Honorable Dean Heller
United States Senator, Nevada, Republican
Senator Heller has served in the U.S. Senate since May 2011, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Senator John Ensign (NV-R). He served in the Nevada Assembly from 1990 to 1994, as Nevada Secretary of State from 1994 to 2006, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. He sits on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; and the Special Committee on Aging. The following is from the January 6, 2014, Senate floor debate on S.1845, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. I rise today…
