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 following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where he is the Ranking Minority Member; Armed Services; Finance; and the Special Committee on Aging. The following is from the March 22, 2017, House floor debate on S.J. Res. 34, providing for congressional disapproval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule on “Protecting…
