We had to do our own thing because Florida happened to be hit with Andrew, ... Well, maybe they'll think differently now.

I was here with Camille and lived in Florida when Andrew hit and nothing compares to this. This is an absolute nightmare.

I'm going to make up my own mind as to what I think is in the best interest of our country and Florida.

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.

Hurricane Andrew hit and everything changed.

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