Bill Nelson

Is it a combination of molecules?

By the way, I was the first and only lawyer to go into space, and NASA has still not publicized that fact.

And so the best practices that you think that other states ought to consider would be a lot of this bringing together of private partner--public partnerships?

This is really exciting.

I strongly believe that advances in nanotechnology will continue to play a critical part on the world economic stage.

As competition for leadership in nanotechnology has intensified with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the EU all matching U.S. investments in nanotechnology research, we must align nanotechnology R&D stakeholders and use our Federal…

What's an example of a diagnostic tool?

There's a company from Rice that is doing exactly that right now. It has huge implications for our energy security.

And so that kind of competitive advantage is something that I think the CNST was able to provide.

The President's proposed signature initiatives in solar energy, nanomanufacturing and nanoelectronics should not become bi-coastal research and commercialization consortia.

Senator Boozman and I are quite honored to have the senior leadership of the full Commerce Committee here with us.

So that can actually go into the emergency room or in places where you can see--when someone has a stroke.

And to do that cheaply, and it saves a lot of electricity.

To achieve such goals, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) should be reauthorized to help guide the translation of basic research to commercial practice.

Good morning. We are really looking forward to this hearing.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:47 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at 9:30 a.m…

There will be up to two rollcall votes at approximately 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. The first vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1323, the sense-of-the- Senate bill on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit. If cloture…

I am afraid we are going to fritter away this opportunity to get tax reform done in this debt ceiling.

I know Senator Nelson, for example, has worked very hard on securing funding as part of this for better data.

There is no doubt that Florida deserves and must receive their fair share of this recovery money.

I want to thank the Senator again. We stood shoulder to shoulder and we were able to get these two additional flights, which the Senator from Texas just chronicled, that no sooner had Mark Kelly and his crew put the alpha magnetic…

While the Senator from Texas is still on the floor, I just want to say how, personally, this Senator is going to miss her after the calendar year 2012, since she is retiring from the Senate. I say that with the utmost respect and affection…

We urge these committees to encourage joint VA-DOD efforts, but ask you to exercise close oversight to ensure such arrangements are implemented properly.

It's high time we act.

The Navy of continuing to mischaracterize a 2009 report by the National Academy of the Sciences' National Research Council.