Bill Nelson

The most significant strategic advantage offered by the development of an additional east coast nuclear-powered aircraft carrier homeport is a hedge against a catastrophic event.

I would ask, in addition, I already requested that the chart be entered as well as the two photographs in the record...

What weight would you share with the committee that you would give to the professional military judgments of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the CNO, Admirals Mullen and Roughead?

Neither the Navy nor the Nation nor its citizens can wait for a catastrophic event to occur before recognizing the potential impacts of such an event.

I would ask you, as the new Secretary of the Navy, if you would go and speak to your superiors...

If you are confirmed to be the Under Secretary for Policy, will you ensure that the Missile Defense Agency and the ballistic missile defense programs of the Department are subject to thorough policy oversight?

In 2007, I sent letters regarding sexual assault to the Secretaries of Defense and State and the Attorney General.

The principle of strategic dispersal is decades old.

The Navy should have two carrier-capable homeports on each coast.

Full funding of BRAC 2005 is imperative because the Services must build infrastructure to support the mandated force movements.

I wrote to Secretary of Defense Gates, requesting that he launch an investigation by the Defense Department's Inspector General.

I would like to work with DOD to devise a plan to eliminate the offset over time; it is the least we can do for the widows, widowers, and orphans of our servicemembers.

Untold numbers of sexual assaults have been committed in Iraq and Afghanistan by executive branch contractors and employees.

We can correct that, and the President-elect has stated so during the campaign.

We are going to have to buy rides from the Russians.

Do not make it a political document; make it a budget document on how we are going to have sanity and common sense in the budgetary and appropriations process and entitlement process of the U.S. Government.

I think in this era of freshness and transparency that the new administration would want to come forth with detail instead of this mumbo-jumbo that is going on.

This is part of the new breath of fresh air that I am talking about and the transparency that is needed.

Well, isn't the President-elect supposed to make a statement today offering details?

We face the prospect of very significant deficits.

The Bush administration starved NASA of the funds.

I hope you will take--and I can tell you I speak for a number of Senators, because we have discussed this.

The Federal Government under the Bush administration has not come up with its appropriate share, and we have got to correct that.

What a great opportunity for the Obama administration.

This is a great opportunity for the country of Iran to crack the door.