Bill Nelson

I became more of an environmentalist having had that perspective. And what I concluded from that experience was that I wanted to be a better steward of what the good Lord has given us.

Senator Nelson and I have both had the privilege of seeing the world from space.

Greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel burning act as a radiation-trapping blanket in the Earth's lower atmosphere and are very likely the main cause of the current global warming.

Well, I want to thank you for the leadership of the City of Miami Beach.

To what degree have you seen flooding in the streets of Miami Beach in the last couple of years?

We need to lead the way and cut down on pollution from cars and power plants.

Let me ask you on that point, so that is, what you are preparing to be ready for this October and for high tides?

We want to make sure that our resources... is focused on cutting-edge science and the technology that will develop from it.

Now, we particularly--it is just coincidental, this is the 44th anniversary of Earth Day.

Over the last 50 years--we will hear testimony--sea level rise has been in Florida any place from five to eight inches. It is real. And yet some of our colleagues in the Senate deny it.

I wish to recognize National Healthcare Decisions Day, which is next Wednesday, April 16, a day to educate the public about advance care planning and encourage them to have conversations with loved ones to plan for end-of-life decisions. I…

I want to thank you for your flexibility.

Now there is a realization of what is going on with the significant number that you enrolled in the exchanges.

Now, unfortunately, in our State they took the position, nyet, no Medicaid expansion.

We have had some complaints about insurance companies suddenly obliterating a whole bunch of doctors from a plan.

I personally think that the United States was taken advantage of by the Chinese, because of some well-meaning folks in the administration at the time.

Commercial Crew will ensure access for Americans to the International Space Station.

We shouldn't forget about space station.

What can the commercial efforts do to generate more excitement among young people until we can actually get American bodies in American rockets flying back?

I really think we absolutely need the funding level that the President has requested.

From this Senator's standpoint, that's the least we could do. It seems to me, it ought to go to the end of the decade.

The global recognition of the power of American-style open markets is perhaps the single most enduring result of the end of the Cold War.

What is needed is consistent and sustained strong, political, and financial commitments from the White House and the Congress.

The chosen HSF program must be robustly supported, both politically and financially.

It's extraordinarily critical that we keep the ISS going as long as it's technically feasible because it has political implications and it has commercial implications, as well, for us.