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Nelson goes on python hunt in Everglades
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Florida Fish & Wildlife Commissioner, Ron Bergeron, and Nelson hunt for Pythons in the Everglades. Read more here.
W.H. offering gun rules
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| Nelson discusses White House plans for guns at an Orlando news conference. Read more here. |
Nelson begins third term in U.S. Senate |
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| Nelson, his wife Grace and Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber. |
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was sworn in for a third term and is expected to play a key role in major decisions affecting senior citizens in the next six-year term.
The Florida Democrat will become chair of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Fighting abuse, including financial scams, will be among his priorities as head of the panel.
During his re-election campaign, Nelson discussed the need for more bipartisanship and civility in politics. He reaffirmed his commitment to working with Republicans, Democrats and Independents on the panel to advance causes important to America's growing number of senior citizens.
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Former U.S. Marine released by Mexican authorities |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former U.S. Marine has been released
from a prison in Mexico where he had been held without action since
August on a questioned gun charge.
Nelson is among a handful of elected officials who had pressed the Mexican
government hard for the former Marine's freedom.
Read more here.
See video of Nelson's comments here.
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Nelson testifies in front of Senate panel on controversial voting changes in Florida |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate has begun investigating problems voters had in November including the long waits to cast ballots in Florida.
Nelson was invited to address the panel because he's been one of the Senate's chief advocates for delving into the cause of voting problems that went well beyond lengthy waits in Florida and other states where new voting laws went into effect since 2010.
See the court record Nelson submitted by clicking here.
Read Nelson's testimony by clicking here.
Watch Nelson's testimony by clicking here.
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Nelson asks Feds to broaden probe into Florida reform-school deaths |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - University of South Florida researchers announced recently that they've found evidence of almost 100 deaths and 50 gravesites at the defunct Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna -- which has spurred U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) to demand that the Justice Department join the school's anthropologists in broadening a search to look for more graves, as well as forensic evidence of possible crimes.
Read more here.
Watch CNN's report here.
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Nelson greets former NBA star |
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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) hosted a former basketball pro in his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday.
Nelson met with former National Basketball Association player Alonzo Mourning to discuss protecting Medicare funding.
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Faster security lines in the works at OIA |
ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) - Long waits at Orlando International Airport are said to be a potential drag on tourism. Among new ways that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is considering to cut wait times is the installation of kiosks so international passengers could complete paperwork before meeting with an official.
"That should reduce the amount of time tourists need to wait in line," said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who met with Customs and local airport officials Monday morning.
Read more here.
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BP settlement sends billions to Gulf States |
| Nelson applauds step forward, says focus should now turn to the government's civil case against the oil giant |
Washington, D.C. - The Justice Department recently announced that more than half of a record-breaking $4 billion criminal settlement with BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will head directly to Gulf Coast states impacted by the spill.
According to the Justice Department, $2.4 billion is expected to head to Gulf Coast states. Half of that pot will go towards protecting and preserving coastal environments in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. The other $1.2 billion will go towards coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana.
Read more here.
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