Marco Rubio

Why does not our President say, as he has said on other issues that we are facing now as a country, that he will not negotiate until a certain condition is met?

I think in any negotiation the first thing we have to understand is who are you dealing with?

I think we are dealing with a country run by a bunch of liars.

Would the Senator from Texas yield for a question and a comment without yielding the floor?

Would the Senator from Texas yield for a followup question without yielding the floor?

As far as I know, that's correct.

But you can't--you don't know if there was any sort of economic or employment impact taken into account as the guidelines were being produced?

Private sector transactions are based business decisions that Senator Rubio mentioned in his opening remarks.

Do you know what other activities the GSA has been conducting as a result of that executive order?

How did fisheries, such as Red Snapper or Wild Alaska salmon, that are managed by the United States Federal Government, suddenly become ineligible for purchase by the very government that manages them?

This narrative still deserves attention, because I feel it is part of a larger systemic pattern being conducted by the administration.

I respect the right of private companies to make their own procurement decisions without interference from the Federal Government.

Please fight for the Apalachicola River water.

We urge Congress to enact legislation requiring the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river system to be managed so that the Apalachicola River and Bay will receive the freshwater flows they need.

We recognize Senator Rubio and Senator Nelson as one of our own warriors in this struggle to continue the existence of Apalachicola Bay

United States Senators from Florida Honorable Marco Rubio and Honorable Bill Nelson will hold a congressional field hearing to examine the lack of freshwater flow down to Apalachicola Bay.

Yes, just one last question.

Yes, I am sorry, that was my next question, so I am glad you are touching on it.

No, no. Is the flow the only issue impacting the ecology? Are there other issues, other than the flow, that are impacting the ecology of the estuary?

The flow is happening? Or are those some of those things that you can start to do already?

But that is something we could use emergency funding for? And would that be----

You could go back 50 years and see what it looked----

Hence the restoration stuff we just talked about.

I think it is fantastic if we could find funding to help people who are suffering to, you know, overcome the short--and midterm burdens and what all that means, but ultimately they want to stay in this business.

Taking off on that, Colonel Chytka, my understanding is that navigation is one of the authorized uses within the basin.