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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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May 17, 2010

Right. So, when oil is released at that depth, of 5,000 feet, and it is fresh oil, and it is together--it's not dispersed----

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May 17, 2010

So, you feel satisfied that you're having access to all the video footage?

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May 17, 2010

Surprised that a regulator, that is supposed to be not only collecting royalties, but also charged with the safety of this kind of equipment that we're talking about, that failed, had such a cozy relationship that they're going off and…

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May 17, 2010

OK. So, that's two people that you lost, that you don't have any indication that the switch was flipped.

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May 17, 2010

Have you confirmed the existence of the deep sea plumes?

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May 17, 2010

And what are some of those organisms?

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May 13, 2010

if this gusher continues--and we hope and pray that by some miracle there is going to be some capping at the seabed of this well that is spewing at least 5,000 barrels of oil a day--but if this thing continues and it doesn't stop until…

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May 11, 2010

I asked for the restructuring of the Constellation Program, to include the development of a heavy-lift vehicle and a crewed vehicle capable of evolving to support expeditions beyond low-Earth orbit--we received it.

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May 11, 2010

The President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget request is good for NASA because it sets the agency on a sustainable path that is tightly linked to our Nation's interests.

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May 11, 2010

the mistakes that were made in the rollout which unfairly characterized the President as an opponent of human spaceflight

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May 11, 2010

What the Chairman of the Augustine Commission wanted to do was to get that excitement returned.

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