The issue is very simple. When someone who lives in Florida wants to go to his wife's funeral or visit a family Member who is deathly sick, the question is whose judgment should prevail, the judgment of that individual constituent or the judgment of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart). I think the answer is clear.
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