Left: Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, talk with reporters about the continuing resolution bill outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024; Right: President-elect Donald Trump arrives New Year's Eve at his Mar-A-Lago Club on Dec. 31, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Left: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Right: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)
"The Gulf of Mexico shall be known as the 'Gulf of America,'" the text of the proposal reads in part, calling for federal documents and maps to be updated accordingly.
"Mexican cartels currently use the Gulf of Mexico to traffic humans, drugs, weapons, and God knows what else while the Mexican government allows them to do it," Greene said in a statement.
"The American people are footing the bill to protect and secure the maritime waterways for commerce to be conducted. Our U.S. armed forces protect the area from any military threats from foreign countries. It’s our gulf. The rightful name is the Gulf of America and it’s what the entire world should refer to it as," she asserted. "We already have the bill written with legislative council and ready to file first thing Thursday morning."
Other lawmakers also jumped on the "Gulf of America" bandwagon after Trump's announcement.
REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE TO VOTE FOR JOHNSON AFTER SEEKING TO OUST HIM FROM SPEAKERSHIP LAST YEAR
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during a Hispanic roundtable at the Beauty Society on Oct. 12, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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