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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.

Feb 22, 2016

If I flew from Orlando to Pensacola, I could get to the train station in downtown Pensacola at 9:31, but the train departed at 9:30.

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Feb 22, 2016

Mr. President, we all know how our senior citizens have been the victims of spoofing. Well, that is happening to a lot of our fellow citizens, no matter what the age is, because fraudulent and abusive phoning scams are plaguing thousands…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-22
Feb 22, 2016

Just to what you gentlemen have said, it was Maggie and Ted in 1976 that passed this, signed into law by President Ford. It has been so important, and we have got to rebuild on it to make sure that we save the fish.

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Feb 22, 2016

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Nelson pertaining to the introduction of S. 2558 are printed in today's Record under…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-22
Feb 22, 2016

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-22
Feb 11, 2016

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Congressional Record · 2016-02-11
Feb 11, 2016

I continue to support this mandate and its recognition that consumers should have options for how they access and watch pay TV services.

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Feb 11, 2016

Mr. President, late last year a cargo container ship carrying 33 men and women left Florida from the Port of Jacksonville en route to Puerto Rico. It typically sailed back and forth, carrying cargo to and from San Juan, Puerto Rico, but…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-11
Feb 10, 2016

This is why I introduced S. 2342, the Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act, which will help low-income seniors living on the Island afford their prescription drugs.

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Feb 10, 2016

That is two-thirds. To use the lexicon of today, that is a huge success.

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Feb 10, 2016

Puerto Rico needs help, and, lo and behold, if Puerto Rican pregnant women are being exposed and they have this tragic result of these defective births, that is going to be an additional expense upon the health-care system to take care of…

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