We’ve made great progress this year for our waterways by working hard to lower Lake Okeechobee and prevent toxic discharges to our coast. But our fight is still going, and it’s not always easy.After...
Week in Review: September 6 – 12 | No Offshore Drilling!
I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: we will not tolerate oil drilling near our Florida coastlines. Drilling off the coast of Florida puts our economy, environment and marine life at risk,...
Week In Review: July 19 – 25 | Combating Harmful Algal Blooms
We have made great progress toward bringing real operational change to the way Lake Okeechobee is managed. Thanks to our efforts to lower Lake Okeechobee this winter, our communities are being...
Week In Review: July 12 – 18 | Combating Terrorism
Following my service in the Army, I chose to volunteer alongside the Israel Defense Forces because our countries share the common ideals of freedom, democracy and mutual respect for all people.With...
Week In Review: July 5 – 11 | Important Water News
Earlier this week the Army Corps of Engineers admitted - for the first time ever - that they knowingly discharged toxic water containing cyanobacteria and harmful algal blooms from Lake Okeechobee...
Week In Review: June 21 – 27 | Addressing The Crisis At Our Border
After several weeks of partisan obstruction, House leadership finally set aside the politics and worked with us to pass legislation sending emergency relief funds to address the crisis at our...
Week In Review: June 14 – 20 | Protecting Public Health
Let me cut right to the point: the Army Corps of Engineers’ current priorities for managing Lake Okeechobee and Florida’s waterways aren’t working.Last summer our communities received discharges...
Week In Review: May 31 – June 7 | Progress For Our Waters
This was a great week in our fight for clean water.First…I’ve been working with Governor DeSantis, Senator Rubio and others to get the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide grant funding to...
Week In Review: May 17 – 23 | A Historic Investment For Clean Water
For decades and decades, the federal government has manipulated Florida’s water, killing the Everglades, sending harmful discharges to our communities and threatening Florida’s public health.As a...