before the Senator, our leader, yields the floor, will he yield for a quick question?

I would say just quickly, and further, that this Senator gathered up a group of constituents who had written to our office. In this particular case it was the Tampa office, and three of them have been helped enormously by being on the…

all of the Florida people walk up to me and say: Bill, what is going on? Why can't Congress get together? Why can't we work together? We do in our committees. We usually work together. We certainly do with Senator Thune, who is the…

The very device that is intended to save lives is killing lives.

Takata put profits over safety.

Florida acts as a central hub for trade with Latin America.

The Department of Transportation's most important job is the regulation and oversight of safety, and that job never stops.

I'm absolutely concerned about it. If confirmed, we will look at that.

I want to know if you will be concerned about this inequity that is devastating the fresh fruit and vegetable market.

the number one mission of the Department of Transportation is public safety.

This isn't orange growers. This is vegetable growers, this is peppers and tomatoes.

There has to be some moral underpinning about what is right and wrong and the willingness to speak out.