The financial crisis took $17 trillion of wealth away from the American people, from families, from children, from grandparents. I never want to see that happen again ever.

I would like to talk to you about a few of them this morning.

The funding you provide for the Army Corps is critical in delivering the resources Pinellas County needs for our beaches.

This deepening and widening project will improve the movement of goods through the port of the I-4 corridor.

It is a great honor to appear before you today.

It will set the standard for public-private partnership by turning a mere 20 percent of Federal stake in the project into a $55 million economic development initiative that will create 8,000 jobs for our region.

Governor Charlie Crist was out here earlier today. He looked at this and said it was the worst he had seen, and said that he was heartbroken.

Crist is battling GOP star and Tea Partier Marco Rubio for the seat.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has decided to run as independent in his bid for the senate.

Well, I didn't endorse it. I didn't even have a vote on the darn thing, but I understood that it was going to pass, and I wanted to be able to utilize it for the benefit of my fellow Floridians.

Today, he is getting pounded for it by a primary challenger who says he is just not Republican enough.