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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Blame and finger-pointing have to stop

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson

Our country’s going to be in serious trouble unless Congress starts finding ways to fix the budget stalemate and get rid of the sequester, or the across-the-board approach to budget cutting. The blame and finger-pointing have got to stop.

I recently wrote an opinion piece for a Washington-based newspaper called The Hill in which I outline a few places I think both sides of the aisle should be able to come together and start moving forward on solutions. I hope you’ll take a minute to read it and let me know what you think.

I also spoke on the Senate floor recently about the same thing. You can watch my remarks here.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is the senior senator from Florida, serving since 2001. He is chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, and a member of the Budget, Commerce, Armed Services and Finance committees.

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