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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.

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Oct 2, 2018

The idea of this law is to try to make a positive difference in the lives of young athletes all across this country.

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Oct 2, 2018

We failed the athletes. The system failed them. Responsible adults turned a blind eye and allowed predators to commit unspeakable crimes.

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Sep 25, 2018

How are we going to objectively measure the readiness of Cyber Mission Force to execute their mission?

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Sep 25, 2018

I believe there's a strong desire by both Republicans and Democrats and by both industry and public interest groups to work in good faith to reach a consensus on a national consumer data privacy law.

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Sep 25, 2018

Investing in NASA is investing in our future.

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Sep 25, 2018

Consumers have been hit by the misuse of their personal information and by data breaches all over the place.

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Sep 25, 2018

Can I assume that what you're saying is that you're going to move to the cloud so that you don't have to constantly upgrade the in-house computing infrastructure?

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Sep 25, 2018

So is that a yes, maybe to---- protect consumer privacy?

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Sep 25, 2018

Our view is that comprehensive Federal legislation on privacy should only be undertaken if it is based on the premise that Americans have an inherent right to privacy.

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Sep 25, 2018

Well, under current law, the FTC can only bring an enforcement action against a company that violates the terms of its own public policy or its own public privacy policy.

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Sep 25, 2018

The FTC is primarily responsible for protecting consumer privacy in the commercial marketplace. Yet it has a relatively small staff with limited resources.

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Sep 25, 2018

we do not understand why the Committee has chosen to exclude the voice of consumers.

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