Bill Nelson actually said...

"Earlier, Dr. Spinrad, you were talking about the importance of measuring the winds at the surface of the ocean as a means of trying to predict the direction and intensity of hurricanes."

"A decade ago, European insurance companies were getting more interested in the effects upon their economic activities more so than were American insurance companies."

"To what degree do the insurance companies and reinsurance companies use the public model to determine loss and therefore to determine what the premiums are?"

"I recall a huge part of economic loss that we've gotten better at preventing is by having FEMA ready..."