Bill Nelson

I want to make sure the program is around for my kids.

We appreciate that Senator Gardner was able to spend the day with us and actually listen in to our discussions.

Security is a Federal responsibility and we need to be able to lean on TSA as a real partner.

I want to offer my condolences to you on the attack at your airport.

There are 56,000 structurally deficient bridges in this country.

Now, for example, you need a tunnel. There is a chokepoint.

The Department of Commerce IG's office identified $1 billion in financial benefits and potential cost savings for four fiscal years while receiving $225 million in appropriations.

Inspectors general throughout the Federal Government play a critical role in ferreting out waste, fraud, and abuse and ensuring that agencies serve as good stewards of taxpayer dollars.

On behalf of our Nation's venture capital investors and the entrepreneurs they support, thank you for calling a hearing.

Almost 5 million barrels spilled into the Gulf. And, oh, everything was working fine, everything was working fine.

We've got to inject that into the record.

It is clear that climate change is a serious problem that requires research for solutions and effective policies that allow us to meet our energy needs while protecting the environment.

We support the Federal Government's comprehensive regulatory framework to mitigate safety and security risks.

I strongly disagree with you that the oil and gas industry has a proven track record of safety.

Does anybody want to object to the idea that when you're considering cost, you ought to also consider benefits?

But now there's a proposal to do a tariff on any import from Mexico and others. That's not going to sit too well with, I would assume, your members, given the history that we have.

It's called common sense and balance.

We have to use our best judgment. And we're losing jobs all over the place because of simply the Federal rules that are out there.

I strongly urge the Committee members to refrain from taking a wrecking ball to regulations that protect the health and safety of all Americans.

We crafted a provision that streamlined the aircraft certification process and would likely have spurred job growth.

This is a topic of enormous interest and import.

This Committee has taken numerous bipartisan actions to protect the health and safety of all Americans.

Obamacare has raised premiums and deductibles, narrowed doctor networks, reduced choices of plans, limited Americans' liberty, and undermined the doctor patient relationship.

I would get run out of the room by a group of senior citizens.

Most Republicans support the health law's requirement that insurance companies accept all applicants. But the replacement plan on preexisting conditions put forth by the most prominent Republican ignores the idea.