Bill Nelson

All those hundreds and thousands of dead fish due to the red tide and algae bloom decided not to go alone. They've taken all my business along with them.

Let's get the House off the dime to pass exactly what you said, Mr. Chairman.

We applaud the Committee's willingness to take on this important issue, and ask Congress to provide assistance to our state agencies and local governments in their clean-up and recovery efforts.

I joined my colleague, Senator Rubio, in filing a bill to require a coordinated scientific strategy to address the toxic algae in Florida.

We want to secure funding for research on the algae blooms and the projects to restore things like the River of Grass.

Florida is facing an environmental and economic harm, where toxic algae is coating--it's coating both coasts.

It's time for our Federal and state policy makers to work with the sugar industry to create the necessary land access that can support the water management system that will end these perennial disasters.

We write to lend our strong support for this year's Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA) package, S. 2800, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

The loss of two space shuttles...was because the management was not listening to the engineers.

You're going to be in a position to do something about the fact that this Committee has taken a very strong position with regard to protection of passengers.

you can't say it any better than how the Senator from Rhode Island has said it. He is a West Point graduate, was a company commander, was the executive officer of a brigade--he just told us, the 82nd Airborne. He has seen what has happened…

On a personal note, Dr. Droegemeier, your work on extreme weather is, of course, very important to the country.

I appreciate your many years of public service, including your service in the military, and we look forward to working with you.

The Administrator is my boss and he has the vision and the voice of NASA.

There's certainly no question, Doctor, as to your qualifications.

If confirmed, I would certainly urge upon you to seek out the counsel of career NASA professionals, such as Bill Gerstenmeier and also Bob Cabana.

Since we're in hurricane season, you've worked with us in the past to improve the public's response to hurricane warnings.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Early Voting in Florida

folks are voting today in Florida. As a matter of fact, they have been voting for some weeks since Florida started voting by mail, which started a couple of weeks ago. They are voting in early voting--a period of time of up to 2 weeks…

I am here to call on the Senate leadership to bring up the Water Resources Development Act, or the WRDA bill. It needs to come up soon for consideration because right now, in Florida, we are facing a massive environmental and economic…

You've been busy gutting a program designed to help low-income Americans afford phone and internet services.

You've been busy paving the way for unprecedented broadcast consolidation.

Thank you, Chairman Pai, for the commitment to the Chairman of getting broadband done for the underserved areas.

You've been busy proposing to eliminate rules to make quality educational content for kids readily available on free over-the-air television.

We should understand what went wrong, what went right, and how we can prevent it from happening again.