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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. President, I say to my colleagues that this is a very substantive discussion. This Senator is enormously impressed with the quality of the commentary from the two who have preceded me and those who will follow. We are addressing the…
Madam President, just to remind the Senate, Senator Rubio and I have the nonpartisan process of the Judicial Nomination Commission for our Federal district judges. Robin Rosenberg is a product of that. So I commend to the Senate this…
This is Judge Robin Rosenberg who comes through this nonpartisan judicial nominating process Senator Rubio and I have set up. Senator Rubio and I certainly commend her for our Members' favorable consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Mrs. DaMara Belson, a NASA fellow, be granted floor privileges. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, 45 years ago yesterday the entire world was riveted to their television sets--often a television image that was grainy, black and white, and flickering--as we heard the report, ``The eagle has landed.'' Then we saw Neil…
The administration sent several Cabinet Secretaries and high-ranking appointees to brief all Senators last evening on the crisis of the children on the border, and it appears they are getting their arms around addressing the problem of the…
Mr. President, today I commend my colleagues for a strong bipartisan vote in favor of S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, or TRIA…
I ask to speak for 3 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Nelson are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…
In an abundance of fairness, I want to get some counterpoint between Mr. Kimmelman and Mr. Cohen.
Of course, were the worst to happen, that it cut off today, in addition to the Delta heavy to launch the heavy payloads, assuming that SpaceX is certified by the end of the year, you would have that capability of launching medium-sized…
I want to make sure that we are certifying new entrants that are capable of launching the payloads that we are launching.
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