Jul 12, 2011
Madam President, there will be up to two rollcall votes at approximately 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. The first vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1323, the sense-of-the- Senate bill on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget…
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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Jul 10, 2011
I know Senator Nelson, for example, has worked very hard on securing funding as part of this for better data.
Jul 10, 2011
There is no doubt that Florida deserves and must receive their fair share of this recovery money.
Jun 30, 2011
Mr. President, the negotiation over this deficit reduction and the debt ceiling package has hit the critical stage. It is beginning to come into the consciousness of the country and most of the people around here. Those people have in some…
Jun 30, 2011
Mr. President, while the Senator from Texas is still on the floor, I just want to say how, personally, this Senator is going to miss her after the calendar year 2012, since she is retiring from the Senate. I say that with the utmost…
Jun 30, 2011
Mr. President, I want to thank the Senator again. We stood shoulder to shoulder and we were able to get these two additional flights, which the Senator from Texas just chronicled, that no sooner had Mark Kelly and his crew put the alpha…
Jun 30, 2011
Mr. President, 235 years ago this weekend, John Adams proclaimed that July 2 would mark the most memorable epoch in the history of America. It was on that day the Continental Congress declared the 13 colonies free and independent of Great…
Jun 30, 2011
Well, Mr. President, as the Senator is leaving, I just want to say that she and I did have to stand shoulder to shoulder, and we had some fights. Of course, in the process we had some critics too. Now some of my critics wish that when I…
Jun 29, 2011
Mr. President, I wish to quote from a publication. Days after working at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, a U.S. Navy veteran found himself behind bars--where he could remain for a decade--for alleged passport fraud. I had to read that…
Jun 29, 2011
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Toomey amendment No. 514 be considered as having been adopted before the managers' amendment to S. 679. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.
Jun 29, 2011
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senator is recognized. Alleged Passport Fraud
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