Let me be clear, a border wall would not stop illegal drugs from coming into Florida.

Half a billion dollars in drugs that they intercepted on the water, which a wall would not have helped us with.

We need to protect their pensions before it's too late.

I recently introduced legislation called the Fair Pricing Act with Representative Gonzalez a Democrat from Texas.

These communities often already have few options for quality care so when hospital consolidation is increased over the past 10 years rural communities like my own have been hurt the most.

Imagine if a woman has a difficult labor but had to travel hours to a healthcare facility.

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How can they be justified?

Without objection.

we are going to fight for you and the many others who are at risk of losing their pensions due to this crisis.

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the vast majority of illegal drugs are coming into our country through our ports of entry.

these cuts would be to critical military projects and our service members.

a border wall would not stop illegal drugs from coming into Florida.

At Port Everglades in my district, the Coast Guard had intercepted $500 million.

Active workers are in jeopardy of losing their jobs.

Employers tell us that their pension liabilities are hurting their ability to hire personnel or expand operations.

Despite President Trump's promise to do whatever it takes to combat the opioid crisis, his national emergency declaration would take $600 million from the Treasury Department's Drug Forfeiture Fund.