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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.

Jul 18, 2018

If the Senator will yield, as a matter of fact, I am looking forward to seeing that museum. It was one of the Senator's players on the Kansas City Monarchs-- ``Peach-Head'' Bob Mitchell, retired, who was living in my State--who brought to…

Congressional Record · 2018-07-18
Jul 17, 2018

As you know, we are having discharges of nutrient-laden water that in our fresh water is causing algae blooms, and those algae blooms are going on out to salt water.

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Jul 17, 2018

Yes, eventually this is going to have very serious ramifications for these shark populations that we are trying to rebuild through good fisheries management.

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Jul 17, 2018

The phenomenon out in the Gulf of red tide--is that affecting sharks?

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Jul 17, 2018

And you all pointed out that the shark attacks are rare. Can you attribute any of these attacks that are close to shore of which sharks are swimming there because of a change of the environment that you mentioned?

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Jul 17, 2018

Believe it or not, some people pay money to swim with sharks.

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Jul 17, 2018

Well, Mr. Chairman, you definitely taught me something. I did not know that South Dakota had sharks.

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Jul 17, 2018

The reality is that the chances of an encounter with a shark are very low.

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Jul 16, 2018

Mr. President, almost everybody in the world knows by now that the President met with Vladimir Putin today. While nobody knows what the two Presidents said in their private meeting, what they said afterward certainly should alarm all of…

Congressional Record · 2018-07-16
Jul 15, 2018

On behalf of the 34 community-owned, public power utilities in Florida, I am writing to express our serious concerns with a new legislative proposal.

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