Nat recommended focusing on projects like bridging the Tamiami Trail, which is U.S. 41--virtually a dike across the southern peninsula of Florida. It is now being bridged, first with a mile-long bridge, and now--under construction--with a…
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.
Mr. President, I received very good news for Florida this morning. The Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on a long-awaited report that will allow Congress to authorize a new reservoir project south of Lake Okeechobee in the upcoming…
Still, the Nation is not prepared to deal with this threat and that includes the private sector.
These threats are not Democrat or Republican. They are against our country and its wellbeing.
There's no doubt that Russia and China will continue to exploit these and future vulnerabilities to advance their own interests.
There has got to be some coordinating body that works in the private-public partnership, as we have defined it, to make sure all the stakeholders know what the issues are.
So it did not occur to you to notify them this past time, but you are going to in the future.
So let me see if I can restate what you just said. You think that 7 months, after having notified their customers, to notify the government is a rather long time.
The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities--discovered inside virtually every computer in the world--should be a wake-up call to us all.





