Bill Nelson actually said...

"Madam Chairman, realistically, what year are we going to have NextGen ready to go, so that is how we are operating our flights?"

"Mr. Whitaker, tell us about the progress that you can make with the extra funding that the administration has requested."

"So, the first funding was in 2009. We have been talking about this at least for a decade."

"I think that one of the keys to successfully completing NextGen is to have predictability in the funding stream."