Bill Nelson

I cannot say enough about the appreciation I had for Senators Garn and John Glenn.

Well, may I suggest that the remaining 448 airports in this country need to do that.

So you are saying the money is already there; they just need to apply for it?

Last December, the most unbelievable thing was discovered in the Atlanta airport. For 6 months an airport employee had been bringing guns into the airport...

I guarantee you this, sir, that Secretary Carter really cares about cyber. He's taking it very seriously.

Obviously, NSA is going to be a critical partner for Cyber Command.

The cyber threats are actually something that could actually threaten their ability to command and control their forces

Do you agree that Cyber Command lacks a robust command-and-control platform and systems to plan and execute fast-moving and large-scale cyber operations?

A relatively small group of knowledgeable people could bring down the economy of this country in 3 days.

You agree that Cyber Command itself does not have the resources or expertise to build this cyber command-and-control infrastructure and weapon systems.

There's a real cyber threat out there. This Senator certainly has a concern that, despite all of the alarms that have been raised about the cyber threat, we still don't seem to be taking it very seriously.

We are right on the cusp of finding a lot of cures for many different kinds of cancers.

Now this Committee is bipartisan. That is the way it has been run the last couple of years and the way it is being run now by the two leaders.

What we need to do now is to focus and get the research done to be on the cusp of solving this problem in Alzheimer's.

Well, it is great to be back, Madam Chairman, and thank you for the great partner that you were in leading this Committee over the last couple of years.

I really believe that we can get to yes because in the first 2 years of my tenure, we did get to yes.

Let me just say that I have the shared responsibility with the Chairman of this Committee as the majority of this Committee, the Chairman, to see if there's any common ground.

And a lot of that was expressing their angst because they thought that their Internet was going to be messed with. Is that correct?

Would you explain that to the Committee?

Let's go back. You know this flap started that prompted 4 million comments. I take it that's fairly unprecedented?

I have a letter that the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, they're weighing in on this.

And that's what has gone on all day.

I'll tell you, Mr. Pai, it wasn't of no concern to 4 million people.

And by you drawing the Order as you have drawn it, does that allow you, the FCC as a regulator, as referee, along with future regulators, if someone suddenly wants to charge more for certain traffic on the Internet than other types of…

I remain open to a truly bipartisan congressional action provided that such action fully protects consumers.