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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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Feb 14, 2018

How are you collaborating with key interagency partners to develop an effective campaign to stop the flow of illicit opioids?

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Feb 14, 2018

I'm concerned the future technology won't be ready for prime time when we need it.

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Feb 14, 2018

In particular, how best can the United States target the criminal dictator Maduro, and help restore Venezuela's democracy?

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Feb 14, 2018

We think the public sector in the Department of Defense are woefully unprepared and split and segmented and not coordinated to be able to handle now what is one of the greatest threats to our national security, the cyberattacks that…

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Feb 14, 2018

My State is subject to hurricanes. Puerto Rico is subject to hurricanes.

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Feb 14, 2018

I believe the other help we need is to understand this generation, as they grow up as high-end users of cyber.

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Feb 14, 2018

Three years ago, the Admiral said passing the Trans-Pacific trade agreement. Okay. So, 3 years have passed, and all of this has happened.

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Feb 14, 2018

If the President were to unilaterally withdraw, what kind of impact is that going to have on our global security environment?

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Feb 13, 2018

Keep on keeping on. We are a nation of laws. A school cannot become an armed camp just like so much of our daily activities can't be.

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Feb 13, 2018

The expertise is in the FCC, and that's why you'll see a CRA coming to the Senate to restore the FCC's critical net neutrality protections.

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Feb 13, 2018

Well, that's avoiding the issue, and at some point we need to say enough is enough. The American people need to rise up and say enough is enough, and you've talked about all the mass slaughters that have occurred.

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Feb 13, 2018

But we're going to have to be extra vigilant, and we're going to have to take steps not only to support law enforcement but to give them the laws that they can prevent the mass slaughters from the highly automatic high-powered weapons.

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Feb 13, 2018

The American people deserve a government that works for them, not against them.

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Feb 13, 2018

It's absolutely essential that the agency fulfills its mission to protect American consumers in a no-nonsense, nonpartisan, and independent manner.

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Feb 13, 2018

I support the CRA to restore the FCC's critical net neutrality protections.

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Feb 13, 2018

Given this reality, it is absolutely essential that the FTC fulfills its mission to protect American consumers in a no-nonsense, bipartisan manner.

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Feb 13, 2018

Simply put, the FTC is not the agency for net neutrality.

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Feb 13, 2018

I commend all of you for your willingness to overcome this unfortunate attitude and work on behalf of the American public.

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Feb 13, 2018

As a commissioner, will you pledge to not require substantial harm or financial harm as legal tests for FTC enforcement actions?

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Feb 12, 2018

this is about the foundation of our democracy and that we as a government ought to be doing more to defend ourselves.

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Feb 12, 2018

We set up these Cyber Command national mission teams to disrupt the Russian troll farms, the botnets, the hackers, all engaged in attacks on our democracy, re the elections.

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Feb 12, 2018

So all of you sound like that you just do not think enough has been done and that we are not ready.

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Feb 12, 2018

this is not a partisan issue. This can happen to either party or the non-party candidates as well. It ought to be all hands on deck.

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Feb 12, 2018

I am looking forward to this debate. As Senator Hatch has indicated, it is going to be a robust debate, and it could produce the best of what the Senate can produce: a bipartisan agreement, which it will have to be in order to get to 60…

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