U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) issued the following statement in response to the news of NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot’s planned April 30 departure. “The country owes Robert a debt of gratitude for his many years of outstanding service and leadership at NASA,” said Nelson. He’ll surely be missed but I’m confident that there are […]
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee received from the White House today the nomination of Vice Admiral Karl Schultz to be the 26th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Schultz currently serves as the commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area and was previously the director of operations at U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Florida. Click […]
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s release of its NASA budget proposal: “The administration’s budget for NASA is a nonstarter,” said Nelson. “If we’re ever going to get to Mars with humans on board and return them safely, then we need a larger funding increase for […]
WASHINGTON – A report released today by U.S. Sen Bill Nelson (D-FL) found that in recent years the three largest U.S. airlines – American, Delta and United – have all begun offering so-called “basic economy fares” that lead consumers into believing they are getting the cheapest fare available – but, according to the report, these […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today announced ranking member and subcommittee assignments for Democratic committee members following Sen. Jon Tester’s replacement of Sen. Cory Booker on the committee. Sen. Gary Peters will now become the ranking member of the Surface Transportation […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on today’s 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to dismantle the Obama-era net neutrality rules: “Today, in a strictly partisan vote, FCC Republicans turned their backs on consumers by voting to give internet providers […]
WASHINGTON – More than three dozen senators joined Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-FL) on a letter today urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to abandon his plan to repeal the agency’s net neutrality rules in favor of giving internet providers the ability to freely block or slow down consumers’ access […]
WASHINGTON – Three key members of the Senate Commerce Committee filed legislation Thursday that requires companies to quickly notify consumers of data breaches and imposes new criminal penalties for corporate personnel who deliberately conceal breaches. The renewed push for congressional action comes on the heels of Uber’s disclosure last week that it concealed from drivers […]
WASHINGTON – Consumer credit reports continue to be riddled with tens of millions of errors annually, according to a new report released by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee. Between 2014 and 2016, consumers identified and disputed more than 224 million potential errors on their credit reports – […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced legislation today to accelerate federal efforts to modernize the nation’s aging 9-1-1 systems. Specifically, the bill calls for an expansion of an existing federal grant program designed to help state and local governments deploy next generation 9-1-1 systems. The senators say upgrades are […]