Bill Nelson actually said...

"I told him that my present to him, my going-away present to Senator Baucus was going to be a surgical mask for him to wear in Beijing."

"If we fail to act we will be faced with the astronomical cost to recover from our inaction..."

"And so are you all going to have to spend all kinds of money to help protect Las Olas?"

"So, ergo, does that mean that the cost of insuring against wind damage becomes greater?"