Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson II is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party who serves as the senior United States Senator from Florida, in office since 2001. Nelson began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1973 to 1979. He then served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In January 1986, Nelson became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 September 1942
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
We will fly again. It's important to us as adventurers and explorers . . . The nation needs a vision.
more than a leader in preservation in Northeast Florida. She is a recognized leader in preserving land and history in the South.
make sure the administration comes forth with specific goals and benchmarks and timetables as to what can be expected in the way of progress of allowing the Iraqi army to be able to provide their own security.
There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war. Retiring an aircraft carrier more than a decade early isn't in the best interest of the nation at this time.
Do we have a problem in energy? You bet we do, but we can't drill our way out of our problem,
Sometimes we get lost in seeing the entire forest for the particular trees, but I think we need to pull back and see that this threat of radical terrorists is now being directed not only at us in the homeland, but it is being directed at a source of energy upon which the western industrialized world has become dependent.
Almost all of the Gulf of Mexico off of the state of Florida is restricted airspace; it's where we train our military, ... The ace up my sleeve is, at this time in our nation's history, you don't want to fool around with training our military to be the absolute best - and you can't be doing those joint exercises if you've got oil rigs down there on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
You can't make many mistakes or turnovers. It should be a very competitive ball game.
there needs to be an adequate explanation. If there is a slush fun, parking money, that is contrary to the law.
You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq.
If there are efforts to get around that by the U.S. military, then that's got to be stopped, ... It's our duty to be accountable to the American taxpayer.
(Chief Justice John) Roberts has set the bar so high because he was so smart and experienced, ... Will you respect the rule of law instead of your personal whims?
By my order today, I'm putting the burden on Prudential to show why I should not impose the stiffest of fines or revoke or suspend its license to do business in Florida,
In district football, the first game sets the tone for the rest of the season. It's tough to get going if you lose that first game. It's going to be a tough game, it always is over there. They always have good teams and they are well?coached. This year will be no different.