Jun 15, 2016
Yes. Mr. President, if I may, if the Senator will yield for a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue.) The Senator from Connecticut has yielded to the Senator from Florida for a question.
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.
Congressional Record · 2016-06-15
Jun 14, 2016
Madam President, I call up amendment No. 4670. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Florida [Mr. Nelson] proposes an amendment numbered 4670 to…
Jun 14, 2016
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To improve the amendment) On page…
Jun 14, 2016
Madam President, I want to thank the leaders of our Armed Services Committee for working out what had been a difficult situation going forward with regard to assured access to space over a 6-year period starting in fiscal year 2017 and…
Jun 14, 2016
If the Senator will yield, I just wish to thank him for his comments. Indeed, some folks wish that I were still in orbit, and I understand that. I want the Senator to know that I have great affection and great respect for the chairman of…
Jun 13, 2016
Madam President, I have just returned from the command center of the emergency operations center, a temporary one that has been set up in the middle of South Orange Avenue, very close to the Pulse nightclub, not far from the hospital where…
Jun 9, 2016
Mr. President, I am going to try to make sense out of some of the discussion that has been going on, which has been quite detailed and very esoteric, with regard to the Russian rocket engine which is the main engine in the tail of the…
Jun 9, 2016
Mr. President, my distinguished colleague from North Carolina, Mr. Tillis, is correct. Chairman Thune and I did agree to accept this amendment as part of a package of 26 amendments agreed to by all but one of our colleagues. While I am…
Jun 8, 2016
Mr. President, do I have any time left? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Twenty-nine seconds.
Jun 8, 2016
Mr. President, I would say to my friend from Missouri simply that the administration does not say that they don't need this. As a matter of fact, in their $1.9 billion request, they have asked for the replenishment of this, and the…
Jun 8, 2016
Mr. President, I have a motion to instruct conferees at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Florida [Mr. Nelson] moves that the managers on the part of…
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