“Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive.”
“This President needs guardrails, not a blank check”
“I cannot vote to fund an illegal war with no justification, no set goal, and no exit strategy.”
“This cannot be acceptable in America.”
“Federal investment like this can transform lives and economies.”
“Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable.”

Political Quotes

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.

Quotes by year · 2001–20255,133 total · peak 2017 (611)
2001: 14 quotes2003: 141 quotes2004: 50 quotes2005: 15 quotes2006: 1 quote2007: 78 quotes2008: 15 quotes2009: 487 quotes2010: 527 quotes2011: 392 quotes2012: 314 quotes2013: 525 quotes2014: 412 quotes2015: 445 quotes2016: 317 quotes2017: 611 quotes2018: 500 quotes2021: 75 quotes2022: 56 quotes2023: 143 quotes2024: 11 quotes2025: 4 quotes
Oct 1, 2003

Most of our development is along the coast. And, of course, with the rising of the sea, that then threatens property.

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Oct 1, 2003

Well, do you think the insurance companies are waking up to reality?

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Oct 1, 2003

And what has caused that change in the CEO's minds of insurance companies?

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Oct 1, 2003

I'd work the international community on this issue like crazy, and what I'd do on things like the energy bill...

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Oct 1, 2003

You know, Senator, I've been looking forward to being Chairman of the Commerce Committee.

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Oct 1, 2003

Well, that's what I certainly found out.

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Oct 1, 2003

I tried to offer some leadership on this issue in the mid-1990s as the elected insurance commissioner of Florida.

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Mar 19, 2003

at the end of the day, that North Korea is not going to have nukes. And that has to be stated.

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Feb 25, 2003

Politics often gets in the way, does it not?

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Feb 25, 2003

if what we are trying to do with North Korea to get them to stop the nuclear program and to stop proliferation and all of those things, we need a quid pro quo for that.

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