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PCMA Supports Bipartisan Legislation Calling for E-Prescribing Requirement in Medicare
12/06/07As a leader in the effort to improve health care through electronic prescribing (e-prescribing), the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) supports the bipartisan legislation introduced by Senate Finance Committee Members John Kerry (D-Mass.), John Ensign (R-Nev.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Senator Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), and endorsed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) requiring physicians to use e-prescribing in Medicare. PCMA also supports the House companion bill introduced by Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-Penn.), Jon Porter (R-Nev.), and Lois Capps (D-Calif.).< read more > -
Nevada delegation: Yucca conflicts need investigating
12/06/07Nevada's congressional delegation sent a letter to Gregory Friedman, inspector general for the U.S. Department of Energy, urging him to review possible conflicts of interest related to the law firm Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius's contract with the Department of Energy to perform legal services related to licensing Yucca Mountain as the nation's nuclear waste dump.< read more > -
Lawmakers unveil Medicare e-prescription system bills
12/06/07Bills introduced by two Nevadans in Congress on Wednesday would require doctors issuing prescriptions for Medicare patients to use an electronic system with the aim of avoiding dangerous errors and saving money.< read more > -
Nevada's federal Medicaid money in jeopardy
12/03/07Nevada may lose its share of Medicaid funding that pays for services to severely emotionally disturbed children< read more > -
Motley Fool: The State of Online Gaming
12/03/07The state of online gaming legislation in the U.S. was one of the hot topics at this month's Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas.< read more > -
History project seeks to capture vets' experiences
11/27/07WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jon Porter announced the House of Representatives passed HR 770, a bipartisan resolution designating a week, at the discretion of the Library of Congress, as "National Veterans History Project Week." The special observance mobilizes America to record the oral history of its wartime veterans.< read more > -
Infant dies, other children removed from home
11/27/07Metro police had two separate infant deaths to investigate over the weekend. One was ruled accidental. And as News 3's Robert Santos reports, in the second investigation officers took four children into protective custody. Metro's Abuse and Neglect officers responded to a mobile home park in North Las Vegas over the weekend. The call was regarding a child in distress. When they arrived, the child was pronounced dead, reportedly from suffocation while sleeping between the child's parents.< read more > -
State may lose funds
11/27/07Uncertain financial times aren't over for state and county providers of child welfare services.< read more > -
OSS veteran kept it all a secret
11/16/07OSS veteran tells his story to the Veterans History Project.< read more > -
State may pull punch as Yucca fight intensifies
11/14/07Even as the federal government plans to add up to $109 million in attorney power to push Yucca Mountain forward, Nevada's modest budget to fight the nuclear waste dump might shrink because of Gov. Jim Gibbons' demands for spending cuts.< read more > -
Chinese envoy argues against pending trade sanctions
11/13/07Congressman Jon Porter comments on the Chinese Ambassador's recent visit to Las Vegas and issues regarding trade with China and Chinese relations.< read more > -
Passage of school aid bill was in the details
11/09/07Congressman Porter defends $500,000 for the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas.< read more > -
Tax overhaul unveiled
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RUNAWAY CHLORINE CAR: Rail tanker escape reviewed
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Lawmakers urge land transfers
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RUNAWAY TRAIN: Learning from the Vegas tanker scare
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Bridge funding optimism flows
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The LV chamber goes to Washington
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Ivanpah, water woes top chamber's D.C. agenda
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Letter to the Editor - Las Vegas Review Journal
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Preventing August's hazardous runaway railcar from reoccurring
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New Details About a Runaway Rail Car Carrying Chlorine
10/09/07Channel 8 News< read more > -
Auctioning federal real estate
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'Lapse' caused rolling tanker
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Sweeping Changes In Works to Curb Abuse of Foreign Doctor Program
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN: DOE: Enlarge repository
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Leaders: Open more U.S. lands
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Have Money, won't travel
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As Good As Advertised
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Congressman Porter votes in favor of the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (S-CHIP)
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Tourism group pushes for bills to lift foreign visitation
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Nevada lawmakers urge reconsideration of school funds
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REGULATING THE RAILS: Runaway tanker wake-up call
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RUNAWAY TANKER: Rail car security tightened
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The Hill: Debate intensifies over Nevada rail projects
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Health Care and Banking
09/14/07Legislation divides credit unions, banks< read more > -
After 12,000 miles, talking points intact
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Speight Goes to Washington
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Tri-city chambers bash a first
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Outlook on Iraq puts Porter on offense and defense
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Other Lives: Piano Man
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Under his watch, Henderson transformed itself
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GAO: Prospects 'unclear' for quality of Yucca Mountain license
