“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordMay 17, 2010
So, the fact that you all were the operators of the blowout preventer and the drilling of the well, you consider that liability for economic loss not to be yours, but, rather, to be BP's.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Senator Nelson challenges Transocean's claim of liability regarding the oil spill.

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