WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO ME 3
BEING ABLE TO GET BACK UP AND 3
KEEP GOING. 3
WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT 3
INTERVIEW LATER IN THE SHOW, 3
BUT FIRST MARCO RUBIO STOP BY 3
THE STUDIO. 3
WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF ISSUES 3
FROM VENEZUELA TO DAYLIGHT 3
SAVINGS TIME. 3
WE STARTED WITH THE PRESIDENT 3
BUDGET PROPOSAL, WHICH 3
ALLOCATED ONLY $63 MILLION 3
TOWARD EVERGLADES RESTORATION 3
IS THAT OF THE $200 MILLION THE 3
STATE HAD EXPECTED. 3
DID THE PRESIDENT BETRAY 3
FLORIDA? 3
I THINK THAT, WITH HIS 3
BUDGET AND THEY WANT TO GET 3
UNDER A SPENDING LIMIT. 3
IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE SOME 3
THINGS HE HAVE TO MAKE OTHER 3
LINE ITEMS LESS. 3
THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS UNDER 3
THE EARMARKS THAT WE NOW HAVE 3
THAT IS THE FEELING, IT IS AS 3
HIGH AS WE CAN GO. 3
THE ONLY WAY TO SUPPLEMENTED 3
TWO THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN, 3
IDEALLY THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD 3
INCREASE THAT NUMBER A LITTLE 3
HIGHER, MAYBE NOT THE FULL 200 3
MILLION, AND SECOND WE COULD DO 3
SOMETHING CALLED ADDITIONAL 3
FUNDING THAT WOULD NOT BE 3
DELINEATED FOR THE EVERGLADES. 3
IF WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER HIGH 3
ENOUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT 3
WILL BE FOR THE EVERGLADES AND 3
CAN GET US CLOSE TO OUR GOAL. 3
WAS IN THE ARGUMENT THAT 3
RICK SCOTT MADE RUNNING FOR THE 3
SENATE AND THAT RON DESANTIS 3
MADE IS THAT THEY HAVE A CLOSE 3
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT 3
AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP 3
TO BRING HOME THE SORTS OF 3
DOLLARS FOR THE EVERGLADES 3
BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP? 3
IT DOES SEEM AS IF THE 3
PRESIDENT TURNED HIS BACK ON 3
THEM. 3
THAT IS NOT WHAT WILL BE 3
FUNDED, NOW THE WORK OF 3
CONGRESS WHICH HAS THE POWER TO 3
APPROPRIATE NOW IT IS UP TO 3
CONGRESS TO STEP FORWARD AND 3
MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 3
UNTIL WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF 3
THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCREASE 3
THE NUMBER AND OPENLY ADVOCATE. 3
IF WE TURN OVER THIS MONEY IS 3
NOT EARMARKED TO THE ARMY CORPS 3
OF ENGINEERS. 3
THEY WOULD THEN DECIDE HOW MUCH 3
OF THAT TOO APPROPRIATE. 3
WE WANT TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT 3
PERCENTAGE ADDED ON SO THAT WE 3
GET TO THE FULL 200 THAT WE 3
NEED TO GET THIS MOVING 3
FORWARD. 3
THE WORK NOW BEGINS. 3
WE ARE GOING TO WORK HARD IN 3
THE HOUSE AND SENATE. 3
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS EXPRESSED A 3
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US. 3
WAS THE PRESIDENT 3
DISAPPOINTED ON THE FUNDING FOR 3
EVERGLADES RESTORATION? 3
ANOTHER PROBLEM WAS TO 3
GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE NO 3
OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING OFF THE 3
ATLANTIC OR GULF COAST. 3
THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SOON 3
ANNOUNCE HIS PLANS. 3
ARE YOU CONFIDENT HE WILL COME 3
BACK WITH A PLAN THAT IS NOT 3
INCLUDE OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING? 3
ARE YOU CONCERNED THEY MAY BE 3
IN THERE? 3
I AM VIGILANT. 3
THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND 3
OTHERS WEIGH-IN. 3
I KNOW THAT SENATOR SCOTT IS 3
INVOLVED. 3
IT
WE WANT THE CURRENT LIMITATIONS 3
TO BE EXTENDED. I HAVE A BILL 3
THAT DOES IT. 3
I AM CONFIDENT AT THE END OF 3
THIS PROCESS THE CONSENSUS WILL 3
BE RESPECTED. 3
YOU ARE NOT CONFIDENT THE 3
