Mr. President, I join our colleagues who have spoken about the concern of the Russian cyber attacks on this country. Every day that passes, we gather new information about how Russia, at Vladimir Putin's direction, has gone about…
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 want to take this opportunity to say that all of us have to get to work--the White House, our cyber forces, and the whole of government. When it comes to defending our democracy, many of us have taken up arms, many of us…
Madam President, since I see no other Senator who seeks recognition, I thought I would take the occasion to bring the Senate up to date on what is happening down in Florida in the aftermath of 17 people being gunned down at Marjory…
Madam President, it has been almost 6 months since Hurricane Irma struck Florida. It has been about a month since we passed the most recent disaster supplemental appropriations bill, which finally included the money for Florida's…
Mr. President, as the Senator from Pennsylvania is leaving, those are the people whose names he just read. That is why I am here to tell you that teachers, students, and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School returned to school for…
my state continues to top the list for grade crossing collisions and fatalities.
I wish I could say that this technology was in place and working, so that we wouldn't have to keep having these deadly accidents.
We have a responsibility to the traveling public to learn from these tragic crashes.
I'm not inclined to give any more additional time because, do we want more crashes that PTC could avoid?
Implementing PTC has been a priority for industry and the Department of Transportation (DOT).





