Bill Nelson
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"Clarence William" ""Bill"" "Nelson II" is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party (United States)/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 and in January 1986, Nelson became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space. He flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Columbia/Columbia.

He retired from Congress in 1990 to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Florida. He then served as Florida State Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal/Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1995 to 2001. In U.S. Senate election, 2000/2000, Nelson ran for and was elected to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican Senator Connie Mack III. He was re-elected United States Senate election in Florida, 2006/in 2006 with 60% of the vote and United States Senate election in Florida, 2012/in 2012 with 55% of the vote. In the Senate, he is generally considered a social and economic Modern liberalism in the United States/liberal.

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There was a negative, visceral reaction against the overzealousness -- the mean-spiritedness -- that came out of that impeachment trial.

There has been an ignoring and a starving of NASA for funds by the administration, and this isn't a partisan comment ... It goes back to the previous administration. They have delayed as a result of that the safety upgrades to the space shuttle.

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.

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.

Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.

Our nation recommitted itself to making manned space flight as safe as possible after the Challenger explosion. But these efforts have lagged amid the budget pressures and cuts of recent years. Now, in the wake of this new tragedy, we need to make a new commitment. And we must live up to it.

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.

She has an extremist's position.

They do this double game because they've got this constituency that is so inflammable and can rise up and threaten the kingdom.