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Byron Donalds: “We don't want to damage our water in Florida.”

Featuring: Byron Donalds, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 19

Bald Eagles Ep.18 - Guest Congressman Byron Donalds, Running For Florida Governor

Published July 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 38:03

Nobody wants their power going, bills going up and nobody wants water damaged in Florida. And we can't damage our water. Let me back it up. It could be damaged. We don't want to damage our water in Florida. We don't have that. We don't have anything. And so we're going to make sure we protect water. Utility bills don't go up. (38:03–38:06)

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Asserts the importance of protecting water resources in Florida.

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“I moved here at 17 to go to college. I went to FAMU in Tallahassee for three years.”
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“I transferred to fsu, spent three years at fsu, graduated from fsu.”
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“I worked in finance. So my first job out of college...was I started as a bank teller in this community bank called tib bank of the Keys.”
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“I moved into credit. Started in credit analysis, ended up managing the department a year later.”
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“I went and worked in medical settlements and insurance. We had a $4 billion universal life pool that I managed.”
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“I went to work at Wells Fargo Advisors. I became securities License.”
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“When I got elected to Congress, I had to sell the book back to my firm because you can't be a fiduciary while you're in Congress.”
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“I've analyzed every type of business that exists. Everything from a mom and pop to, quite frankly, auto repair shops, strip mall…”
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“I chaired the insurance and Banking subcommittee.”
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“I've had to hire people, fire people in various industries.”
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“When I got there, it was probably about a billion dollars worth of [universal life insurance policies]. And when I left, there was about 4…”
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“Florida's really built a playbook around disaster recovery.”
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“As long as you don't go past [FEMA's 50 rule], your permit should be automatic.”
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“During Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers beach was obliterated, completely destroyed.”
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“We got a company to deliver a perishable truck [to a food pantry during Hurricane Ian].”
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“Lee Health was out of water [during Hurricane Ian].”
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“Your license plate, you essentially rent that from the state, so it's state property.”
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“The shooter that wanted to kill President Trump at the golf club over in Palm Beach, how they tracked him down that fast? These license…”
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“There was a deputy that was killed, I believe it was in Jacksonville. They tracked him down into North Carolina using license plate readers.”
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“We just did a reauthorization of FISA 702, the FISA program.”
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“What we said in the House version was anybody that abuses the system or uses the system intentionally outside of its purpose should be…”
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“Somebody willfully abused the system [702 surveillance].”
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“The scope is for police work. The scope is for apprehending criminals, tracking criminals.”
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“Your sheriff is a constitutional officer. So the sheriff's office largely sets parameters for this.”
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“You cannot build a hyperscaler if you don't meet those two criteria.”
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“The new designs on water are significantly more efficient than the first iterations that are in West Virginia, Northern Virginia and other…”
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“Palm Beach County just said no to [a data center project called Project Tango].”
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