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.
I just want to make the observation that, whereas we have been able to be so sophisticated in our computer modeling... the insurance industry is still set in its ways in economic computer modeling that determines insurance rates.
Mr. Chairman, I am glad that we are discussing a concern that is so important to the folks of my State of Florida and throughout the country: the possible devastation that natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes…
the Paul Ryan/tea party budget of the House of Representatives privatizes Medicare. Let me repeat that. Medicare, the program of medical care for senior citizens that our seniors have come to depend on--the Paul Ryan/tea party budget of…
I applaud the investment that is being made in the Army National Guard readiness centers.
may I address the Senate? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator is recognized.
we have come through a crisis. It is not over yet because we don't have a law that has been passed by both Houses averting the shutdown of the government, and once it has passed both Houses--which we anticipate tomorrow--then it will be…
may I be recognized to speak in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is in morning business. ____________________
Interestingly, the cost is dropping. As the survivors increasingly diminish in number, the cost of this, actuarially projected, is dropping.





