Hey, what's the deal going on in terms of all this talk about you dropping out? Meek told me that he told former President Bill Clinton, that I'm not the one who should drop out. Charlie Crist should be the one who dropped out.

Any rumor or any statement by anyone that says that I made a decision to get out of the race is inaccurate, at best. At best it's inaccurate. I think it's very, very important that everyone understands that.

He needs to man up and leader up and -- and run his own race.

the relief effort will have to seriously consider using both airports anyway.

I can see it even going down to almost health care employment discrimination saying, well, if you have a preexisting condition, I don't need you in my group or in my company because you are going to cost us all more.

These are parents, these are grandparents, and these are young people. I think it's important that we move with great aggression, not only in the State of Florida, but also in other parts of the country.

I'm asking this entire panel to help me with the arguments, because there's legislation filed in the State legislature in the House, and also in the Senate.

I'm really pleased, once again, on the second round of questioning, that we're having this discussion and panel of witnesses.

We have a number of folks that are out of work. Many of these individuals, the only jobs that are out there are part-time jobs.

One of the things I want to bring to the attention of the Committee is that unemployment in Florida is 9.4 percent, and in other parts of the State it's even higher.

As public servants, we try to assist these individuals, many of whom are our constituents, who are trying to pull their own weight.