are present.
Our nation’s veterans, which include more than one million Floridians, have made huge sacrifices to defend our freedom. That’s why I believe the government must do all it can to help them when they return home.
This week I was fined $500 by Speaker Nancy Pelosi for not wearing a mask on the Floor of the House of Representatives.
I reached out to President Biden urging him to direct Lieutenant General Spellmon to visit the communities affected by the Army Corps’ toxic discharges from Lake O before he authorizes the poisoning of American citizens this summer.
Today, the House of Representatives passed a bill that I helped introduce with Congressman Bill Posey called the National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act (NEAR Act).