I will continue to fight for the local infrastructure that is crucial for Florida’s 21st district.
I'll continue to fight for the local infrastructure crucial for Florida's 21st District, including clean water, reliable roads, and environmental stewardship.
Occurrences
To put the power back in the hands of Floridians, I cosponsored the “Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026,” to bring permitting authority back to our communities—because Florida knows Florida’s waters best.
By allowing the lake to temporarily lower at the beginning of wet season, we can reduce the need for harmful discharges, benefit the ecology of the lake, send more water to the Everglades, prevent flooding around the lake and protect drinking water for everybody.
To put the power back in the hands of Floridians, I cosponsored the “Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026,” to bring permitting authority back to our communities—because Florida knows Florida’s waters best.
we advanced legislation that extends funding for our estuary and coastline restoration efforts through 2031. With set guardrails to ensure we see results, it’s one more step forward in our fight for clean water that I’m proud to support.
From management to whether they're delivering measurable results, this is something I've long pushed for across all of our water restoration efforts.
I look forward to seeing this legislation move to the Senate for a vote.
To put the power back in the hands of Floridians, I cosponsored the “Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026,” to bring permitting authority back to our communities—because Florida knows Florida’s waters best.
we are going to send the water south, where it belongs.
I’ll continue to advocate for expedited timelines—specifically when it comes to the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir, which is now slated to be complete by 2029. In 2026, I’m not giving up the fight to stop the discharges and send the water south!
Locally, we need to resolve the water issues stemming from Lake Okeechobee. The waters surrounding our community are absolutely essential to sustaining and improving the quality-of-life on the Treasure Coast and in Palm Beach. Cleaning our water and improving the infrastructure in our area is one of, if not the most, important steps that we can take to improve our local economy.
We haven't had a lost summer in almost eight years because we fight 24/7, 365 days a year to clean up our waterways. But the conditions that caused it still exist in Lake Okeechobee. We can never stop fighting to send the water south.
"The problems facing the Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie, Caloosahatchee and Lake Worth Lagoon is a reminder of the importance of these critical habitats. Our work to protect and restore our waterways and environment is not over, the public health and our economies depend on it."
Evidence
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Infrastructure impacts every part of our community, and during National Infrastructure Week I’m highlighting some of our communities’ most urgent needs—clean water, reliable roads, and environmental stewardship. As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I have the opportunity every two years to fight for the projects that our community and environment depend on. This year, as we draft, and pass, this year’s biennial Water Resources Development Act, I will continue to fight for the local infrastructure that is crucial for Florida’s 21st district. Later this week, we’ll consider the “BUILD America 250 Act,” the piece of legislation that invests in America’s highways, interstates, and mass transit programs.
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Vote Question: On Passage. Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act. Status: Passed. In the vote table, Mast is recorded as Yea.
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Roll 97 | 24-Mar | H R 6422 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | P | American Water Stewardship Act.
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The current homepage surfaces environment- and water-focused items, including 'Ending the discharges & restoring the Everglades,' where Mast says he joined the Everglades Foundation's annual advocacy meeting and reiterated a commitment to send water south, plus a video titled 'Rep. Mast Testifies On Need For Robust Funding To Fix Treasure Coast Water Quality Issues.'
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Mast says that during National Infrastructure Week he is highlighting urgent district needs including clean water, reliable roads, and environmental stewardship, and that as a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member he will continue to fight for the local infrastructure crucial for Florida's 21st District; he also ties that work to WRDA and the BUILD America 250 Act.
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Mast's official House post says USDOT announced a $78.9 million grant to the City of Stuart to replace the century-old St. Lucie River railroad bridge with a new double-track structure, increasing clearances and reducing bridge openings, downtown backups, and blocked crossings. The post says replacing the bridge was long overdue and that the funding gets it done.
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The House Rules Committee page for H.R. 9022 lists Amendment No. 140 by Wasserman Schultz and Mast, described as restoring the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration account within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction account to FY2026 levels of $461 million.
Assessments
The promise was broad and effort-oriented: to continue fighting for FL-21 infrastructure, including clean water, reliable roads, and environmental stewardship. The evidence shows same-term advocacy on the exact themes, committee activity tied to WRDA and transportation funding, a yes vote on infrastructure legislation, House passage of water-stewardship legislation, Mast-linked ecosystem restoration appropriations work, and a concrete $78.9 million federal grant for the St. Lucie River railroad bridge in the district. Because the claim did not require completion of every project and there is evidence of both material effort and at least one concrete local infrastructure funding result during his continuing federal term, this is best scored as delivered.
The promise was framed as an ongoing commitment to fight for district infrastructure priorities, not as a pledge to complete specific projects. The evidence shows Brian Mast continued same-term advocacy on the exact promised themes of clean water, reliable roads, and environmental stewardship through official statements, committee-related work, public testimony on water-quality funding, and pro-infrastructure votes. Because the claim is about sustained effort and follow-through rather than a completed construction outcome, this record is enough to count as delivered in the same term.
Mast made same-term efforts aligned with the promise: he publicly advocated for Florida 21st District infrastructure priorities, tied that work to WRDA and transportation legislation, and voted for House-passed infrastructure and water stewardship measures. However, the evidence shows advocacy and House-level legislative action rather than completed local clean water, road, or environmental infrastructure outcomes attributable to him. Because the promise was framed as continuing to fight, these actions merit partial credit, but not full delivery.