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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.

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Feb 6, 2018

Thank you, Mr. President. Falcon Heavy Rocket Just a few minutes ago, the largest rocket since the Moon program, the Saturn V, launched from the Kennedy Space Center. People across the world saw it on TV, as well as over the internet…

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Feb 5, 2018

In this regard, Senator Blumenthal and I have once again introduced such legislation, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, which would require companies to secure their data and to promptly notify consumers when there is a breach.

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Feb 5, 2018

A bipartisan bill must provide consumer protections that are better than is in the current law.

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Feb 5, 2018

It would be better for Congress to pass no bill than to pass a bill that provides less protections to the consumers compared to the status quo.

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Feb 5, 2018

the legislation is out there. We will continue to work with the Chairman of the Full Committee, Senator Thune, in order to try to get meaningful data security legislation, but any such bill cannot simply cater to corporate interests.

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Jan 30, 2018

I am absolutely shocked that FEMA has announced that on Wednesday it will stop distributing food and water to Puerto Rico. Cutting this aid to the people of Puerto Rico, while still almost a third of them do not have electricity, is…

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Jan 30, 2018

I was necessarily absent for the January 29, 2018, vote on calendar No. 294, motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2311, the Pain-Capable Unborn Children Protection Act. I would have voted nay. Mr. President, I was…

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Jan 29, 2018

Investing in aquaculture as a national priority will send a very clear message calling needed attention to the opportunities for this Nation to better utilize our marine resources.

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Jan 29, 2018

Florida has long been called the fishing capital of the world.

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Jan 29, 2018

I recommend the United States heavily invest in the development of modern aquaculture much in the same way it invested in the development of the agriculture industry post World War II.

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Jan 29, 2018

the bottom line is science should be a nonpartisan issue.

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Jan 29, 2018

It's especially important to have aquaculture that is under conditions that are not just so nasty and putrid as we've learned about some of the aquaculture in foreign countries.

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