Bill Nelson

It benefits no one to have so many people living in abject poverty. That's why I believe we must renew the trade preference program for Haiti.

So what was wildly successful with regard to the wireless industry, are you saying that that cannot be applied to broadband?

Investment will happen. The question is how much.

I would hope you would want to preserve that authority somewhere in the expert agency so they could adjust to technology and market conditions.

The consumers' interest are at stake. The future of the Internet is at stake.

I look forward continuing the work with you in this committee's proud tradition of working in a bipartisan fashion.

Access to broadband research and the broadband Internet service is no longer a luxury item.

We need to ensure that the Internet remains open.

We have to protect a free and open Internet.

The good place to start was between Tampa and Orlando right down the middle of the I-4 interstate corridor, but our Tea Party Governor would not accept the $2.4 billion that we had on the table to build it 4 years ago.

I feel as though we are allowing an opportunity to slip through our fingers and one which we may or may not get back.

Here we are in America without high-speed rail.

What I want to work on is the will.

I want to commit to you that at least some of us on this committee are going to be rather vigorous in our oversight function to make sure that the Executive Branch; i.e., you once you are confirmed, in fact, are following through because…

It has reached the limit of this Senator's patience as I have visited with families whose relative is dead or in one case a firefighter that has no right eye anymore.

This seems to me to be the height of irresponsibility, that in the midst of us having them all there at that table, they are still not revealing information.

I am absolutely delighted that you have been named for the position which has been vacant since, I believe, January of this year.

I appreciate not only the statement and the opportunity to tell you that I will actually be looking forward to working with you on that oversight...

There needs to be a very stiff financial penalty so that the penalty becomes so severe to the company

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In 2010 Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Truth in Caller ID Act, which prohibits caller ID spoofing when it is used to defraud or harm Americans. What is caller ID spoofing? It is a technique that allows a telephone…

Automakers should provide loaner vehicles or rental cars to consumers who could not get their vehicles immediately fixed

We appreciate the dedication of the Federal employees who often are not given that appreciation.

I am going to ask him, as I have said earlier, to start socking it to the folks that are dragging their feet, not answering questions, with the financial penalties that he has under law.

The safety and satisfaction of our customers is Honda's highest priority.