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Rep. Greene Introduces Bill to Rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

Trump could unilaterally rename the body of water, but other countries might not recognize the new name.
Rep. Greene Introduces Bill to Rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America
Aerial view of the Centenario exploration oil rig, operated by Mexican company "Grupo R" and working for Mexico's state-owned oil company PEMEX, in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 30, 2013. Omar Torres/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a bill on Jan. 9 to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America after President-elect Donald Trump suggested the name change earlier in the week.

The bill, called the Gulf of America Act, states, “Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘Gulf of America.’”
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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