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Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.

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Sep 14, 2016

For a Senator to express an opinion about court packing vis-a-vis a particular issue is certainly appropriate.

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Sep 14, 2016

It's time for all of us to do everything that we can to make it a reality throughout the entire country.

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Sep 14, 2016

This has been one of the most contentious.

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Sep 14, 2016

The D.C. Circuit's decision is more than disappointing, it also confirms why every parliamentary trick in Congress was used to pack this particular court.

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Sep 14, 2016

I certainly acknowledge with you the highly charged partisan times.

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Sep 12, 2016

This is not capitalism. This is not the free market. This is a rigged market benefiting some greedy speculators, and it's not right.

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Sep 12, 2016

I want to speak about health care, and it is a health care crisis that is upon us right now. It is the Zika crisis. Happily, if my voice will hold out, I am here to share with the Senate that I think we have finally found a path forward to…

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Sep 12, 2016

The politically offensive slang word, 'scalping,' came from the notion that those reselling tickets were, in fact, taking the skin off the back of the general public.

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Sep 12, 2016

Online ticket scalping is an unsavory, lucrative business and our fans are the ones who are exploited.

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Sep 12, 2016

I want to say to the Senator from Illinois that that was an excellent recitation of what the Affordable Care Act has done to ensure health insurance and provide health care for the people of our country. This Senator just wants to…

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Sep 12, 2016

my mission, is to ensure that young people and, in fact, people of all ages--Senator Nelson, for example--have the same opportunity to see live performances

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Sep 12, 2016

I applaud each state's efforts to level the playing field for the sports fan or concertgoer.

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