Does the Tampa Bay-area delegation have an agenda?
We can do better. Mr. Young is outstanding. I have such great respect for him. He and I work very well together, and I think the world of him. Gus [Bilirakis} is doing well. We had one item on the Homeland Security bill, the conflict between the port credential here in Florida and the transportation worker credential at the federal level. I added an amendment that said the feds have to work with the state of Florida to resolve this conflict in the next couple of years. Gus and Ginny [Brown-Waite] are on the Homeland Security committee and came to the floor of the House to speak in favor of the amendment. That’s great, and [Sen. Bill] Nelson has added the Castor amendment on the Senate side, so it looks like it’ll pass. But we can do a lot better on a unified agenda. What is the top priority for the Florida delegation? The last meeting was on the farm bill. Ron Klein has initiated one on energy. Everglades funding. After the Walter Reed scandal, the House and Senate passed a Wounded War
