First, I want to congratulate my fellow Floridian, Senator Marco Rubio, on his Chairmanship of the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard subcommittee.
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. Romine, the voluntary program works as long as everybody is volunteering.
Would you submit for the Committee's consideration the percentage of that, as well as the percentage of your general membership implementing the Framework?
How about a cyber attack on a transportation system that may shut down the railroad or cause two trains to run together?
We cannot afford to ignore science when it comes to both the protection of our waters and the protection of our maritime industry.
Well, as I said in the opening comments, if a terrorist comes in and with a satchel charge blows up a major electrical grid, sewer plant, water plant, that is obviously a terrorist attack.
One of the lessons of Pearl Harbor was that you do not put all your eggs in one basket. You disperse your assets.
But when you get to the question of national security, the terrorist is not likely going to attack your operation.
greater sharing, because cyber attacks and data breaches have real consequences on the lives of everyday Americans.
With regard to ballast water, some states have standards that are much more stringent than others.
Our current campaign is dependent on the capabilities of the Iraqi Security Forces to deal with ISIL.





