Bill Nelson

The time of 'mutual assured destruction' is over.

Does it seem to the Senator--Mr. President, if I may continue a question--does it seem to the Senator there is something eerily symmetrical here in the way there is always the cry that it is being rushed through the Senate Chamber? Did we…

Would the Senator believe the latest iteration of objection by the other side to this Wall Street reform effort is what I heard this morning: that they now say this legislation should not be rushed through the Senate? My question to the…

At a time when the investment in news gathering and reporting is declining, we need to 'first do no further harm' to the diversity of independent media voices.

And if we can ever get it sufficiently secure, we could also have our military, even in the field, be able to vote while they are overseas on assignment.

In my home State of Florida, extending broadband pipes to citizens is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would ask that my statement be entered in the record as an opening statement.

I rise today in support of two amendments, S.A. 3574 and S.A. 3575, offered by the junior senator from Florida. I am concerned the student loan reforms in the bill will lead to a substantial loss of jobs in my State. That is why I recently…

What is not pointed out enough, it seems to me, is that the exact same thing happened at the time of START I.

Their unilateral statement is not binding on us, it is not part of the treaty.

U.S. missile defense systems would be deployed to defend the United States against limited missile launches and to defend its deployed forces, allies, and partners against regional threats.

Southern Command and Africa Command is just a great example, where all the agencies of government are coming together to address a particular problem.

I think the way in which AFRICOM could probably bring military assets to bear are in maritime domain awareness.

I think Africa Command in its uniquely interagency composition is in a posture to contribute to countering that effort.

General Ham, we have a problem of drugs going into West Africa and then it just goes right on up to Europe.

I think it's important that we sustain the legs that we have today.

Each leg of the triad has advantages that warrant retaining all three legs.

I would encourage you to, as one of your first things that you do, which I encouraged General Chilton to do the same thing, and I think he would reaffirm that this is good advice: Go visit the three national labs.

I'm very concerned that Hugo Chavez is going to play by the same playbook as Ahmadinejad.

There is a connection between Venezuela and Iran.

The military means a lot to Florida, and Floridians love the military.

I am also deeply concerned that this proposal will only widen the 'gap' in our manned space flight capability.

You could do unmanned in 3 years and then be ready to fly humans to the Space Station in 4 years.

I have serious concerns and grave misgivings about the proposal to rely strictly on commercial providers for U.S. manned space flight.

I think it's that important to the country that we ought to all work together to come up with solutions.