Bill Nelson

I might say to Ms. Walsh, indeed I know Wilbur Ross is from Florida, and he is quite interested in trade.

Takata put profits over safety.

So here's a potential hypothetical. We're rocking along into bankruptcy, and there is something in the bankruptcy with regard to creditors that would be favorable to Takata but would slow down the process of recall.

I'm absolutely concerned about it. If confirmed, we will look at that.

I happen to be talking about Takata, which I think was morally bankrupt because they allowed this to happen.

You're still not going to be an advocate for Takata.

The very device that is intended to save lives is killing lives.

For some time, Florida fruit and vegetable growers have had to deal with an onslaught of subsidized agricultural imports from Mexico.

One of the main advocates for a company that has done dastardly things.

The Department of Transportation's most important job is the regulation and oversight of safety, and that job never stops.

I want to know if you will be concerned about this inequity that is devastating the fresh fruit and vegetable market.

Last week, I spoke with a very brave mother. She had endured what not one of us ever wants to have to endure while she watched her child go through cancer, over and over and over again. That mother is Elaine Geller from my State of…

I write to urge you to oppose the nomination of Steven G. Bradbury for the position of Department of Transportation general counsel.

Thank you in advance for your prompt response to this request.

I very much appreciate your interest in these questions, and I know from direct experience how much you personally care about addressing and resolving the safety issues relating to airbag inflator ruptures.

Our bill aims to fix that by enhancing risk-based security, requiring training to address threats on our highways, closing gaps in port security, and providing funding to improve security at our rail stations and ports.

The people that had advised the President were not giving the best advice when they recommended cutting the dog teams in the President's proposed budget.

One thing that we might look at in this ever-changing scene of technology and the threats to transportation safety is that wherever people bunch up, that's a soft target.

I just--I feel--I cringe for you that you have to support the President's budget because you have to, when, in fact, everybody in this room knows that it ought to go the other way.

One further question. Has the Senator been--well, he obviously is aware, and he has obviously been briefed-- but can he help convey the gravity of the situation of Russia's interference in the upcoming elections in 2018 and 2020, where not…

This Senator certainly looks forward to that hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee. I thank the chairman for his leadership in constantly bringing up and reminding the American people of the threat that is coming through cyber…

For too long, surface transportation security has been underfunded and unfocused.

Well, then basically, I hate to put it this way, but we're going to have to save you from yourself.

Before the Senator from Arizona leaves the floor, he and I are very much in syncopation on the question of what he has just eloquently addressed about the Russian attempts to interfere in other countries as well as in our country with…

This is unacceptable--plain and simple.