News Articles
Nov
21
2014
By Ramsey Cox, The Hill
Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) introduced a bill Thursday to incentivize auto-manufacturing employees to report defects.
The senators called for the legislation in response to the recall of nearly 8 million Takata airbags. Takata airbags were found to explode in some cases when they...
Nov
20
2014
By Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post
The company whose defective airbags will result in one of the largest vehicle recalls in history stopped short of endorsing an expanded nationwide recall during a contentious Senate hearing Thursday.
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) challenged Takata Vice President Hiroshi Shimizu about whether his company...
Nov
17
2014
By Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) - Florida on Monday received $34.3 million in a second batch of conservation grants from a settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The National Fish and Wildlife Federation said the money will fund nine projects that were decided upon in consultation with Florida and...
Nov
13
2014
By Tom Krisher, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Add a U.S. Senate committee hearing to the growing list of troubles facing Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp.
The full Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing for Nov. 20 in Washington that likely will feature company representatives and officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Oct
27
2014
By Jeff Harrington, Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA — U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is calling on major automakers to immediately replace millions of defective airbags or give drivers who have to wait on a repair either loaners or a reimbursement for rentals.
Nelson, D-Florida, said he didn't know the cost or feasibility of finding enough rental cars to...
Oct
21
2014
By Bradenton Herald
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Orlando, Tuesday asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to broaden the recall of cars with defective airbags after the death of a Floridian.
He also asked regulators to compel manufacturers to cover the cost of rental cars or loaners for consumers needing repairs....
Oct
16
2014
By Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants a temporary White House Ebola chief in a situation room directing traffic and coordinating responses to Ebola cases in the United States.
Nelson, a Democrat from Orlando who earlier this month called on the White House to close U.S. borders to travelers from west African...
Oct
9
2014
By WFTV
ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a little more than a week after his illness exposed gaps in the nation's defenses against the disease and set off a scramble to track down anyone exposed to him.
Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, was pronounced...
Sep
30
2014
By David Berman, Florida Today
Florida voters faced the longest wait time in the 2012 presidential election, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
On average, voters had to wait more than 34 minutes to vote in Florida, the Government Accountability Office report said. Only a few states had wait times longer than 20 minutes...
Sep
25
2014
By Howard Altman, Tampa Tribune
Standing outside the gates of MacDill Air Force Base, where he just met with the man ordering airstrikes against jihadi groups in Syria and Iraq, Sen. Bill Nelson said while those plans have been successful so far, the American public must prepare for a long fight.
“He has his plans in place,” said Nelson...