The Senator asked actually a great question. We talk about people who are trying to make it. We talk about the people who are working hard to sacrifice and to leave their children and families better off. A disproportionate number of…

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

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?

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

As far as I know, that's correct.

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

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?

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

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

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.