Darren Soto

Mr. Soto. And Dr. Sheats, how would the Environmental Justice For All Act help address these issues of cumulative pollution impacts?

We can fix it with WRDA funding to protect both the quality of life in our district and critical species.

Not only is this critical for the Everglades, but also for endangered species like the manatee.

Florida's Ninth Congressional District is home to the northern Everglades, starting just north of us, going all the way down through the Kissimmee chain of lakes in our district, through Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River, and out to…

Transparency, privacy, integrity of information, protecting our kids, all critical ideals that our committee is charged with helping uphold in social media.

We have seen lies about the vaccines, and about January 6th, and about the 2020 election, and we have seen lies that breed hate and division in our nation.

Headline: Democrats deliver for the American people again. Democrats deliver for Central Florida, again. Lowering prescription drug prices and capping costs for seniors. Extending child tax credit payments. Paid family leave and lower…

My key priority and the key priority for Florida is sustainability; a balance between fish stocks that are healthy, recreation and commercial fishing.

We appreciate Representative Dingell's leadership, and hope the Senate will follow suit.

The American West has a real, long-term water challenge, and we are excited that, in the bipartisan infrastructure package, that there is $50 billion for western water storage.

Fires, droughts, low snowpack, we see the drastic and terrible effects of global climate change deeply hurting the western United States.

We are very proud of the $8.3 billion that is in the Build Back Better Act to help with Western water issues.

We are at a crossroads with American manufacturing. We have the opportunity to change our trajectory, to boost domestic manufacturing, and stop this manufacturing decline, especially in areas of strategic and national security interests.

Colleagues, let's stop the blackouts, and let's make sure we ensure a more clean energy and renewable energy.

But, basically, the goodwill, the ability, and the possibility of the people making that, we need to change that.

Puerto Rico faces major challenges. The people need reliable power. The blackouts need to stop.

I am excited. We are on the precipice of passing the largest investment in broadband infrastructure in our Nation's history.

We must have some changes.

Last term we had put forward a working draft for privacy, something that I applaud you, Madam Chairwoman, for starting the ball rolling on.

It is critical that we give you all the tools you can use to handle this.

And, Chairman, thank you for including Representative Brownley's bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish climate impact management plans to conserve marine mammal species.

I just want to thank you for your clear concern for marine mammals and for wanting to come up with solutions that will really be effective because if we don't have the heart to save the manatees, then we have sort of lost the love that…

There is a place called the Indian River Lagoon as well as the Saint Johns River, estuaries and rivers on the East Coast of Florida, right near our district, and we have seen huge development over the years, as well as an increase in…

Well, we hope you will consider raising it to endangered again.

There is a bipartisan concern about the unusual mortality event among manatees in Florida.