Bill Nelson actually said...

"the deaths of 11 people just in Florida from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of generators."

"Morale is at an all-time low and these dedicated public servants are exhausted. The president's hiring freeze only further compounded the vacancies."

"The devastation to Florida's infrastructure after hurricanes is one of the reasons I authored the original legislation creating the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act."

"Mr. Chairman, I want to enter into the record something that would help us, a statement from 'The Washington Post,' a piece on shrinking the National Weather Service staff, and how that is inimical to..."