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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.

Sep 23, 2013

Some fisheries have traceability requirements in which they trace it from the vessel all the way to the market, the grocery store.

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Sep 23, 2013

Our fishermen, who have taken all these sacrifices, often have to compete on the same grocery store shelf with the fishermen that is it, a product that was harvested illegally.

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Sep 19, 2013

Mr. President, many States such as mine, Florida, have strict bullying policies in place. But we need to go beyond that, and Federal legislation is needed because, as the Secretary of Education has said, these laws in the States ``lack…

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Sep 17, 2013

So, our work for a cure should take into account the fact that any such drug or vaccine will miss half an epidemic if it is not tested and proven effective for the elderly population.

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Sep 17, 2013

Now, we want to reaffirm again that aging with HIV, some people think that just because they are older, they are not going to get HIV.

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Sep 9, 2013

Mr. President, I wish to address the subject of Syria. First of all, I wish to commend to anyone who is listening to my voice to view the videos the intelligence community has released. They came from social media. There are 13 videos that…

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Aug 13, 2013

We urge Congress to enact legislation requiring the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river system to be managed so that the Apalachicola River and Bay will receive the freshwater flows they need.

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Aug 12, 2013

So give us an example, then, where you say that you have to consider that, then the fact that there is less freshwater flowing south, what do you do about that if this species is threatened?

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Aug 12, 2013

I hope the money comes, and we are going to work hard to make that happen. But beyond that, what I want to make clear is it is not enough; we can't stop there.

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Aug 12, 2013

Now, we are running out of options.

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