Bill Nelson Quotes
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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.
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Confederate statues belong in a historical museum, not in a place of honor.
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Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care.
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The way I approach an election, I assume nothing. I run scared as a jackrabbit.
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I'm for the constitutional right to bear arms. I'm a hunter, and so is my son.
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Too many children are being parked in substandard day care with workers who make little more than a parking attendant.
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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.
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If you're a terrorist, you shouldn't be able to buy a gun.
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The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
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The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.
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The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician.
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My attitude is, a monument, a statue, ought to signify unity instead of division.
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Deciding whether to confirm a president's nominee for the highest court in the land is a responsibility I take very seriously.
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It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.
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Simply put, if The Lord made homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, why should I discriminate against their civil marriage? I shouldn't, and I won't.
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Exercise is just part of my life.
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There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.
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If we are endowed by our Creator with rights, then why shouldn't those be attainable by gays and lesbians?
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If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.
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The safety of the flying public should not be for sale. Handing air traffic control over to a private entity partly governed by the airlines is both a risk and liability we can't afford to take.
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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.
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I have hunted all my life...but an AR-15 is not for hunting. It’s for killing.
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I got into the best shape of my life at age 44. I was on top of everything and quick mentally.
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I'm going to make up my own mind as to what I think is in the best interest of our country and Florida.