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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.

Oct 24, 2017

It's going to make access even more affordable for broadband Internet.

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Oct 24, 2017

Well, this is an exciting time because communications satellites are essential links in our globally connected world.

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Oct 24, 2017

Mr. President, 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…

Congressional Record · 2017-10-24
Oct 24, 2017

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.

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Oct 23, 2017

Madam President, 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…

Congressional Record · 2017-10-23
Oct 23, 2017

Madam President, in my explanation, I will go into it in detail. It is my hope that the White House promise that this will be taken up in November, which is the next tranche of the hurricane money, the disaster assistance. It has been well…

Congressional Record · 2017-10-23
Oct 18, 2017

Mr. President, before Medicare, one-half of senior citizens in this country did not have any healthcare, health insurance. Medicare changed that. So why in the world would we want to cut $473 billion from Medicare? It does not make sense…

Congressional Record · 2017-10-18
Oct 18, 2017

You mess around with our election apparatus, and it is an attack on our country.

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Oct 18, 2017

Vladimir Putin cannot beat us on the land, in the air, on the sea, under the sea, or in space, but he can beat us in cyber.

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Oct 18, 2017

Did you realize that you handed out a chart that is 5 years old? The date on this chart is January of 2013.

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