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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.

May 17, 2011

I am just astounded over and over that people say, well, NASA needs to advertise more what it does.

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May 16, 2011

Mr. President, the Senate is expected to take up a bill that would repeal $20 billion in outdated, antiquated tax breaks for the oil and gas companies. In many cases, this tax break was created about a century ago. They have little, if…

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May 11, 2011

I would agree. And I'm looking at perhaps sponsoring that legislation, myself.

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May 9, 2011

Mr. President, I want to call to the attention of the Senate the fact that a number of State legislatures, including our State legislature in Florida, have been enacting election law bills that severely constrict the right of the people to…

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May 9, 2011

What specific efforts have been made to partner with the states to ensure that TSA is granted access to states' criminal records?

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May 2, 2011

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.

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May 2, 2011

NOAA needs about $800 million for a satellite called the JPSS.

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May 2, 2011

Mr. Chairman, if I could just make the final observation----

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May 2, 2011

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…

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May 2, 2011

I think the answer is clearly yes.

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Apr 13, 2011

Mr. President, 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…

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