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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.

Mar 2, 2010

Needless to say, our fishermen are quite concerned, and it's not just the commercial fishermen--they have now banded together with the charter boat captains and the recreational fishermen--on the closure of the fisheries, for example, on…

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Mar 1, 2010

Tell me, why did Toyota officials in Japan not take seriously the messages about safety concerns that Toyota's North American officials had conveyed to Japan?

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Mar 1, 2010

Who made the decision in Toyota to have only one laptop in the U.S. with the required software to read out an electronic data recorder?

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Mar 1, 2010

Oh, yes. I mean, we need two things: We need to mandate them in all vehicles, and we need that the readout be standardized so that anyone can read it.

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Mar 1, 2010

If there's a deadline for standardization, why does--what is your opinion that Toyota still uses proprietary software to read out the contents, if it's going to be standardized?

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Mar 1, 2010

Does Toyota collect and store all the information from the electronic data recorders it decodes?

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Mar 1, 2010

Profits should never trump safety.

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Mar 1, 2010

It's sad, for the loss of life, but it's also sad, as I said in my opening comments, about all these Toyota dealers who now, in the middle of an economic recession, are getting hit with a double whammy because people have lost confidence…

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Feb 23, 2010

I believe this proposed new path is both irresponsible and far too risky.

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Feb 23, 2010

As you start to ramp up, you've got to look at this incredible talented workforce that may be out of a job.

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Feb 23, 2010

I clearly support the vision of eventually passing to them the responsibility of going to and from LEO.

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