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: Budget; Commerce, Science , and Education, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Science and Space; Finance, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth; Intelligence; and the Special Commitee on Aging. The following is from the September 11, 2012, Senate floor debate on S. 3457,…
