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.
we're going to Mars, and the beginning of that is in 2 years with the launch of the largest rocket, most powerful rocket ever, the SLS with its spacecraft Orion.
just as the Senator from California has outlined the needs of her State, having been hit by a natural disaster, so, too, natural disasters, not wildfires--although we have had plenty in Florida--but hurricanes have hit other States…
And in a recognition of satellites' resiliency and reliability, first responders and those in disaster areas... rely on satellite systems as their lifeline when other communications systems are down.
I saw firsthand what satellite communication does in a place like Puerto Rico, since so much of it was--you couldn't communicate because there wasn't electricity.
it's a critical time, for the space program and space commercialization as well.
So, Ms. Cooper, now, there are a dozen applications in front of the FCC for various new satellite constellations.
Well, this is an exciting time because communications satellites are essential links in our globally connected world.
we are paving the way to a dramatic increase in commercial space activity at the Cape.
to accommodate the majority leader, I ask unanimous consent--I understand that he will object, and I will explain it afterward, but it involves what you see here in the aftermath of the hurricane, all of this citrus fruit on the ground…





