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.
Can I assume that what you're saying is that you're going to move to the cloud so that you don't have to constantly upgrade the in-house computing infrastructure?
Well, under current law, the FTC can only bring an enforcement action against a company that violates the terms of its own public policy or its own public privacy policy.
we do not understand why the Committee has chosen to exclude the voice of consumers.
Will the combatant commanders understand this so-called meaningful set of metrics that you're talking about, a standard?
over the past few weeks, I have been meeting with residents and business owners in South Florida who are continuing to experience the health impacts and the financial troubles as a result of the persistent algae blooms which are on the…
on the 11th of November 2018, the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. America entered the Great War 2 years, 8 months, and 9 days after it started, but with our allies and through great sacrifice, defeated the…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Water Resources Development Act
This Committee has passed legislation that has allowed the U.S. to be a leader in fishery conservation and management.
climate change and sea level rise are already changing ecosystems and that forces fish populations to move.
Climate change and global mismanagement of fish stocks are driving our oceans to conditions that we've never seen before.
I was necessarily absent for the September 6, 2018, vote on the motion to confirm Executive Calendar No. 779, Dominic W. Lanza to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona. I would have voted no. Mr. President, I was necessarily…
To follow that up, the Chinese have twice as many vessels to support their fishing fleet.
It's important for us to know the program's details, and I believe it's imperative that we have a discussion on the ways that TSA is responding to the emerging threat, as you and I, Admiral, discussed, of 3-D printed guns.
And those comments sound just like John McCain, who had an extraordinary insight into matters of national security.
the big question is so much of TSA is trying to protect us on an airplane and now with 3-D guns...
when you walk by Senator McCain's desk and see the black drape and the bowl of white roses, it really underscores the loss. We lost a colleague. We lost a friend. The country lost a true public servant. We have heard the stories. After…
today I voted yea on the confirmation of Lynn Johnson of Colorado to lead the Administration for Children and Families under the Department of Health and Human Services. As the head of the agency that oversees the Office of Refugee…
It's not a partisan issue. That bill that you talked about, that I introduced a year ago, we passed it.
I joined my colleague, Senator Rubio, in filing a bill to require a coordinated scientific strategy to address the toxic algae in Florida.
We applaud the Committee's willingness to take on this important issue, and ask Congress to provide assistance to our state agencies and local governments in their clean-up and recovery efforts.





