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.
Buchanan joined a Florida delegation letter urging President Trump to keep Florida’s coasts protected from offshore oil and gas drilling and to maintain the existing moratorium through 2032. The release says the delegation opposed expanding offshore drilling and tied the issue to Florida’s economy, environment, and military readiness.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 2673, the Florida Coastal Protection Act, was introduced in the House on April 7, 2025, with Buchanan listed as a cosponsor. The bill would prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in specified offshore Florida areas, and its latest action is referral to the House Committee on Natural Resources with the bill still in Introduced status.
Buchanan said he joined a bipartisan Florida delegation letter urging President Trump to keep Florida’s coasts protected from offshore oil and gas drilling and leasing through 2032.
Assessments
Buchanan did continue active efforts to protect Florida's coastline from offshore oil drilling and leasing during the term, including cosponsoring the Florida Coastal Protection Act in 2023 and 2025 and joining a bipartisan letter urging preservation of the moratorium through 2032. The claim is about continued advocacy rather than a specific enacted policy result, so his documented legislative and public-facing actions satisfy it.
Buchanan took repeated, concrete federal actions aligned with the promise, including joining delegation letters urging protection of Florida’s coast from offshore drilling and cosponsoring the Florida Coastal Protection Act to block offshore oil and gas activity. The promise was to keep fighting, and the evidence shows active same-term advocacy and legislative support, even though the broader policy result depended on other actors.
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.