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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.
I rise to speak on a subject that our colleagues know is very dear to my heart--America's space program. Although this is the last of many, many floor speeches I have made on the subject, I stand before the Senate with a heart that is full…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Florida Everglades
I wish to speak about one of the world's great natural treasures, the Florida Everglades. Eighteen years ago, there was an anniversary; as a matter of fact, it was in December of 2000. One of the major water bills that Congress passes…
would the Senator yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lee). Would the Senator yield for a question?
I say to the Senator from Rhode Island, since it is documented over time that the average annual temperature of the Earth is rising and we see in statistics the measurements of temperature, is it not true that scientists tell us that there…
if the Senator will further yield just for a concluding statement, the Senator from Rhode Island has outlined exactly what is happening in the State of Florida with the rising sea levels, the intrusion of saltwater into the fresh water…
I have a couple of subjects to talk about, and the first one is that all of us in the Senate have just attended a most moving State funeral in the National Cathedral for the late President George H.W. Bush. There have been many accolades…
I say to my friend, the Senator from Rhode Island, would it be fair to sum up the Senator's statement of what is happening to the planet by saying that the additional heat is prohibited from radiating out into space and is trapped by the…
I say to the Senator from Nebraska, this Senator has had too many opportunities to give the same kind of speech in remembrance of fallen Floridians just like her constituent who gave the ultimate sacrifice in protection of his country, and…
I want to talk about trickle-down economics and give my colleagues an example of why it doesn't work, particularly in parts of the country that have long been neglected by the power structures in those communities. Let's take, for example…
30 years ago, a gentleman by the name of Dr. James Hansen was the Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He testified to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that he was 99 percent certain that the year's…
the subject the Senator from Delaware speaks of--climate change especially--affects my State of Florida, as we are ground zero with so many of the consequences of climate change-- the sea level rise. I will be addressing that topic within…
I was necessarily absent for the November 15, 2018, vote on the motion to table the motion to discharge S.J. Res. 65, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the proposed export to the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain of…
It is all too common today... that we are beginning to see creep into the agencies the same thing that is happening in the body politic: the tribalism that has now entered and dominating our political milieu.
The FTC remains a relatively small agency. For years, I have consistently advocated that the FTC be provided with more resources.
It is my hope that Congress will finally do the right thing by providing the FTC with the increased funding and personnel.
I intend to be giving a number of speeches over the course of the next couple of weeks to comment on various matters on which I have had the privilege of working. I want to say, with regard to the election, that things turned out a little…
We're tasking NASA to explore the heavens, but we need the commercial space sector to take off.
this is an example of where the Senate can get something done. There were many twists and turns to the Coast Guard bill, but at the end of the day, we all came together in a bipartisan way to get it done, and I thank the Senator from…
I was necessarily absent for the October 10, 2018, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 640, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. I would have voted no. Mr. President, I was…
we finally have the Coast Guard bill here. I want to urge our colleagues to support the passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018. We have worked on it and passed it through committee. We have been in intensive discussions with…
I ask unanimous consent to allow Coast Guard details Catherine Carabine and Sean Stewart to have the privilege of the Senate floor during consideration of the Coast Guard bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 140
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