Dean Heller

I share their frustration. Our veterans are entitled to a VA system that delivers the benefits and care they have earned in a timely manner.

If you would, please.

I am looking at the latest average days of completion in the VARO in Reno, which I bring up because Reno has the worst VA Regional Office in the country.

These calls for regulation fail to recognize that the world has changed for the better, not because of regulation, but in spite of it.

It is unfair for voice and video providers who are regulated to compete against providers offering the same services over the Internet.

I think it is no secret that the telecommunications laws currently in effect today do not line up with the marketplace.

Consumers in Nevada want more choices. We need to meet those expectations by working toward a new telecommunications bill that rewards innovation and drives more investments in content and infrastructure.

Why would we ever consider treating the Internet, the most disruptive technology in our lifetime, as a public utility?

Thank you very much for having this hearing today and allowing me to testify on this particular bill, the Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act.

I want you to know I am not blaming you for the fires out West, all right?

The recovery is not complete from the Great Recession.

If tomorrow there was a bill in front of the U.S. Senate that would disband the NCAA, give me reasons why I shouldn't vote for that bill.

Intercollegiate athletics, as you pointed out, Mr. Rockefeller, is a wonderful part of our society and provides extraordinary opportunities for the vast majority of student-athletes.

I strongly believe that for many student athletes, the accessibility and affordability of a world class education at a 4 year University that a scholarship offers is life changing.

Having the proper education or skills set is a key to success in this country.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife fully supports the legislation to add the genus Dreissena, specifically quagga mussels, to the National List of Invasive Species covered under the Lacey Act.

We need a national law that governs all tobacco and nicotine products, from the combustible toxic cigarette to the nicotine replacement products such as gums, patches and inhalers.

Before I begin, I would like to take a moment to address the unsettling events that occurred yesterday when two members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and an innocent civilian were victims of a terrible act of violence…

Over the last couple of months Senator Feinstein and I have teamed up to navigate the Emergency Drought Relief Act, S. 2198, to Senate passage.

I pointed out in my opening statement about the IG investigation revealed the treatment of a blind female veteran...

After conducting those investigations, will you make that available to myself and my staff?

Would you explain to me, after knowing all this information, why you should not resign?

Will all of Nevada's VA hospitals and clinics have face-to-face audits?

It is unacceptable that local VA officials would limit any Congressional office's ability to get answers for their veterans constituents.

If VA continues on this course, I think it is ultimately time to look to the top for these changes.