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Joe HendersonSeptember 7, 2017

Florida’s members of the United States Senate don’t agree on much, but with a Category 5 hurricane bearing down on Miami and the east coast, Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio are standing shoulder-to-shoulder in advocating for their state. Well done. Yes, we expect leaders to put aside their differences and come together in times like this. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2017

Alarmed by reports of Hurricane Irma evacuees finding empty gas stations throughout South Florida, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is urging FEMA to do something about it. In a letter late Wednesday to William B. Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Nelson called on the agency to use “all available resources and authorities” to help […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 6, 2017

U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio sent a joint letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday asking for money for Florida to be added to the Hurricane Harvey aid package passed by the U.S. House earlier in the day. “Hurricane Irma is now one of the most powerful hurricanes […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2017

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called it “unacceptable” Wednesday that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken no steps to secure back-up “hurricane hunter” airplanes since Congress approved them early this year. “As the nation recovers from Hurricane Harvey and watches the model runs for Hurricane Irma with an increasing sense of concern, […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 5, 2017

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson asked the Federal Trade Commission to keep a lookout for price gougers ahead of Hurricane Irma’s potential landfall on Florida shores. The Democratic senator sent a letter to acting FTC head Maureen Ohlhausen asking for the commission to watch for spikes in gas prices ahead of the storm and also in […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 5, 2017

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson Tuesday called on President Trump to approve Gov. Rick Scott’s request for a pre-landfall emergency declaration for Florida in advance of Hurricane Irma. “A pre-landfall declaration will provide important resources and assistance from the federal government and would free up funding sources for emergency protective measures such as […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2017

The Donald Trump administration announced Tuesday plans to scrap DACA: the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program was instituted by President Barack Obama via an Executive Order that current Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not defend. With six months for Congress to perhaps institute a legislative fix to DACA, Florida’s Senators both have concerns about the way […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2017

NAFTA negotiations are all but upon us and Florida’s U.S. Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio want to ensure Sunshine State agriculture gets a fair deal. On Thursday, the two wrote a joint letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, urging protecting of Florida’s agriculture industry from what they call “unfair trade practices,” especially regarding a “fair and […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2017

The federal government is mulling removing the Florida panther from the endangered species list. If that happens, it is over the objection of Sen. Bill Nelson. On Tuesday, Nelson wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The Senate Democrat’s letter contended that the panther is still in fact endangered — and that the cats continue to face existential threats, […]

Staff ReportsAugust 29, 2017

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson Tuesday called on federal health officials “to exercise oversight and enforcement authority to protect more than 13,000 Florida children with special needs,” who he says were wrongly taken out of the state’s specialized care program. The Department of Health, however, has refuted a CNN report that spurred Nelson’s concern, saying […]

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Bill Nelson asks FTC to go after gas gougers

Florida’s U.S. senators urge emergency declaration

Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson have qualms on path forward for DACA

Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson want Florida agriculture protected in NAFTA talks

Bill Nelson says Florida panther is still endangered

Bill Nelson calls for federal intervention over kids’ health care