[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. CRIST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CRIST. Mr. Speaker, Friday marks the eighth anniversary of the 
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
  I was Governor of Florida at the time. I remember the tar balls. I 
remember them coming up on our beautiful beaches--as the ambassador 
does; marine life covered in toxic sludge; the harm done to Florida's 
tourism and fisheries industries; and, of course, the tragic loss of 
life aboard the Deepwater Horizon itself.
  Mr. Speaker, I haven't forgotten it. Florida has not forgotten it. We 
must never have drilling off the Florida coast. We should take that 
argument off the table.

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