Rep. Cammack Joins Sen. Rubio, Florida Delegation In Bipartisan Letter Urging Commerce Dept. To Declare Disaster In Response To Hurricane Ian

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack joined Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott and members of the Florida congressional delegation in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in support of the State of Florida’s request to declare a federal fishery resource disaster. This would provide assistance to fishing and seafood businesses that have been disrupted and/or destroyed by the storm.

Florida’s iconic fisheries are foundational to the economy and way of life in many of the communities that have been devastated by Hurricane Ian. A timely and robust response by the Department of Commerce through the declaration of a fishery disaster in support of Florida’s fishing industries is required to help these communities recover.

Original signees of the letter include U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (FL) and Rick Scott (FL), and U.S. Representatives Kat Cammack (FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Carlos Giménez (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Greg Steube (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), and Vern Buchanan (R-FL).

The full text of the letter may be found here.