February 15, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steve Southerland, II applauded the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC)’s proposed 44-day recreational red snapper season for 2013. The proposed 2013 snapper season for Gulf of Mexico state waters would run from June 1st through July 14th, a window that better reflects the economic challenges facing Florida’s anglers than the proposed 27-day federal season. “As the federal red snapper season has progressively gotten s... Read More

February 12, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steve Southerland, II issued the following statement this evening in response to the President’s State of the Union Address: “The President’s address tonight was less a blueprint for his next year in office than it was an indictment of his last four. President Obama preached a message of fiscal accountability and giving rise to a strengthened middle class, but his administration has done more to increase wasteful spending, ... Read More

February 6, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Steve Southerland, II applauded the announcement this week of a tentative agreement between the United States and Mexico to ensure an equitable and transparent tomato market in accordance with U.S. law. The agreement, which suspends terms of a 1996 investigation agreement while preventing price undercutting in the U.S. tomato market, represents an important first step in lifting the harmful economic impact of Mexican tomato “dumping” on Florida... Read More

February 6, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steve Southerland, II issued the following statement today following his vote for the House-approved Require a PLAN Act, which would require the President to either produce a balanced budget or lay out a timeline for when his fiscal blueprint would balance: “Some of those in Washington who have tried to convince us that expecting a balanced budget in the near future is unreasonable are the same people who are now telling us that even o... Read More