"I would like to think that my community and my environment... have the right to not be poisoned."
"At what point does the right of somebody to ask for more and more water end, if somebody else has to get hurt to do it?"
"We are just asking for our permanent allocation that we have received from the water management district that--it is based on permitting, just like any municipality would get permitted, just like any ..."
"I need to correct a mistake, in that it can create situations for harmful algal blooms, but what I am speaking about specifically in my questioning are the algal blooms that are already present on thi..."
"I believe in the legal rights of all water users."
"When does the right for somebody to ask for water end? Does it end if you have to hurt somebody else in order to get it?"
"I say that this is the political equivalent to Stockholm syndrome, continuing to manipulate water policy to benefit those that are holding our State hostage right now."
"Where does the right to water end?"
"strongly opposed to all amendments that affect Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding areas."
"I would also like to submit what was the bipartisan agreement that we had worked on prior to that, discussing ecological harm to the Everglades, protecting the Herbert Hoover dike, protecting public w..."
"We cannot go out there and make water promises when it means having to poison another community to do so."