Bill Nelson

S. 1296, introduced by Senator Bill Nelson (FL), the Servicemember's Electronic Health Records Act of 2013...

S. 1262, the Veterans Conservation Corps, sponsored by Senator Bill Nelson, would establish a new program to support veterans.

Numbers like these tell me we need to do more to help those who sacrificed in service to our Nation.

The question is what is the value to society of employing veterans for worthwhile things in our national parks and schools.

It is naming the Bay Pines Hospital in the Pinellas County, Florida after the longest-serving Republican member of the House of Representatives who we just lost last week, Bill Young.

I am proud to have produced this bill with Senators Begich, Whitehouse, Durbin, and Tester.

I believe this is an appropriate way to recognize his service to the men and women of our military, the State of Florida, and the Nation.

We are going to discuss advancing research on aging and the impact on health and chronic disease.

The Senator from Indiana is very sincere as he has worked diligently and in a bipartisan way to tackle this budget problem. It is this Senator's hope we can continue those kinds of discussions we had a couple of years ago. Would the…

I want to encourage you. I met with two of your CEOs last week and they were not ready to step up and go talk to the leadership in the House of Representatives that were allowing this shutdown to continue.

This shutdown is not about deficits now. This shutdown was about defunding Obamacare.

Ninety-seven percent.

When I said, well, do you think that default is going to have some consequence on your companies, they said: Oh, no, no, no; we'll get activated with regard to the default.

The restraint of the companies is not putting the real life in front of the small group in the House of Representatives that is causing this shutdown.

We cannot negotiate over the debt ceiling. National security is another consideration.

What the Senator said about NASA is so true. Would the Senator believe that 97 percent of the workforce at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is on furlough? A few of us had to intercede. The Mars mission that is supposed to…

Since our leader is a former Capitol policeman, might it be noted that all of the Capitol Police Force that is protecting us and protected us the other day with the incident that occurred here--they are still here protecting us, and they…

Of course I will. I wish to thank the majority leader for his leadership and for standing firm to stop this nonsense.

Will all affected constituents who participate in the PPP be able to do so by May 1, 2014?

Can DOD guarantee available positions for all who choose this option?

The American senior is in some difficulty of financial trouble.

The American Dream--if you work hard, play by the rules, you can be rewarded with a comfortable retirement.

I would like to be recognized to speak on a few issues. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Our fishermen, who have taken all these sacrifices, often have to compete on the same grocery store shelf with the fishermen that is it, a product that was harvested illegally.

Some fisheries have traceability requirements in which they trace it from the vessel all the way to the market, the grocery store.