Bill Nelson

Secretary Rumsfeld, current and future operations in the global war on terrorism are increasingly requiring mobilization of large numbers of Reserve component forces.

Secretary Rumsfeld, forces in Afghanistan continue to conduct dangerous combat operations.

U.S. combat operations will continue to focus on targeting and destroying the remnants of terrorist forces in Afghanistan.

The President's budget includes a significant increase in funding for Special Operations Forces (SOFs).

Are U.S. operations being hampered by the 'safe haven' in the ungoverned areas of western Pakistan?

Any invasion of Iraq will likely require a large number of U.S. troops to serve in an occupation/stabilization force after the fighting stops.

Well, bless you. Mr. Chairman, I would just conclude by saying two names, Scott Speicher, let's not forget him.

If they know they are there for 6 months, they're ready and they're pumped.

Say that we're going to deploy while we are still in the testing phase.

Thank you for trying to get your arms around this problem and steering us in a direction that best protects our country.

I would love to have your opinion on the two procedures compared to each other.

This is the African famine starvation relief amendment. Nearly two decades ago in Africa, my wife Grace held an almost lifeless, starving child in her arms, and that changed my wife's life forever. For two decades she has been at the…

The Senator is correct. If the President did not designate the situation in Africa as an emergency, the President would not be required to provide these funds and it would not affect the top line.

I'd next note that--the 95-to-nothing vote by the Senate saying, 'This isn't right for the U.S.,' and then go forward from there.

You know, the United States has a PR problem abroad, with other countries, because they don't think we're serious about doing something about climate change.

There is real evidence of global change, and that it is seen to be likely that there are significant human effects

Global warming will have as much effect on my State as any with the vast coastline

He said that the U.S. was ten years away from a definitive answer on the causes of climate change

I would defer to you, Mr. Chairman.

What's going to be their contribution to your overall efforts at measuring climate change?

I come to the floor not to speak on the Shedd nomination...the Framers of the Constitution had: . . .

We remember the very sad story of that lady. Her life savings was in the pension plan of the company, $750,000, and because they would not let her get into that retirement account to sell it--while, by the way, the corporate executives…

Two-thirds of that projected surplus vanished primarily because of the overeager, rosy, incorrect economic projections of a budget surplus, plus absorbing so much more of the existing surplus from a tax cut that exceeded that balanced…

I remain convinced that the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq poses a clear and increasing danger to the national security interests of the United States. We must disarm its arsenal of chemical and biological weapons. We must halt the…

I am surprised that the Bush administration is sticking by its proposal to allow workers to divert some of their Social Security into private accounts of the stock market instead of there being a defined benefit that would give the Social…