Political Quotes

“I rise with colleague from Florida, Senator Nelson, to engage in a colloquy with Senator Inouye, the Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. Senator Nelson and I note the critical importance of the Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, CSTARS, at the University of Miami, and are thankful for the support of this critical program. The university has initiated the acquisition and construction of this regional satellite collection, processing and analysis facility in partnership with the U.S. Southern Command and other academic institutions. The Center will offer unprecedented capability in the southeastern United States to link with a broad range of low-Earth satellite orbiting systems. When made available to regional as well as to key partners like the Southern Command, these resources will provide a unique and much-needed capacity for environmental observation, climatic prediction and resource analysis, watershed and ecosystem assessment, and natural hazards monitoring critical to effective emergency response.”