Mario Díaz-Balart actually said...

The Oil Pollution Act quite simply does not have sufficient taxpayer protections for major spills that originate in foreign waters.

Let me perfectly clear. Offshore drilling by foreign companies in Cuba's territorial waters is incredibly dangerous to the State of Florida.

The assistance from the Department of Interior to Repsol will result in a financial windfall to the Cuban regime.

a leasing plan is supposed to, and I quote, 'best meet national energy needs for the five-year period following its approval or disapproval....