In Floor Speech, Rubio Urges Senate To Protect Critical State River Basin

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke on the Senate floor in favor of an amendment he has filed to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 that would require the governors of all affected states to agree on water allocation before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can reallocate waters between the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. In addition, the amendment states that no funds will be available for reallocation of water within the ACF River Basins until agreed on by the states affected. The amendment would also address the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin. Co-sponsors include Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL), Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Richard Shelby (R-AL).