Mr. President, are we in a parliamentary procedure to proceed with commentary on the Senate floor? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are in morning business, with 10-minute grants.
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.
Mr. President, I want to talk about something we all hear about and generally support--that the National Institutes of Health needs help. It was founded in 1887. Its work and investments in the work of others have led to countless…
We've got to prepare for that. For example, Elon Musk recently predicted, in an interview with CNBC, that robots could eventually take many jobs away from folks and that they would have to depend on the government in order to have a living.
Mr. President, this Senator, who has a great stake in this legislation, is certainly not opposed to drilling off the shore, unless it happens to threaten the interests of the United States. In many places on the Atlantic coast and…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Major-- Lieutenant Colonel-select--Chivis, our defense fellow, be granted the privileges of the floor for the rest of this session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…
Mr. President, as long as no other Senator is asking to be recognized, let me just say that from the perspective of the senior Senator from Florida, I think it is the obligation of those of us who were backing the candidate who did not win…
Mr. President, I want to speak on the bill. We are going to have a vote somewhere around midday tomorrow on this bill. This Senator comes to this issue with a long history of drilling for oil off our coast. Ever since I was a young…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Bringing People Together
Mr. President, I express my appreciation to the Senate that in the funding bill it includes the money for Zika, $1.1 billion that has been so desperately needed, not only assisting local governments and State governments with things such…
My strong hope is that the SAFE KIDS Act will be the next piece of legislation we vote out of committee, because protecting our children can't wait, and shouldn't wait.