PRESIDENT WITH A? 3
WHEN HE GETS DOWN TO THAT 3
LEVEL, THE NOTION THAT THE 3
PRESIDENT IS PERSONALLY 3
INVOLVED, THE INTERIOR WILL 3
PLAY A BIG ROLE. 3
WE WILL INTERACT WITH THE WHITE 3
HOUSE. 3
I WOULD RATHER WIN THE BATTLE 3
AT THE FRONT END THAN THE BACK 3
END. 3
ALL DRIVEN THAT HAS 3
CERTAINLY COME UP. 3
WHERE DO YOU STAND? 3
THERE ARE EXISTING 3
ASPIRATION RIGHTS IN THE COURSE 3
WILL DECIDE THAT. I DON'T KNOW 3
WHAT THE STATUS IS AT THIS 3
MOMENT. 3
THERE IS TALK THAT THERE MIGHT 3
HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE IN THE 3
COURTROOM. 3
THE COURT ACTUALLY SAID IT WAS. 3
BY AND LARGE I PREFER IT NOT. 3
I TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE 3
EXISTING LEASES, NEW ONES 3
SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED AND 3
PERHAPS NOT EVEN NECESSARY AT 3
THIS POINT TO IN ANY WAY IMPEDE 3
THE RESTORATION WORK THAT WE 3
ARE WORKING ON. 3
I AM AGAINST ANYTHING THAT 3
SLOWED DOWN EVERGLADES 3
RESTORATION. 3
WE HAVE GAINED MOMENTUM AND WE 3
HAVE TO FINISH. 3
WE CANNOT AFFORD ANY PROJECTS 3
TO GET IN THE WAY. 3
THE PRESIDENT ALSO WANT TO 3
CUT FUNDING BY THE EPA OF MORE 3
THAN 40%. 3
THE NEW PIC IS THE EPA 3
ADMINISTRATOR AND HE HAS BEEN 3
CUTTING BACK ON REGULATIONS. 3
HE WAS A FORMER COAL LOBBYIST. 3
I THINK HE WILL DO A GOOD 3
JOB AND I DON'T THINK THE FACT 3
THAT HE WORKS FOR AN INDUSTRY 3
MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BE FAIR. 3
REDUCING REGULATIONS DOES NOT 3
MEAN YOU ARE DOING HARM. 3
OVERTIME REGULATIONS DO NOT 3
MAKE SENSE AND SOME DO NOT HAVE 3
A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. 3
I THINK THAT ALL OF US, I WOULD 3
HOPE, SHARE THE GOAL OF CLEAN 3
WATER AND AIR. 3
IN FLORIDA WATER ISSUES ARE OUR 3
NUMBER ONE ISSUE. 3
WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT BLUE-3
GREEN ALGAE BRINGS, WE HAVE 3
SEEN THE DEBATES WE ARE HAVING 3
ABOUT RELEASES FROM LAKE 3
OKEECHOBEE AND THE MANAGEMENT 3
OF THAT WATER AND WHAT A MEAN 3
TO THE FUTURE IF THERE IS AN 3
ABUNDANCE OF WATER THAT HAS TO 3
BE RELEASED DURING THE MIDDLE 3
OF THE SUMMER. 3
MY VIEW OF IT IS I THAT YOU CAN 3
REDUCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 3
THE REGULATORY BURDEN WITHOUT 3
HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT SO LONG 3
AS YOU ARE REDUCING THE RIGHT 3
ONES AND NOT ONCE AND ACTUALLY 3
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 3
WAS CUTTING THE BUDGET A 3
GOOD IDEA? 3
I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE 3
DETAILS, BUT I ALSO BETTER 3
AGENCIES COULD AFFORD A DIET 3
FOR THE MOST PART. 3
ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THE NEW 3
TRADE AGREEMENT, I KNOW LAST 3
TIME WE SPOKE LAST YEAR YOU 3
WERE DISAPPOINTED IN SOME OF 3
THE FINER POINTS OF THE DEAL 3
AND YOU DID NOT BELIEVE FLORIDA 3
FARMERS CAME OUT WELL. 3
HAS IT BEEN MODIFIED? 3
YOU SEEM TO BE LEANING AGAINST 3
THE DEAL WITHOUT COMING OUT 3
AGAINST IT. 3
SINCE THEN WE HAVE WORKED 3
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND 3
THEY HAVE NOW INSTITUTED AN 3
INVESTIGATION, WHICH WAS A HOLD 3
UP. 3
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, 3
THEY'RE FINALLY DOING THAT 3
INVESTIGATION. 3
THERE IS NO DOUBT ONCE 3
COMPLETED IT WILL FIND FLORIDA 3
GROWERS ARE BEING DUMPED ON AND 3
HARMED BY MEXICAN GROWERS 3
FLOODING THE US MARKET WITH 3
CHEAPER GOODS AND KNOCKING OUR 3
FOLKS OUT OF BUSINESS. 3
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU, IF THEY 3
KNOCK OUT GROWERS IN SOUTH DADE 3
THAT LAND WILL BE DEVELOPED AND 3
WE WILL NEVER GET IT BACK. 3
WE CANNOT LOSE OUR AGRICULTURAL 3
CAPACITY. 3
THE FACT THAT INVESTIGATION 3
