Dean Heller

My amendment reinforces the important role of States having primary responsibility for wildlife management. If the sage-grouse is listed as an endangered species, it will hurt most States in the western portion of the country. It will make…

The federal government's ownership of vast quantities of land not only limits the self-determination and economic development, it also robs local communities of property tax revenues and the taxes associated with private business…

Thanks for holding this hearing. This is good. This is really what we need across this country and in Nevada obviously I get the same phone calls that the other Senators are getting.

What do you need? Do you need more individuals? Do you need more resources, bodies? What is it going to take to fix this backlog?

Let me move in a different direction with a similar question, and that has to do with the GAO report.

The concern from every organization that has come before this Committee is that we are not going to meet that 2015 deadline.

I got a phone call from a woman in Reno who's husband has an Agent Orange issue and has been delayed for over a year and one-half.

OK. So that is solved.

I will be really brief here, Mr. Chairman. But I understand how difficult this is; I really do understand how difficult it is.

I am concerned, as everybody else here on this Committee is, the fact that we have 10,000 claims backlogged right now in Nevada.

This particular piece of legislation passed with bipartisan support in the House.

I plan on introducing, reintroducing, the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act this year.

I agree with them that we regulate telecommunications in silos, when the world we live in today is becoming more interconnected each day.

We need to have a strong discussion here in this committee regarding the 1992 Cable Act and the 1996 Telecommunications Act and whether those laws are promoting or hindering innovation, investments in infrastructure, and broadband adoption.

I thank the Acting President pro tempore. As I was mentioning, like that moment when the President takes office, how we work together to reach across the aisle and find bipartisan solutions is a testament that our democracy--the greatest…

I believe Andrew Gordon will make a wonderful district court judge in the State of Nevada.

I recognize the need to address the problem of spent nuclear fuel, but it must be solved through careful consideration of all alternatives based on credible scientific information, and not by politicians in Washington.

While S. 3469 does not totally take Yucca Mountain off the table, I am pleased that we are discussing legislation that recognizes the need for consent-based nuclear waste repository siting and provides a potential path forward beyond Yucca…

It is my hope that the lessons learned from Yucca Mountain, such as the importance of consent-based siting and truly objective evaluation of any proposed site, will not be lost on our future efforts.

Congress should not enact any legislation that would grant State governments the authority to impose any new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses and entrepreneurs, which would ultimately hurt the…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senator Heller pertaining to the introduction of S. 3405 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

I would strongly encourage the Senate to take a look at those and support the Department.

It is unquestioned that the change in State funding is the principle reason for the rise in tuition.

I have been strongly advocating for this legislation for the past few Congresses, and it is high time that we have got this done.

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to improve the lives of our Nation's bravest.