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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.

Jul 12, 2016

I will predict that shortly, in the next few years, if not immediately, you will see an extension even on out to the end of the decade.

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Jul 12, 2016

Yes, sir. And I know that mosquitoes are all over Florida, but now this one strain of mosquito, the aegypti, for dinner feeds not on one human but on four. If the mosquito has the Zika virus, each of those four would then be infected with…

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Jul 11, 2016

If we all share the same goal of how to best protect consumer online privacy, then it seems that we are bifurcated in our approach to this.

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Jul 11, 2016

should the consumer have the authority, by giving their consent or not, to control the invasion of their content?

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Jul 11, 2016

Senator Nelson, the point you made resonates.

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Jul 11, 2016

But as a practical matter, that doesn't work that way.

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Jul 11, 2016

What we have been going through over the past several years in trying to protect the privacy of American citizens and American persons from intrusion by the government...

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Jul 11, 2016

Well, I'll get into it later on. But thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Jul 11, 2016

We need regulators who are not afraid to use their authority when necessary, to protect consumer privacy.

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Jul 11, 2016

do we not have an obligation to protect from the commercial intrusion of their content?

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Jul 11, 2016

Isn't it clear the FCC is the expert agency for regulating communications networks, including broadband networks?

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