Floridians have long supported protecting the Everglades on a bipartisan basis. That is why I was so troubled by a recent application by a Texas drilling company to open new drilling sites in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. (1/3)

Today, I led a letter with my South Florida Democratic colleagues to express our concerns and encourage the @Interior Department and @NatlParkService to conduct a full environmental impact statement to determine just how detrimental these new oil wells (2/3)

would be to our fragile Everglades ecosystem and Florida’s drinking water. The Biden-Harris Admin is advancing a whole-of-government, climate-forward agenda, and it’s important that we put public lands at the forefront of this new green agenda. (3/3)