SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Members of the Florida congressional delegation are opposing the Trump administration’s plans to resume oil drilling in the Gulf near the Florida shoreline.

“For Floridians, this is simple: no drilling off our beaches,” U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said is a statement released Thursday.

The Trump administration announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production.

“As we learned from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the consequences of an offshore oil spill are devastating for our environment, economy and coastal communities. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s new draft prop

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