“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass is more secure than our federal elections. Make sense to anyone? Pass the SAVE America Act.”

Political Quotes

Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.

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Sep 15, 2009

I think they are doing everything right. The problem is they are going to run off of a budget cliff 12 months from now.

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Sep 15, 2009

I think, Mr. Chairman, I better provide that for the record.

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Sep 15, 2009

Did your committee discuss an Atlas or a Delta on the EELVs?

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Sep 15, 2009

I think that is true, and NASA has, of course, embraced this idea, provided NASA technical oversight and NASA help, which gives me greater assurance.

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Sep 15, 2009

How is he going to keep this extraordinarily talented workforce operating?

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Sep 15, 2009

Stability of funding would have an enormously positive impact.

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Sep 15, 2009

From your lips to the President's ears.

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Sep 15, 2009

the human spaceflight program is so large that when it has problems, it tends to cannibalize the science program.

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Sep 15, 2009

This is an exceptionally important topic, and I think that buzzer might tell us that a vote is starting.

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Sep 15, 2009

Thank you for the public service that you have rendered to this country over a lifetime that you have in Government and in the private sector.

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Sep 15, 2009

We really want to peel back the onion and get into a lot of the specifics of the extraordinary work that you have done, Mr. Augustine.

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Sep 15, 2009

Thank you for this unpaid service, enormous public service that you have rendered.

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