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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.
while the Senator from Kentucky is here, I want to get his attention and say that the very laudatory comments the majority whip has said about the Senator--I can add to the accolades for the Senator from Kentucky by pointing out that he…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery Effort
a recent study from Harvard suggested that the actual death toll in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria could be as much as 70 times higher than what was previously reported. In fact, the study, which was released 2 weeks ago…
I thank Senator Flake for his comments, his willingness to speak out, and for the courage with which he has spoken. His beliefs, I think, are admirable, and this Senator wants to state that for the record. What he has spoken about does not…
it is interesting that the majority whip just spoke about China, and this Senator wants to talk about Facebook and some of the things that are threatening national security and our personal privacy. I rise to speak about the recent press…
I was necessarily absent for the June 4, 2018, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 542, the nomination of Robert Earl Wier, of Kentucky, to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. I…
Let's be clear here, we're talking girls as young as ten years old being terribly abused.
We're always going to have sick people who will try to harm our children, but we can exercise our authority in trying to hold sports organizations accountable.
This is beyond tragic, as many of the victims' emotional scars may never heal.
We can hold sports organizations accountable so that they create environments with appropriate checks and safety protocols.
The system failed them. Responsible adults who should have intervened failed them.
Thank you for inviting me to testify at this hearing on 'Cybersecurity: Risks to Financial Services Industry and Its Preparedness.'
We are encouraging regulators to harmonize their cyber regulatory requirements, leverage authorities in the Cyber Information Sharing Act, CISA, and the USA PATRIOT Act to implement more effective information-sharing programs.
Under section 314(b) of the USA Patriot Act, financial institutions may share information when there is suspicion of money laundering and terrorist activity.
the right to vote is one of the most precious rights we have here in America. How we protect it is so cherished, and it is also cherished by peoples all over the world who don't get a chance to exercise that right. Our constitutional…
It was interesting. In 2014, Senator Crapo mentioned that was the year of the data breach.
This Senator from Florida wants to thank his neighbor and colleague for his comments and to say how true it is that there is an underserved part in healthcare that is not only the underserved in the inner city but, clearly, also in rural…
this is serious. There are things like potentially toxic flame-retardant chemicals in children's products. Remember all of those Chinese toys that were defective? Or what about recycled crumb rubber that is used in playgrounds that have…
I rise today regarding the nomination of Dana Baiocco to serve as a Commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or, as we refer to it, the CPSC. It is a small, safety- focused agency. It has about 500 employees, but it has a…
I rise to speak today in the wake of another tragic school shooting. This time, it was in Texas. Ten innocent people--eight students and two teachers--were gunned down Friday when a gunman walked into a high school in East Texas and opened…
I rise, along with my colleagues here, to speak in strong support of the resolution to restore strong net neutrality protections for Americans. This is, obviously, what the American people want. For the vote that was just taken on the…
A report done by the Minority Staff on this Committee... shows that there are still 1.3 million vehicles out there with those defective Takata air bags which are nothing more than ticking time bombs.
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