Bill Nelson

4,000 deaths a year are occurring as a result of truck and bus accidents. And this is serious business.

We've got to take it very seriously.

The commitment we must make to our nuclear deterrent, which as Secretary Carter so aptly described as the 'bedrock' of our national security strategy.

Last year, Admiral McRaven expressed concern about the impacts that budget cuts, including sequestration, could have on special operations.

Mr. Secretary, are there steps you can take now that will protect our investments from this happening?

Mr. Secretary, our coasts and all of our people and assets, including our naval infrastructure, are at risk from sea level rise.

The steps that are needed now against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) include keeping the military pressure on the ISIS network.

What do you see as the Department's role in cyber security?

Mr. Secretary, do you feel that the 2019 goal is attainable?

Given the deteriorating situation with Mr. Putin, Congress authorized and appropriated $220 million to end our reliance on the RD-180.

Your vote will help keep the Internet open for years to come, free from slow lanes and gatekeeping.

We have been strong supporters of stress testing from the beginning.

What happens if that rider is continued?

Is the world going to stop revolving if it is extended?

I assume that one of your reasons would be you want to decentralize distributed authority structure so as to avoid single points of failure, manipulation or capture.

We have these state actors that are trying to do us in, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran.

I support the multistakeholder model of ICANN. As an institution, it represents one in which the Internet's diverse stakeholders can come together and make sure the Internet remains free, open, secure, and a global network.

Last year in the omnibus appropriations, a rider was placed that prevents NTIA from spending funds on the transition to an IANA contract before September 30 of this year, 2015.

Would the Senator believe that if the Department of Homeland Security is shut down that essential personnel will be required to work, but essential personnel--the following--will not be paid? For the first time people engaged in the…

We are counting on you to be one of those means of transportation for crew to get us up there.

Indeed, now with the competition proceeding for the commercial crew, we are seeing a lot of innovation coming out, and it is going to be exciting, and this will all be coming more and more into the focus of the American public over the…

The United States does not currently recognize outer space as "global commons" for purposes of international law.

I think it was very important for the U.S. to move first on that. We are, I think, the indispensable nation in that regard.

I think if we don't, if we really do, or in between, we shouldn't do things differently at the Moon.

The goal is to go to Mars. The goal is to get NASA beyond low Earth orbit.