Bill Nelson

What did the Florida Adjutant General say to you about what a 1,000 cut in Florida from a 12,000 strength would do with hurricane season approaching?

The future sequestration cuts would clearly diminish our capacity to be in a state of readiness as we want to meet the world's threats.

I'm pleased to see the Navy's P-8 Maritime Reconnaissance plane being put to use in the Pacific.

Can you please describe the difference in your ability to conduct aerial surveillance and command and control if the Navy is not allowed to procure all five E-2Ds?

Are there lessons learned in the construction of the Virginia CIF that could be applied to Mayport?

Why does the Navy estimate a facility at Mayport Naval Air Station would cost almost five times as much as the facility built in Virginia?

Any pressure, I think, that our country could put on their country to start to treat their people decently and to start to step back from the road that they are on would be very helpful to some very wonderful people in Venezuela.

I hope we are coming after them, because they've had it both ways. They kill their own people, they allow the free conduct of narcotraffic, and, at the same time, they love to have their condominiums and bank accounts in Miami. So, I can…

Unless there's some type of a miracle, that either the opposition or the Maduro Government pulls out, they are going down a catastrophic hole, in terms of economics, in terms of democracy and things like that.

Last evening in the Senate, we passed a resolution that says that the U.S. Government ought to go after the assets and the visas of the people that are responsible for the deaths in Venezuela in the demonstrations.

We've watched it carefully, and I think your insights are most valuable.

I wish to discuss the circumstances many unemployed families face. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs through no fault of their own and now face serious financial consequences. Many families are having trouble paying the rent or…

We expect that the Affordable Care Act will diminish some of those concerns, as seniors and other workers will no longer feel attached to other jobs for the sake of maintaining their health insurance coverage.

For every senior entrepreneur, they need assistance from younger workers in such areas as marketing and technological support.

In recent years, a significant number of older Americans have gotten into the business of creating their own business.

I'm glad to be joined by my friend Senator Landrieu, who has been a champion on small business issues for years.

Thank you for co-hosting this hearing on senior entrepreneurship, which, as one very astute member of your staff said, is one of the most positive things we've had to say about aging in a long time.

Senator Nelson and I have introduced a bill, Empowering Encore Entrepreneur Act. It is S. 1454.

I just want to state at the outset that my opinion is that that is a mistake.

The drone policy that this government has had has been exceptionally precise and that all of these accusations ad infinitum by those that are opposed to the interests of the United States about how many civilian casualties occur from these…

I rise today to congratulate Senator Max Baucus for his confirmation as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve with him for several years in the Senate and on the Finance Committee…

Amen to all of that.

I am concerned that we are getting too much in a trend of the haves and the have-nots, with a shrinking middle class.

If the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and the broad middle class is constricting, it sounds like from a policy standpoint that we need to reverse those trends to encourage what has caused the political and economic…

I am here to say hallelujah, that it looks as if we are finally coming to the point at which we can grant the homeowners and businesses of America some relief from the huge, gargantuan--tenfold sometimes--increases in flood insurance…