One of the most devastating potential storms would be one that went right into the Tampa Bay area and right into the bay.

We must never sit idle and succumb to hurricane amnesia.

I talked in my opening statement about the legislation that Senator Nelson and I have worked on.

This hurricane season, there are two new tools that will be at the disposal of our researchers and forecasters.

It is better to get this done right than to get it done in any specific timeline.

What I do dismiss, however, is this notion that if we somehow don't do it on this accelerated timeframe, then the world is going to rebel.

would create a radically different governance structure for ICANN

What assurances do we have that can be provided that ICANN will remain headquartered, not just maintain a principal office, in the U.S., considering these deficiencies as it currently stands?

I honestly don't believe that proceeding cautiously on this is to our detriment, and I think that's fully understandable, given the scope of what we're talking about here.

We will urge President Xi to allow discussion of China's past history.

In my opinion, those political concerns are substantial and eventually will require the U.S. to end its historical relationship with ICANN.

We have one chance to get this right.