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...
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...
New Policy Proposal to Ensure Access to Clean Water
Nobody should lack access to clean and safe water, but sadly, that’s the reality for people on the Treasure Coast nearly every summer when the Army Corps dumps toxic water into our...
The EPA and City of Pahokee Need to Take Action NOW!
If you have been watching the news recently, you are likely as troubled as I am by the recent reports of toxic algal blooms in the water at the Pahokee Marina. I was out there earlier this week, and...
New Bipartisan Bill to Combat Toxic Mercury Poisoning
More than half of fish and wildlife in the Everglades system are affected by toxic mercury and people in Florida are at some of the highest risk in the whole country for mercury poisoning. But,...
Week In Review: April 16 -22 | EAA Reservoir, Blue Carbon, And More…
I made a promise on the Floor of the United States House of Representatives shortly after I was sworn into Congress that fixing our water quality would be my top priority, and passing legislation to...
Bipartisan Bill Will Help Protect Our Ecosystem From Damage
This week, along with Representative Bill Posey, I helped introduce the bipartisan Blue Carbon For Our Planet Act. Our bill would help protect critical ecosystems like the St. Lucie Estuary,...









