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...
Mast, Bonamici Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Protect, Restore Coastal Ecosystems
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Brian Mast (FL-18) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) today introduced the bipartisan Blue Carbon For Our Planet Act. The legislation is designed to capture...
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,...
Earth Day: Mast, Cartwright, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Toxic Mercury Pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Brian Mast (FL-18), Matt Cartwright (PA-08) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01 )today introduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act. This...
EAA Reservoir Construction Underway
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...
Mast Celebrates Signing Of EAA Reservoir Project Partnership Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Brian Mast (FL-18) today celebrated Governor Ron DeSantis’ signing of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir’s Project Partnership Agreement. This...
Biden Administration Threatens A Memorial Day Tradition
The Pentagon parking lot has been used for the last three decades to host Memorial Day events like Rolling To Remember, which raises awareness to the 82,000 service members who are still missing in...
Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits
There’s no doubt that burn pits are the Agent Orange of our generation. Service members that were exposed in Iraq and Afghanistan are seeing horrible health effects and are dying as a result.That’s...