Florida congressional Republicans tell Trump to keep oil drilling off state’s coasts

December 8, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling for the first time in decades off the state’s coast.

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