Mr. President, Senator Durbin has been leading a group of us talking about DACA, or the Dreamers. I wish to tell the Senate two stories. I wish to tell you about Elisha Dawkins. He was a baby who was brought from the Bahamas at age 6…
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, there are all kinds of reports swirling around Washington, and we are hearing from those reports that the Trump administration is about to give a huge, early Christmas present to the oil industry. The reports are, the…
The success of Florida's economy is intimately connected to our Nation's oceans.
We must continue to lead the international community on sensible ocean policy.
Madam President, we are just about to enter the holiday season. The traffic is already picking up. We could call it the great holiday migration that is going to be underway. Millions of people will be traveling to see their loved…
Private sector research and development continues to outpace military investments in space.
Madam President, the matter that is before the Senate is the motion I have offered. It simply is, in this tax bill, the corporate rate is reduced from 35 percent down to 20 percent, and that is permanent, but the modest, middle-class tax…
Madam President, we yield back all time as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to the Nelson motion to commit.





