Florida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis, said they oppose a Trump administration plan that could allow new oil and gas drilling in waters off the state’s Gulf Coast.

The reactions came in response to an Interior Department proposal published on Thursday that contemplates future oil leasing in the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, an area used extensively for military testing and training.

The region was withdrawn from consideration for energy development by Congress nearly two decades ago, and President Donald Trump, a Republican, extended that moratorium in 2020 during his first administration at the behest of Florida officials.

“Our Administration supports the 2020 Presidential Memorandum and urges the Department of Interior to reconsider and to conform to the 2020 T

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