I’ll continue fighting to protect Florida’s coastline for future generations.
Continue fighting to protect Florida's coastline from offshore oil drilling and offshore leasing.
Occurrences
Evidence
The bill text says Rep. Castor introduced H.R. 2673 on April 7, 2025, with Rep. Buchanan listed among the members who joined the bill. The measure would prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in specified offshore areas off Florida.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 1443 was introduced on March 8, 2023, with Buchanan listed as a cosponsor. The bill sought to prohibit offshore oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in Florida-adjacent waters.
Buchanan said he joined a bipartisan Florida delegation letter asking President Trump to uphold the 2020 moratorium protecting Florida’s coastline from offshore oil and gas drilling and to keep those safeguards in place through 2032.
The presidential memorandum withdrew the South Atlantic and Straits of Florida planning areas, and the Gulf areas covered by the statute, from leasing disposition for 10 years beginning July 1, 2022.
Assessments
The promise was framed as an ongoing effort to keep opposing offshore drilling and leasing near Florida, not as a guarantee that a permanent statutory ban would be enacted. Buchanan took multiple same-term actions consistent with that promise, including cosponsoring Florida coastal protection legislation in 2023 and 2025 and joining a delegation letter urging continuation of the moratorium through 2032. Because the promised conduct was to continue fighting and the evidence shows concrete legislative and advocacy actions, the promise is best scored as delivered.