Bill Nelson

Models, very attractive models, all promoting these products.

I would just note for the record and ask that it be inserted.

Here's a billboard at Christmas time in Miami, on I-95, a picture of what appears to be a Santa Claus-like figure.

Earlier in my comments, I noted to the toxicity of the concentrated nicotine in an e-cigarette refill liquid.

Maybe all the more needed, the Gummy Bear actually has a picture of Gummy Bears on the label.

Mr. Chairman, as usual, you have picked a hearing on an important topic of the day. So thank you very much.

I think you are going to have some significant pushback on blending and blurring the two.

For an adult who knew all of that, but what about for a kid that's looking at that TV advertisement?

I want to make sure that other communities like ours at least get a fighting chance.

It was the responsibility of a society to take care of the very young and the very old.

About a quarter of married couples and about half of single people depend on Social Security for at least--and this is astounding--at least 90 percent of their retirement income.

Opening Statement of Senator Bill Nelson, Chairman

I think Secretary Pritzker knows what she is doing in seeking him to be one of the leadership of her team.

I want to speak on behalf of Sylvia Mathews Burwell. We have had a lot of commentary out here that she has shown her capability in her time as the head of the Office of Management and Budget, OMB, and she is going to have a similar success…

A hurricane approaches, knocks out the power. Somebody is in dire straits in their home, and they need to make a 911 call.

Well, you have got a lot of educating to do, if it is anything like smoke detectors and the batteries in the smoke detectors.

May is Older Americans Month, and I am pleased to submit a resolution recognizing the importance of our seniors with my colleagues, Senators Collins and Sanders. As of 2012, there were more than 43 million Americans aged 65 and older. By…

I am here to speak in support of the conference report for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act or WRRDA. I congratulate Senator Boxer and Senator Vitter for their combined leadership and their working together to send this bill…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:50 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…

There will be one vote at 12:15 p.m. on the confirmation of the Fischer nomination. Following that vote, the Senate will recess until 2 p.m. to allow for the Republican caucus meeting. There will be up to five rollcall votes related to…

I am joined today by my colleague Senator Collins to introduce legislation aimed at strengthening the government's hand in stopping Medicare fraud. Senator Collins and I have tried to offer some decent leadership to the Senate Special…

I wish to call to the attention of the Senate the fact that there is a three-dimensional film I had the pleasure of seeing at the Air and Space Museum theater about one of the largest and obviously most successful military invasions in the…

So the chained CPI would take it exactly the other way?

Under the present system, if you delay in taking Social Security, you increase the lifetime benefit by 8 percent for every year that you delay.

So I approve of a mandatory tier. I think it is much better to do it at a Federal level.