Bill Nelson

As important as the issue of net neutrality is to this nation, we should never forget the other vital work that is done by the FCC.

And I would just conclude, Mr. Chairman, by saying that certainly the five Commissioners in front of us would never do this kind of dastardly stuff.

Letter dated March 16, 2015 from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

Don't focus on the engine because engines on rockets don't work like people think.

America has got to start changing its rocket engines from the Russian rocket engines.

Thank goodness we are to the point now that we are talking about this core mission and trying to explore the heavens.

We are so dependent upon the protection from those natural disasters... by being able to have the advanced warning.

We the United States, in being able to put Americans on American rockets and not pay the Russians to get to and from the International Space Station.

As Senator Nelson said, it is absolutely critical that we understand Earth's environment because this is the only place that we have to live.

I see NASA's budget as a strategic portfolio of investments aimed at improving the well-being of our country and of our civilization.

I want to compliment the Ranking Member, to see someone so enthusiastic as Senator Peters is, is indeed extremely gratifying.

I want to thank you, Administrator Bolden, for your service to our country and your appearance before the Subcommittee today.

I am truly excited about my opportunity to serve as Ranking Member for the Subcommittee, and I look forward to our discussion today.

I would hope that there is opportunity for NASA to work with DOD on a propulsion system that benefits both defense and civil space.

The sequester, thanks to Senator Shelby, did not happen on NASA.

The President's proposed budget, which you can disagree with, is a 10 percent increase in Earth Science.

What I have tried so hard to do in the past several years... is to keep it bipartisan.

Well, I've met with NIST and you're going to need to work with them. You're going to need to work with some of our intelligence agencies because the technology is so rapidly changing in these areas of the kind of sophisticated attacks that…

I am proud to have been an early supporter of the legislation that eventually created FirstNet.

I think it's essential to harden against cybersecurity because other than your everyday natural disaster, but when it's not a natural disaster, whoever is attacking us is going to be attacking us with cyber simultaneously.

Let's remember the reason for FirstNet: To have all the first responders to be able to talk to each other without the hindrances that we've seen in the past.

That is unacceptable. FirstNet will address that disparity.

We must always guard against waste, fraud, and abuse in all programs.

I know the Committee members would like to hear my dulcet tones but I would prefer to hear the witnesses.

We must prioritize the needs of our first responders.