Bill Nelson

Puerto Rico needs help, and, lo and behold, if Puerto Rican pregnant women are being exposed and they have this tragic result of these defective births, that is going to be an additional expense upon the health-care system to take care of…

Under the ACA, 17.6 million people now have health care.

That is two-thirds. To use the lexicon of today, that is a huge success.

There is a concern that U.S. Cyber Command's Cyber Mission Force (CMF) might still be too reliant on the National Security Agency (NSA).

Today the administration walked back its plans for drilling off of the east coast of the Atlantic.

Basically, bottom line, until they improve in their economic depravity, it's going to be a nation whose government is always subject to a lot of corruption.

Couldn't we get a lot more support from Mexico, where all these drugs...couldn't we get a lot more support from Mexico?

Well, at least we got El Chapo. That was a step in the right direction.

We have seen some lessening of the violence and the drug lords in Honduras.

I want to commend you for what you have done thus far.

I must admit in the classified briefings that we have had and that this Senator has had personally, I, knowing the sensitivity of the chairman, have hammered on this over and over with regard to watching the cost.

Are you aware in general by reading the newspaper or watching TV that some of these 501(c)(4)s are being used primarily for political activity?

Well, how are you going to make sure that the laws are being faithfully executed then if you, as the administrative agency, are not going to look at it?

You have a responsibility as a leader to see that the laws are faithfully executed and followed.

The public must have confidence that the judges of the United States Tax Court treat taxpayers, and IRS counsel, fairly and with respect.

I believe the role of the tax system is to provide funds for our government to operate, and for those funds to be collected from the populace in a fair and impartial manner.

To what degree do you think the successful passage of the Pacific trade agreement is important to our defense policy in the Pacific region?

What effect has uncertainty regarding the use of Russian-made engines had on our defense posture? What effect would continued uncertainty have going forward?

What effect would the combination of an immediate ban on the use of Russian-made engines and early termination of the current EELV Launch Capability (ELC) contract have on Defense Department access to space?

Senator Nelson. General Robinson, in your previous commands you have acknowledged the need to sweep vast geographic areas to detect potential adversary movement in order to vector scarce information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)…

Just a similar commitment from you, as we discussed, to get that study out of the Secretary of Transportation's Office and get it to the Inspector General and to get it completed so that we can get to the much more rational rule on the…

Just to echo Senator Booker's comments and to say that we want you to get on and get completed with this study, so that the excessive number of hours in an industry that is vital to our economy will help improve the safety.

I agree with my colleague from Washington--we cannot stand by and allow this harm to continue. The U.S. Government requires child-resistant packaging on other products, including over-the-counter medications and cleaning supplies. These…

While my colleague from Michigan is here, let me say that we appreciate so much his participation in the commerce committee, especially the expertise he brings to the table with regard to all things automotive since, in fact, his State is…

We know it is already causing harm, as Senator Nelson has pointed out.