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

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?

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

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?

As far as I know, that's correct.

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?

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.

when we talk about these issues sometimes in terms of science or in terms of numbers or even in terms of dollars, we forget the human lives.

We think the bay can recover. It has done so in the past; there is no reason that it can't do it in the future.

these hearings matter, because they allow us to create the congressional record that justifies the actions we want to take.