U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will tackle economic issues when he addresses the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Jan. 29. Having held the post for a decade, the fifth generation Floridian is the state’s senior U.S. senator.
Nelson will address a noon luncheon at the Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Please await receipt of your electronic or standard newsletter before ordering tickets. Member tickets will be $30; guest tickets ordered by members, $40; applicant tickets, $40 and public tickets, $55.
Nelson was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 after serving six years as a member of the Florida Cabinet. Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1978, he served six terms representing Orlando and the Space Coast and became an early advocate for a balanced federal budget.
He currently serves on the Senate Commerce, Armed Service, Budget, Finance, Intelligence and Aging committees and is recognized as the leading congressional expert on NASA. In 1986, Nelson spent six days orbiting Earth as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Columbia. He says that experience gave him a new perspective on the Earth’s fragile environment and a greater appreciation of the importance of our nation’s space exploration program.
