Washington, Dec. 5 -- Congressman Vern Buchanan issued the following press release:

Yesterday, Congressman Vern Buchanan, co-chair of the bipartisan 30-member Florida congressional delegation, joined Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) in leading a bipartisan letter (https://buchanan.house.gov/index.cfm?a=files.serve&File_id=03A86200-F315-4B4D-A1B3-C18ADA5D8FF6) from the entire Florida delegation urging President Trump to uphold his 2020 moratorium protecting Florida's coastlines from offshore oil and gas drilling.

"President Trump made the right call in 2020 when he protected Florida from offshore drilling, and we're asking him to keep those safeguards in place," said Buchanan. "Florida's coastline is essential to our ...