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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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Jun 3, 2013

We burned over 613,000 acres which is about 1,000 square miles which is about the size of Rhode Island.

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Jun 3, 2013

I want AT&T and Verizon in the same ecosystem as our carriers, because if they do that, then our carriers were going to bid...

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Jun 3, 2013

I want to talk about another topic that I think you can't discuss, for example, Sage Grouse listing without talking about wildfires.

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Jun 3, 2013

I want to thank the witnesses for taking time and spending some time with us today, and for everybody that's in the hearing who's expressed and shown their concern for this issue.

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Jun 3, 2013

Hopefully, that revenue will be enough to cover and accomplish several goals. One is--of course, is enough to purchase the spectrum from the broadcasters themselves to fund FirstNet, and, hopefully there will be enough left to provide…

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Jun 3, 2013

We all know, here, the FCC is working on a complex spectrum option right now, and we're hopeful that we can incentivize enough broadcasters to voluntarily sell their spectrum.

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Jun 3, 2013

I believe that leads to innovation. And I also think it lowers the price point for expensive--some of these expensive devices.

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May 20, 2013

I believe the IRS has violated the trust of the American people.

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May 20, 2013

I want to personally thank you for your testimony today and for the insight that you will provide for this hearing.

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May 20, 2013

For the record, let me just be very clear that I want my name in those who are asking for a Special Counsel for the IRS.

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May 20, 2013

And thank you, Chairman McCaskill, for holding this hearing today.

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May 20, 2013

There is not any agency in America that probably has more control or more input on your ability to win or lose.

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May 20, 2013

61 percent say, absolutely not [to hiring 16,000 new IRS agents].

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May 7, 2013

I am one of the original cosponsors of the I-Squared proposal by Senator Hatch and also a member of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force.

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May 7, 2013

At least 50 percent, maybe closer to 60 percent, of the engineers in the state of Nevada are either unemployed, underemployed, or, frankly, have left the state.

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May 7, 2013

I do have a son graduating with his engineering degree this fall. Thank goodness we are finally getting him out of school.

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May 7, 2013

The recession has hit a lot of states pretty hard, but particularly the state of Nevada has been hit pretty hard.

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May 6, 2013

What keeps the agency from sharing this information with other government agencies?

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May 6, 2013

We simply cannot have economic growth without lines of credit being issued.

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May 6, 2013

I share your concern about the outsized and growing role of the consumer credit reporting industry.

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May 6, 2013

It's also my understanding that the CFPB collects all this consumer data and assigns a unique number to that file.

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May 6, 2013

Credit is a critical issue for the nation because it fuels the economy.

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May 6, 2013

So there's a credit repair industry out there.

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May 6, 2013

What can we do more to let consumers know that they have access to this kind of information?

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Apr 24, 2013

I'm pleased to have worked with Senator Reid to find a balance between development and conservation that will create jobs in Lyon County and beyond.

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