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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, I want to talk about a heavy financial burden that too many of our fellow Americans are being forced to deal with. What I am talking about is student loans. You may be surprised to know that the second largest amount of debt…
The Senator told about the comments that have been made during the July 4th recess--comments about the healthcare bill--to various Senators. Would the Senator believe that this Senator had innumerable people come up to him all over…
Mr. President, all of the Florida people walk up to me and say: Bill, what is going on? Why can't Congress get together? Why can't we work together? We do in our committees. We usually work together. We certainly do with Senator Thune, who…
I want to know if you will be concerned about this inequity that is devastating the fresh fruit and vegetable market.
For some time, Florida fruit and vegetable growers have had to deal with an onslaught of subsidized agricultural imports from Mexico.
There has to be some moral underpinning about what is right and wrong and the willingness to speak out.
This isn't orange growers. This is vegetable growers, this is peppers and tomatoes.
I happen to be talking about Takata, which I think was morally bankrupt because they allowed this to happen.
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