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Dean Heller

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Dean Heller is a Republican politician from Nevada who served as a United States Senator from 2011 to 2017. He was the first Republican to win a statewide office in Nevada since 2002 when he was elected to the Senate in a special election to fill the vacancy left by John Ensign. During his time in the Senate, Heller focused on issues such as healthcare, tax reform, and veterans' affairs. He was known for his moderate stance on certain issues, including his support for the Affordable Care Act's protections for pre-existing conditions.

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February 3, 2022

Biden is an illegitimate president.

— Dean Heller

Feb 2, 2022

Former Republican Senator Dean Heller, now running for Nevada governor, he`s calling Biden a -- quote -- 'illegitimate president.'

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Oct 2, 2018

As a father and grandfather, I know that what happened to them is every parent's worst nightmare.

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Oct 1, 2018

Congress has a responsibility to protect and preserve Social Security.

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Oct 1, 2018

Social Security is the bedrock of financial security for many retired Americans.

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Sep 25, 2018

I think we are turning our back on Joe.

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Sep 25, 2018

I think it is the first time in history that a President has gone to a facility, a VA facility, to actually sign the appropriations bill for veterans.

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May 15, 2018

I authored a provision with Senator Markey to ensure crash avoidance technologies are incorporated into safety ratings for cars.

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May 15, 2018

I appreciate you responding to me with an update about including these technologies in the safety rating, but it didn't provide a timeline for completion.

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Apr 18, 2018

Opioid abuse is a major public health concern, and more steps need to be taken.

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Apr 18, 2018

For many Nevadans, substance abuse is an issue that hits close to home.

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Apr 11, 2018

If that proposal is back in there in 2019, I am going to do everything I can to reverse those funds and get them back out.

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Apr 11, 2018

Knowing that Yucca has not and will not ever see the light of day, do you think it is fiscally responsible to continue to seek hundreds of millions of dollars for this unsafe and ill-conceived proposal?

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Apr 10, 2018

I anticipate, as long as I'm here, that we will slow that application process down or, in fact, continue to remove it from the budget.

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Apr 10, 2018

In 2017 I took that out of the budget. In 2018, the President put it back in his budget, and this year I took it back out.

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Apr 10, 2018

I think we can agree that this is not right.

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Apr 10, 2018

Can I be allowed to make the same request that I could get you out to Nevada so that you could spend some time with our veterans at a roundtable to discuss issues that are important to them?

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Apr 10, 2018

We have problems in some of our rural areas with access to mental health services for our veterans.

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Apr 10, 2018

Can I get your commitment to work with me to get a full-time doctor into that clinic by the end of the year?

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Apr 10, 2018

There is a lot to be done. We need VA doctors.

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Apr 10, 2018

They deserve the best quality of care and benefits that our Nation has to offer.

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Apr 10, 2018

I told you yesterday, we have about 300,000 veterans in the State of Nevada, good men and women, patriotic, will take the call again, regardless of age, to serve and defend this country.

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Apr 9, 2018

Do you believe you are more responsible with millions of Americans' personal data than the Federal Government would be?

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Apr 9, 2018

You argue that Facebook users would not trust you if they thought you were giving their private information to the intelligence community, yet you use and sell the same data to make money.

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Apr 9, 2018

For years, Facebook said that there should be strict limits on the information the government can access on Americans.

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