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Nov
24
2014
FOLLOWING IS SEN. BILL NELSON’S COMMENT ON CHUCK HAGELThe Florida Democrat is a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
“Chuck Hagel is a great patriot. And I believe he has been a very good secretary of defense. I’m saddened that the White House was unable to keep him.”
Nov
21
2014
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
FOLLOWING IS SEN. BILL NELSON’S REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
"We passed a comprehensive and bipartisan immigration bill by an overwhelming margin last year in the Senate. But you just can't get some of the reactionaries in the House of Representatives to move. So I ...
Nov
20
2014
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
20
2014
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) today introduced legislation (S. 2949) that would incentivize employees from the automotive sector to voluntarily...
Nov
19
2014
You can watch tomorrow’s hearing here: http://commerce.senate.gov
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Federal regulators have called for automakers to expand the recall of cars with defective airbags manufactured by the Takata Corporation from just a few states to the...
Nov
17
2014
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
17
2014
FOLLOWING IS SEN. NELSON’S COMMENT ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING ISISNelson is a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
“The beheading of another American over the weekend further illustrates the savagery of ISIS. It shows why the United States and our allies must leave...
Nov
13
2014
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
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...