IS ONGOING MEANS YOU WILL VOTE 3
FOR THE AGREEMENT? 3
I AM CONFIDENT. 3
WE WANT TO SEE RESULTS IN THE 3
TIMELINE OF THAT INVESTIGATION 3
SHOULD BE IN BEFORE THERE IS 3
ANY VOTE. 3
AS IT STANDS NOW YOU WOULD 3
NOT VOTE FOR IT? 3
MY SKEPTICISM AND OPTIMISM 3
TO A DEAL THAT HARMS FLORIDA 3
GROWERS HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL 3
EXPRESSED. 3
I AM NOT HERE TO DELIVER 3
ULTIMATUMS. 3
I THINK THERE IS A LEGAL CHANGE 3
IN THE LAW TO ALLOW OUR 3
GROWERS, IT IS COMPLICATED. 3
THEY THEMSELVES CANNOT BRING 3
COMPLAINTS. 3
IT IS NOT ABOUT SUBSIDIES OR 3
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT IS MORE 3
OF AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. 3
THE MEXICANS ARE FLOODING 3
THE MARKET AND KNOCKING OUR 3
GUYS OUT OF BUSINESS. 3
I AM NOT MAKING ANY ULTIMATUMS 3
ABOUT TRADE DEALS. 3
I THINK HAVING A TRADE DEAL IS 3
GOOD, BUT I WILL HAVE A HARD 3
TIME SUPPORTING ANY DEAL THAT 3
DOES NOT CREATE FAIRNESS FOR 3
OUR GROWERS. 3
LET'S TURN TO VENEZUELA. 3
THE PRESIDENT HELD A PRESS 3
CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY WHERE 3
HE SAID HE HAS NOT LOST 3
CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY TO 3
UNSEAT MADURO AND THAT THEY 3
HAVEN'T DONE SOME OF THE 3
TOUGHEST SANCTIONS. 3
ARE YOU WORRIED THAT SOME OF 3
THE MOMENTUM HAS BEEN LOST? 3
I THINK IT IS INCREASING 3
PERHAPS IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT 3
PUBLICLY VISIBLE. 3
THE ONLY CASH BUYER THAT THE 3
REGIME HAS TO GENERATE CASH FOR 3
OIL IS INDIA. 3
WE REACHED OUT TO THE EMBASSY 3
AND SPOKE TO LEADERS. 3
LATE LAST WEEK A COMPANY 3
ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE NOT 3
PURCHASING ANY MORE OIL UNTIL 3
SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED. 3
THEY BASICALLY LOST THEIR ONLY 3
CASH BUYER. 3
THE OIL THEY GIVE RUSSIA, CHINA 3
AND CUBA IS THE PAY OFF DEBT. 3
THE OIL THEY GIVE CUBA IS IN 3
CHANGE -- EXCHANGE FOR TACTICS 3
FOR THE CUBANS TO PROVIDE THEM 3
WITH THINGS. 3
THOSE SANCTIONS IMPOSE IN 3
JANUARY HAD A 30-60 DAY GRACE 3
PERIOD. 3
THE REGIME IS RUNNING OUT OF 3
HARD CURRENCY THAT THEY USE TO 3
PURCHASE THE LOYALTY OF THOSE 3
WHO HOLD MADURO IN PLACE, THE 3
IMPACT IS ONLY BEGINNING TO 3
BITE. 3
THERE IS AN ARGUMENT MADE 3
THAT SAYS WHY THE US EMBRACING 3
SO STRONGLY IT WEAKENS BECAUSE 3
IT CAN BE SEEN AS A PUPPET OF 3
THE UNITED STATES, WHICH CAN 3
STRENGTHEN HIS HAND INSIDE OF 3
VENEZUELA. 3
IT SEEMS THERE IS A STRONG 3
ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND IT 3
IS NOT TRUE. 3
THAT IS THE ARGUMENT THE MADURO 3
REGIME PEOPLE USE, BUT IT IS 3
NOT TRUE. 3
HIS JOB IS TO ASSUME THE 3
PRESIDENCY IN A VACANCY IN 3
TRANSITION THE COUNTRY TO A 3
FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. 3
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPORTING. 3
HIM AND THE CONSTITUTION OF 3
VENEZUELA AND THE PEOPLE DESIRE 3
TO TRANSITION PEACEFULLY. 3
YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR 3
SOME OF THE TWEETING YOU HAVE 3
DONE ON THE ISSUE OF VENEZUELA. 3
PEOPLE BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN 3
RETWEETING UNVERIFIED 3
INFORMATION, FOR INSTANCE THE 3
ISSUE IN REGARD TO THE MOLOTOV 3
COCKTAIL THAT EARNED A SUPPLY 3
TRUCK TRYING TO GET IN 3
VENEZUELA. 3
THE NEW YORK TIMES BELIEVED IT 3
WAS NOT THE MADURO REGIME THAT 3
SET THE FIRE BUT IN COCKTAIL 3
THROWN BY PROTESTERS. 3
DOES IT CONCERN YOU AT ALL WHAT 3
YOU RETWEETING? 3
I DO NOT RETWEET THINGS THAT 3
ARE NOT VERIFIED. 3
THE NEW YORK TIMES DOES NOT 3
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING 3
ABOUT. 3
I RELIED ON THE COLOMBIAN 3
GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE WHO 3
WERE THERE. 3
THE NEW YORK TIMES IS WATCHING 3
A VIDEO, 30 SECONDS OF A MUCH 3
LONGER VIDEO. 3
BY THE WAY THEY DID NOT SAY 3
THAT THEY KNEW. 3
THEY SAID IT WAS INDICATIONS 3
THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN. 3
THE OTHER WAS AN INDIA PDF -- 3
AND DEPENDENT MEDIA OUTLET. 3
PEOPLE CAN WRITE WHATEVER THEY 3
WANT. 3
I AM NOT INTO THE WHOLE ATTACK 3
THE MEDIA THING. 3
MADURO SAID THE US KNOCKED OUT 3
ELECTRICITY BY SENDING DRONES 3
THAT CONDUCTED AN 3
ELECTROMAGNETIC ATTACK. 3
THAT IS CRAZY. 3
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, 3
SHOULD WE STOP MOVING THE 3
CLOCK? 3
I WAS AHEAD OF MY TIME LAST 3
YEAR, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO 3
CONTINUE TO MOVE BACK AND 3
FORTH. 3
I DON'T PERSONALLY CARE WHICH 3
ONE IT IS, BUT THE MOVING BACK 3
AND FORTH MAKES NO SENSE. 3
IT NEVER REALLY DID. 3
UNLESS YOU ARE FARMERS. 3
THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR 3
THIS. 3
IT IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT 3
ISSUE CONFRONTING THE REPUBLIC, 3
THE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS IT. 3
WE HAVE GOOD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT 3
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 3
THEN MOVED TO DO AWAY WITH 3
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, YOU 3
SPOKE ABOUT THIS RECENTLY, SOME 3
DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING ABOUT 3
GETTING RID OF IT, IT IS NOT 3
GOING TO HAPPEN. 3
AND IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. 3
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE REQUIRES 3
SOMEONE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT 3
TO CAMPAIGN ACROSS VARIOUS 3
HEARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 3
OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE 3
SECTIONALISM. 3
FRANKLY THEIR INTEREST WHERE 3
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, 3
BUT A LOT OF THE FOOD THAT WE 3
EAT IS GROWN THERE. 3
THOSE INTEREST IN TERMS OF THE 3
VARIETY. JUST BECAUSE A PLACE 3
DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE 3
DOES NOT MEAN THAT WHAT HAPPENS 3
IN THAT STATE IS NOT IMPORTANT 3
TO OUR COUNTRY. 3
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, DOES 3
IT FEEL INHERENTLY WRONG THAT 3
YOU COULD WIN A MAJORITY OF THE 3
VOTE AND STILL LOSE? 3
THAT IS RARE. 3
IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE. 3
BEFORE THAT IT HAPPENED THREE 3
OR FOUR TIMES IN THE PREVIOUS 3
CENTURY. 3
IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS HAPPENING 3
EVERY OTHER ELECTION. 3
IT IS POSSIBLE, IT IS NOT 3
COMMON. 3
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2000 AND AGAIN 3
IN 2016, IN BETWEEN WE HAD 3
MULTIPLE ELECTIONS IN WHICH 3
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. 3
YOU HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT. 3
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS 3
LIKE. 3
AS YOU WATCH THE FIELD THOUGH 3
WHEN YOU SMILE TO YOURSELF AND 3
SAY I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE? 3
IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND IT 3
CAN BE VERY REWARDING. 3
I THINK THE MOST DRAMATIC THING 3
TO WATCH IS SOMEONE OUT THERE 3
IN THE PUBLIC EYE FOR YEARS. 3
THEY LAUNCH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 3
THERE ARE STORIES ABOUT ALL OF 3
THE TERRIBLE THINGS THEY HAVE 3
EVER DONE. 3
PEOPLE THINK THIS IS GREAT 3
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING. 3
SOMETIMES IT IS, A LOT OF THE 3
TIMES IT IS ANOTHER CAMPAIGN 3
WHO IS PACKAGE THIS. 3