Blog
With rising levels on Lake Okeechobee causing the Army Corps to consider discharges, our fight to protect our communities from toxic discharges continues! Watch as I take this fight to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment:
The Caloosahatchee is a delicate ecosystem, and it’s under attack. Why are special interest groups so opposed to helping this estuary recover? Find out in the latest #LakeOFactCheck:
Now more than ever, we need to support the entrepreneurs and the small business leaders who are helping our economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Keep reading to learn more about two bills Congress passed this week to do just that.
The IRS just announced that they are reopening the registration period for certain individuals who qualify for but did not receive the $500 payment credit for your dependent, click here to learn more:
There is a massive human and environmental toll from the discharges to the Treasure Coast. And it's turning the Treasure Coast into the Tortured Coast. The Tortured Coast documentary series highlights the people and places being destroyed.
Did you know that American taxpayers are forced to fund more than $15 billion dollars worth of cruel and unnecessary animal experiments every year? This is wrong and must stop! Check out this new video to learn more.
Florida has just been approved to participate in the Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program, which will provide additional benefits to those currently receiving unemployment assistance. Click here to learn more and find out if you’re eligible:
The sugar lobby is at it again, stripping a provision I wrote to protect the Herbert Hoover Dike. This is a danger to all of South Florida. But apparently it is a danger that Florida’s private water barons believe is acceptable. Watch the latest #LakeOFactCheck:
Florida’s waterways are a natural treasure, and I will never stop fighting for what is right and necessary to defend our environment. That’s why I cosponsored half a dozen bills this week aimed at protecting our water and air.
The sugar industry’s favorite fake water groups & paid spokespeople have reached the pinnacle of hypocrisy. They just fought tooth & nail to oppose a provision in a bill that I helped write that would specifically protect public water supply. Seriously.