DOVER, Fla. – In case you missed it, yesterday, Senator Rick Scott hosted a roundtable in Dover to discuss issues facing Florida's agriculture industry, his priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill and the urgent need for Congress to pass his Federal Disaster Responsibility Act and deliver federal disaster aid following major Hurricanes Ian and Idalia. Senator John Boozman, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and Florida farmers joined Senator Scott for the discussion at Parkesdale Farm.

For nearly a year, Senator Scott has been fighting to deliver resources to Florida’s growers and ranchers by getting his bipartisan Block Grant Assistance Act to President Biden’s desk. This urgently needed legislation provides authority for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue block grants to Florida’s growers and all U.S. agriculture producers devastated by recent natural disasters. Following the devastating landfall of major Category 3 Hurricane Idalia, Senator Scott introduced his Federal Disaster Responsibility Act, which includes the Block Grant Assistance Act, to fully fund FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund and deliver support to America’s growers and ranchers.

Watch more HERE or in the video from 10 Tampa Bay below:

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