Bill Nelson

Yes, sir. It is called the Wind Risk.

Were I still the insurance commissioner, I would try, Mr. Chairman, but I am not sure I would be successful.

I believe so. That question never came up because it was never a question of whether it was not to be covered.

Neither can we allow the insurance industry to use the September attacks as an excuse to shirk its rightful role and responsibilities.

What we ought to approach this challenge with is the question, how are we going to protect America's insurance consumers.

What troubles me is that certain Members of this Chamber, for either ideological reasons or for partisan reasons or for parochial reasons, would not recognize what the chairman of the Commerce Committee and the leadership is saying, how…

That we would have people hold up this legislation, cause us to have 30 hours of debate not on the bill but just on a motion to proceed to get to the bill. The big hangup is over federalizing the airline passenger screeners.

What a great privilege it is to recognize a public servant, Ambassador Pete Peterson, who served as a Member of Congress prior to being named by President Clinton as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam. We bring forth this…

One of the agencies funded in this bill is particularly important to me and to my constituents in Florida: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA supports programs that invest in our Nation's future. At present, NASA's…

I can't say everything I want to say in 1 minute. Let me conclude by saying that if ever there was something having to do with common sense, and you have all of this scientific evidence behind you that says we ought to reduce the standard…

The bill before us makes the best of a difficult situation by spreading limited funds over as many worthwhile transportation programs and projects as possible. I believe the committee has worked diligently to support a great number of…

The report language that accompanies the fiscal year 2002 Transportation Appropriations bill identifies many worthy projects that the committee recommends be funded by the Department of Transportation. I thank the chairwoman for her and…

I understand this provision will allow the Secretary of the Army to modify a previously made determination that the property in question was excess to the needs of the Army and surplus to the needs of the Federal Government. Modifying this…

Mr. President, I end by saying our health care delivery system is failing, and it is failing doctors and nurses and providers as well as the patients. Only recently I learned of a doctor in Boca Raton who has started charging his existing…

Some of our most productive 'leap ahead' technologies have often been associated with space.

I now understand the respect that you accorded to Senator Baker by referring to him as a man of the Senate: Someone whose word can be counted on; someone who has principles; someone whose sense of integrity other people recognize. Isn't…

I rise to speak of my opposition to the amendment offered yesterday by Senator Dodd, which would replace the estate tax repeal in order to partially pay for nontransportation infrastructure programs and save for debt reduction. I strongly…

I rise in support as a cosponsor of the amendment offered by Senator Bayh and other colleagues to create a ``Trust Fund Protection Trigger.'' this amendment is simple. This amendment would keep us honest. It would prevent us from raiding…

I suspect the people in North Carolina know, as do the people in Florida, that if there is an available surplus out there over the next 10 years, we ought to use it wisely, be fiscally disciplined; and one of the first priorities should be…

If that fight is in the future between Commerce and Defense, it would be my hope, with your background, your expertise, your stature, that as the chief foreign officer representing the United States that you would weigh in on that.

In the State Department now there is an office having to do with Holocaust assets retrieval.