We have a public safety crisis here in Florida. Fatal crashes are up 10 percent this year.

As a father, you can't believe that your kid cannot come home tonight, but this happened to me. This happens all throughout the state of Florida ... It's a real, real unfortunate situation.

I will always remember the day I got old. It was the day my daughter died.

It's common sense and I think maybe it's time.

That extra year, the kids need it. Their brain hasn't matured. Sometimes I relate this to trying to pour a gallon bottle of milk into a pint and it just overflows -- they can't take in all that information.

Certain preventative maintenance is essential to refinery safety, ... Even in the crisis, if the goal is to keep petroleum supplies flowing smoothly, safety needs to remain a high priority. We've seen the effect in Texas City that a major accident can have on gasoline supplies.