Mr. Whitaker, tell us about the progress that you can make with the extra funding that the administration has requested.

I believe that the sequester cuts of last year, we have never seen that before where they actually sent controllers home to meet the mandated cuts.

Madam Chairman, realistically, what year are we going to have NextGen ready to go, so that is how we are operating our flights?

I find there are a number of things I agree with the Senator from Arizona on. One of the things I agree with the senior Senator from Arizona on is that Maliki needs to go. Otherwise, I think Iraq is going to blow apart, and it is going to…

It was the responsibility of a society to take care of the very young and the very old.

I wish to share with the Senate that this judge has come through the process Senator Rubio and I have in Florida where we have a judicial nomination commission specifically to try to take the politics out of the selection of judges. He has…

About a quarter of married couples and about half of single people depend on Social Security for at least--and this is astounding--at least 90 percent of their retirement income.

Earlier in my comments, I noted to the toxicity of the concentrated nicotine in an e-cigarette refill liquid.

Mr. Chairman, as usual, you have picked a hearing on an important topic of the day. So thank you very much.

Maybe all the more needed, the Gummy Bear actually has a picture of Gummy Bears on the label.

Opening Statement of Senator Bill Nelson, Chairman

I would just note for the record and ask that it be inserted.