Bill Nelson

NASA appreciates all the hard work and effort that has gone into enacting this legislation.

The bipartisan NASA Authorization Act of 2010 codifies our shared vision.

Let's put the consumer first.

I am a big fan of the rental companies.

I want to thank you for having this hearing.

What Graves does, really--it's a good idea for the rental companies.

To be able to recover from the damage that they have caused leaves, folks like Mr. Ruby under the present law, without recourse.

The Republican Governor of Florida, Governor Bush, with a Republican legislature, took on tort reform and wanted to put caps on things.

It's important that we take action to prevent accidents.

I would urge that you consider States' rights, in the State lawmaking body and its Governor, to know what should apply best to the unique circumstances of that State.

But, along comes the Graves Amendment, and it wipes out States' rights.

I also wish to share some observations of a recent visit I made to another troubled part of the world. In Colombia, I witnessed a country transformed. I went there with our four-star commander, General Fraser of the U.S. Southern Command…

I would just say in conclusion that one of the things I learned when I sat at the knee of Tip O'Neill was that he and President Reagan would fight like the dickens, but they would walk out the door at the end of the day as personal friends.

I think what Senator Nelson said about us needing bipartisanship at this time, because this debt crisis that we have...

Can you imagine President Obama and Senator McConnell and Leader Boehner coming forward after this election and embracing a report of the deficit Commission that would be passed, has to be passed by 14 of the 18 members?

Along with Senator Chuck Schumer, I have introduced legislation, S. 3264, to address the abuses.

And the market would give us some idea of what the market thinks about interest rates.

What is extremely important right now is the two of you and your deliberations in this deficit reduction commission.

Thank you for this testimony this morning.

So it must not have been CBO who made the estimate that the $30 billion lending facility would produce $300 billion of loans to small business.

And a corollary to that, I just recently had a major car dealer get in touch of me...

For the record, I want you to tell us, how are we going to right our deficit situation without stabilizing the housing market?

I do not think that a lot of people in America realize that tax dollars, their tax dollars, are actually being used to pay oil companies to drill in deepwater.

Do your projections square with the projections of the Federal Reserve?

Dr. Elmendorf, would you explain the phenomenon of the fact that the U.S. Government is borrowing more and more money, albeit the Federal Reserve is trying to hold down the rates, and why those rates projected well into the future…