Honorable Bill Nelson
United States Senator, Florida, Democrat
Senator Nelson was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1978 to 1990, and as Florida Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and Fire Marshal from 1994 to 2000. He sits on the Armed Services Committee (where he chairs the Strategic Forces Subcommittee); the Budget Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (where he chairs the Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences Subcommittee); the Foreign Relations Committee (where he chairs the International Operations and Organizations, Democracy, and Human Rights Subcommittee); the Select Committee on…
