Darren Soto

Regarding seismic in the Atlantic; some of the estimates of 130,000 deaths of whales and dolphins as well as a 78 percent decline in marine fish why were the [Atlantic] applications rejected?

My concern continues to be that we are propping up states that are addicted to oil jobs that have not diversified their economies like Florida has.

There was a time in our country when we embraced the future, like solar and wind and hydro-electric, bio-fuels and nuclear.

Yet, we still suffered from this tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster that cost us billions and billions of dollars.

It is time to right this wrong injustice and bring truth back into our history. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I would strongly encourage you all to consider a pilot program to help with that replanting, since we are down 70 percent in production.

TrumpCare--a total disaster for America. Here it is by the numbers, per our own nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office: 24 million Americans will lose coverage, with 14 million Americans losing coverage in year one; 15 to 20 percent…

I think the solution lies in the success of the Puerto Rican people, not austerity alone.

I want to applaud you, Governor, for your success in negotiating to avoid job cuts.

I believe we cannot get there through austerity alone.

PROMESA addressed the debt process, but it failed to address any economic stimulus.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The Acting…

Even if we included motions to dismiss in the stay, which are at the beginning of the case because they are dispositive motions, there are still motions to strike that are left in this bill. After surviving a motion to dismiss, motions to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, strike line 7 and all that follows through line 14 (and amend the amendment to the table of…

Water is not arbitrary. The right to clean water is not arbitrary. It is essential. Just ask the plaintiffs in these cases. Just ask the people of Flint. Just ask victims of fracking across our Nation, which is why we in Florida are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 10, strike ``This'' and insert ``Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this''. Page…

My name is Darren Soto.

Frankly, and it is out of the domain of this Committee, I would also like to see some reforms in SSDI, in the Social Security Disability Insurance program, which right now is not optimally set up to encourage people with disabilities to…

Now, it is important for Americans to understand that because people get the sense there are all these folks who are able to work, and they are just getting SNAP the whole time.

If we had a revised farmworker, guestworker program where it was a 3 year or 5 year term, rather than a 1 year, that would only be revoked if that individual committed a crime, and they would have to go back each season, would that be a…

Do you think it would benefit, since we have such highs and lows, depending if you hit that window, if you all had better access to crop insurance?

A lot of us are concerned we are at a real crossroads with regard to American leadership abroad...

I would just say, Mr. Chairman, these are numbers that we would have to have in order to make an informed decision on whether we can eliminate this limited exception to the work requirement for the 3 month every 3 years period so that we…

In Florida, we have our Fresh From Florida Program, which has tried to cue in local farmers with our schools, which has had some pretty good success. In listening to your testimony, it appears that most of you are encouraging us to have…