Bill Nelson Quotes (49 Quotes)

Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.

that will ensure that the Congress and the people get an honest budget request.

You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

Today, our hearts and prayers go out to their loved ones left behind. And as we once again extend our respect and gratitude to the families of fallen astronauts, we must rededicate ourselves to making future exploration of this final frontier as safe as humanly possible.

Although that measure upset Florida lawmakers and others, several said they would not seek to derail the bill. It will pass, ... But it won't pass with my vote.

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.

He assured me that any personal beliefs he has, be they based on religion or other issues, personal beliefs that all of us carry, would not factor into any of his decisions. He said that they had not while he served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and they would not if he is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care.

If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.

By my order today, I'm putting the burden on Prudential to show why I should not impose the stiffest of fines or revoke or suspend its license to do business in Florida,

And in the midst of all that confusion, to add this additional burden and not give them the luxury of some additional time after what they've suffered, that would be inexcusable.

There was a negative, visceral reaction against the overzealousness -- the mean-spiritedness -- that came out of that impeachment trial,

Lawmakers in both houses of Congress describe Griffin in glowing terms, and his popularity smoothed NASA'S legislative path In large part the atmosphere has changed, ... We feel like we have an administrator who knows something about space.

Sometimes we get lost in seeing the entire forest for the particular trees, but I think we need to pull back and see that this threat of radical terrorists is now being directed not only at us in the homeland, but it is being directed at a source of energ

Instead of a setting up another gargantuan bureaucracy and replicating what we do here in Florida, (I'm going) to see if we can't use the tax code to change it to give insurance companies the incentive to reserve for catastrophes,

My wife (Bette) said it best. (Thursday) was Constitution Day. Our country is so fair that a guy can come over here, go to school, kick a field goal and he ends up being the star.

The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known.

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

If there are efforts to get around that by the U.S. military, then that's got to be stopped, ... It's our duty to be accountable to the American taxpayer.

We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack.

We will fly again. It's important to us as adventurers and explorers . . . The nation needs a vision.

We had a little more energy at the end of the game. I give the bench all the credit for that. Huber killed us all night. He really is a shooter. Just stopping him at the end of the game was big.

They intend to come after me with a vengeance.

He has a very good background and he is very excited about coming to West Burlington. I think he is a very good fit for the program, the school and the community. I think he will do very, very well.

Nelson said it's a complex issue to understand. Senator Kerry understands foreign relations inside and out, ... And when you're dealing with these governments, it's often the subtle hint, the nuance, the cock of the head, all the kind of messages that you send....

(Chief Justice John) Roberts has set the bar so high because he was so smart and experienced, ... Will you respect the rule of law instead of your personal whims

Sixty percent of our daily consumption of oil in this country is from a foreign source, ... Every alternative source is going to be very important to us. Within a decade, if America puts its mind to it, we could be independent of foreign oil.

There are senior citizens who are on fixed incomes who can't afford to drive to the doctor. There are blue-collar workers who are making 20,000 a year that can't afford to drive to work,

Almost all of the Gulf of Mexico off of the state of Florida is restricted airspace it's where we train our military, ... The ace up my sleeve is, at this time in our nation's history, you don't want to fool around with training our military to be the absolute best - and you can't be doing those joint exercises if you've got oil rigs down there on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

That was one of the best wins we've ever had. Going into district play, if we lose, we are going to be in trouble. If we win, we've got a shot at the playoffs. That was a big one.

It will pass. But it won't pass with my vote.

And in the second year it was doubled again. That's not realistic today. But 5 percent a year increases are not going to get us to the moon.

It was almost 17 years to the day that we have this additional tragedy. America will come back and we will find the problem and we will fix it and we will fly again.

Who knows what refineries are going to be shut down for some period time, and thus the crisis of what has been 2.50 gas and then 2.70 is going to rocket through 3 ... There is something wrong, up to this point, with the price of gasoline - it is not the supply and demand of the normal marketplace.

The way to keep the American people behind the war effort is to be open and truthful and up front and to give clear goals of what you are trying to achieve, ... When we went in to Iraq, we were not only given misinformation, we withheld information and what we were given was not true.

Until recently, printing two dozen labels would be fairly expensive. I mean you can't quite put someone's name on with a stamp, or by hand.

The little bit of oil that you might get out of the Gulf of Mexico ... it's not worth it, what it would hurt us in our military preparedness and what it would hurt Florida's economy by messing up our pristine beaches,

I want it to be a very calm primary. I want it to be hugs and kisses.

there needs to be an adequate explanation. If there is a slush fun, parking money, that is contrary to the law.

It's a long time before the election, and I don't take any numbers seriously this early, ... It's going to be a tough race, and I take nothing for granted.

more than a leader in preservation in Northeast Florida. She is a recognized leader in preserving land and history in the South.

Too many children are being parked in substandard day care with workers who make little more than a parking attendant.

The president needs the country behind him.

Congress took an important first step last year by passing an anti-spam law, but we need to toughen it. We've got to stop giving online schemers safe haven overseas.

You can't make many mistakes or turnovers. It should be a very competitive ball game.

The clash comes when you get to the point you have launched all the components to the space station that you can and you get to 2010, ... At that point I don't think there is any choice but to increase the budget to continue launching the shuttle.

One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.

We shouldn't jeopardize programs vital to our national security and our ability to develop new technologies,