will continue to advocate for more funding to protect our water supply
Continue advocating for more funding to protect water supply and Everglades restoration.
Occurrences
A letter urging Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to reverse proposed cuts to the NOAA and National Weather Service workforce that threaten hurricane preparedness and response in Florida and across the country.
Evidence
The House Appropriations Committee report for FY2026 states: “Everglades Restoration.--The Committee notes the substantial progress made toward restoration of the Everglades ecosystem and continues to support this multi-year effort.”
The Congressional Record lists Frankel-requested FY2026 funding items including “City of West Palm Beach Dreher Park Water Quality and Habitat Restoration” ($1,000,000) and “City of Delray Beach Palm Beach County, Critical Infrastructure Improvements” ($1,450,000).
Frankel’s FY26 CPF page includes water-related requests such as the “West Palm Beach Dreher Park Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Initiative,” alongside other infrastructure and environmental projects.
Frankel’s issue page says she has “helped secure billions in federal funding for Everglades restoration projects to revitalize this ecosystem and improve water supply for over nine million Floridians.”
Frankel’s office said she co-led introduction of the “No Cages in the Everglades Act,” calling the Everglades “a vital economic engine.”
Assessments
The promise was to continue advocating for more funding for water supply protection and Everglades restoration. The evidence shows Frankel did continue that advocacy in her current term: she submitted FY2026 community project funding requests for water-quality and habitat-restoration projects, and the Congressional Record reflects her requested appropriations items. There is also broader committee-level evidence that Congress continued supporting Everglades restoration funding in FY2026. However, the record here does not clearly show that Frankel herself secured a specific new enacted funding increase attributable to this promise within the review window; much of the evidence is about requests, advocacy, or general continued federal support rather than a confirmed delivered outcome directly tied to her. Because the promise is framed as advocacy rather than a guaranteed appropriation, her concrete ongoing appropriations efforts merit credit, but the available evidence is not strong enough for full delivery.