Nelson said today he'll do everything possible, including new specific legislation, to block Interior Secretary Gale Norton from carrying out the oil industry's agenda over the wishes of the people of Florida and many other coastal states.

Sen. Nelson has been strongly advocating the replacement vehicle be assembled at the Cape because from his view it is the right way to do it.

Today I am not going to get into the specifics of the legislation.

We'll look at the spending cap. We have to look at the legislation that was passed.

It is clear after today anyone still supporting legislation to dissolve the Second Injury Fund is not acting in the best interests of small businesses.

[There's no mention of two guys helping themselves to a little gravy.] Gale and I had a very specific problem with the fundraising brochures, ... But we were blown off. When the Dalai Lama begins to come close, people literally get stars in their eyes. And they don't want to look at the details of what's going on.