Political Quotes

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.

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May 5, 2014

while I had the opportunity on the floor, I wanted to call to the attention of the Senate that the Special Committee on Aging, which I have the privilege of chairing, held a hearing last week on scams particularly affecting senior…

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May 5, 2014

I think it is very interesting that the Commonwealth of Virginia got very visionary and decided they were going to start shifting.

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May 5, 2014

Mr. Putin continues to be very aggressive, and whether it is uniformed personnel on the border of Ukraine...

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Apr 29, 2014

if you live along the southeastern coast of the United States, you know the sea level is rising. We have a lot of people who would question the reason for this rise of the sea level. Some people deny there is climate change, that the Earth…

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Apr 29, 2014

We are here to spotlight the worst practices in an industry that has run amuck and largely remains in the shadows.

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Apr 21, 2014

What he has stated, in fact, has occurred. And so those who deny climate change and sea level rise, here is the proof right here.

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Apr 21, 2014

We have been facing budget cuts at NASA, which means that we may not be able to continue to get some of these satellites.

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Apr 21, 2014

Would you or someone else knit together how the addressing of the problems of flooding with the infrastructure projects, how can that be helped knit together with the billions of dollars that we are spending in the restoration of the…

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Apr 21, 2014

if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.

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Apr 21, 2014

Over the last 50 years--we will hear testimony--sea level rise has been in Florida any place from five to eight inches. It is real. And yet some of our colleagues in the Senate deny it.

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Apr 21, 2014

We ought to be listening to the 99 percent of scientific evidence.

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Apr 21, 2014

And so are you all going to have to spend all kinds of money to help protect Las Olas?

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