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Bill Nelson: Indeed, it is that hope, that optimism of which the Senator from Virginia has just spoken--uplifting words--that are the…

On the recordDecember 6, 2006
Indeed, it is that hope, that optimism of which the Senator from Virginia has just spoken--uplifting words--that are the feelings that generate this Senator from Florida to get up and go to work every day, and to look at this Nation's challenges, not as a Democratic problem or a Republican problem, but as an American problem, that need to be solved in an American way instead of a partisan way. We have had far too much partisanship over the last several years across this land, and, indeed, in this Chamber itself.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the need for bipartisanship and unity in addressing national challenges.

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