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Porter Receives Yucca Report
08/07/07Porter Receives Yucca Report< read more > -
Uninsured kids carry $50B price tag
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The Nation; To Fund Children's Health Plan, House Would Pay Insurers Less
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Getting Poor Kids To The Doc
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The Newest Entitlement
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Cigarette taxes choke the poor
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For schools, what does progress mean? Nevada has one idea, the feds another
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Finding justice ONE step at a time
07/25/07The ONE campaign finds way to make poverty history'< read more > -
Hard-Liners in Congress Push for Tougher Sanctions Against Myanmar
07/24/07Congressman Porter calls on the United Nations to adopt sanctions against Myanmar.< read more > -
Child welfare gets a checkup. Advocates, lawmakers and other officials talk about problems, progress
07/10/07U.S. Rep. Jon Porter assembled a round table of child welfare advocates and administrators from all levels of community and government to check up on what improvements have been made within the ailing child welfare service system and what remains to be done.< read more > -
Boulder City Bash Makes Splash
07/05/07Damboree serves up Fourth of July with patriotism, pancakes and politics< read more > -
Bringing people together
07/03/07Today, ONE officially launches its Nevada ONE Vote '08 Campaign, hoping to show presidential candidates in both parties that support exists to fight global poverty and disease. Elevating those issues here, where funding problems continue to plague K-12 and practically everything else, is as likely as Republican Jon Porter and Democrat Shelley Berkley reaching across the aisle to work on something other than Yucca Mountain. But that's precisely what they will do, serving as honorary co-chairs of the Nevada campaign.< read more > -
Arnie Stalk and the Instant Built House Project
06/18/07U.S. Congressman Jon Porter (R-NV) was impressed when he saw the completed Instant Built House. "This is an example of innovation and trying to help people. I tell you this is something we can brag about as a community. I saw first hand [after Katrina] what it was like not having water, not having food or shelter, counting on one another just to survive. And this particular module can be put together in literally two weeks, one at a time, you can imagine doing hundreds in a given day if we needed to help our country."< read more > -
Henderson heads to the Hill. Community leaders meet with officials.
06/16/07WASHINGTON -- A three-day lobbying visit this week enabled business and civic officials from Henderson to deliver a message to lawmakers and bureaucrats that there is more to Southern Nevada than just Las Vegas. The extended "Henderson on the Hill" event, which drew 35 pilgrims from the state's second-largest city, was a first-of-its-kind gathering for Nevada business officials, said Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev. "What happens in Washington impacts every business in Nevada, small or large," said Porter, who organized the event.< read more > -
Balance of security, tourism touted. Ridge proposes steps to attract travelers
06/16/07WASHINGTON -- The United States could be more welcoming to international visitors without compromising border safeguards, former anti-terrorism chief Tom Ridge said Friday.< read more > -
Net bet ban talk centers on tech
06/12/07Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., said Friday's hearing underscored the need for a study of Internet gambling. "It is critical that thorough, balanced information is available to Congress before there is any legislative action," said Porter, who is co-sponsoring a bill with Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., to require a one-year study of Internet gambling.< read more > -
AP: Gibbons asks fund to divest from Sudan
06/12/07The list cited by the governor was drawn up by the Sudan Divestment Task Force and Genocide Intervention Network. Bilyeu made the comment after a speech to the Legislature by U.S. Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., in which he opposed investments that benefit the Sudan government. Later in a news conference, Porter said PERS "should be divesting. Businesses should divest also." Porter said he has been working with the Sudan Divestment Task Force, which is trying to get state pension funds to divest from companies that benefit the government of Sudan.< read more > -
PERS asked to cut Sudan ties
06/08/07CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday asked the state retirement system to fully divest itself of funds held in companies that provide economic support to the government of Sudan because of its genocide campaign against the people in the Darfur region.< read more > -
CLARK COUNTY FAMILY SERVICES: Outlook improves for child welfare
06/08/07Agency under higher scrutiny after boy's death last year< read more > -
Victims of war, those still fighting remembered at Nevada events
05/29/07In Boulder City, hundreds more gathered at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, where Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., presented the Jubilee of Liberty medal to Richard Jones, 80, of Las Vegas, who served in World War II.< read more > -
Porter, Reid offer medals to veterans on Memorial Day
05/29/07BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - Hundreds of people packed the chapel at the Southern Nevada Veteran's Memorial Cemetary in Boulder City today to pay tribute to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day. Congressman Jon Porter presented the Jubilee of Liberty medal to Las Vegas resident and World War Two veteran Richard Jones.< read more > -
House members hope banner will cheer wounded soldiers
05/22/07Washington - The idea came to him the first time he visited the Ramstein Medical Center in Germany, where wounded soldiers are transported from war zones and cared for until they can be released or sent home. Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., noticed on that first trip that a banner that welcomes troops to the hospital was full of signatures. He decided it was time for the hospital to get a new banner with new signatures and home-based well-wishes.< read more > -
Houses attempts to ban mustang sales by BLM
05/02/07WASHINGTON -- The House last week passed a bill that would prevent the government from selling off wild horses and burros captured on public land in Nevada and nine other states. Reps. Jon Porter voted for the bill.< read more > -
Faith-Based Hiring Language Out of Bill Reauthorizing Head Start Program
05/02/07Another amendment, by Jon Porter, R-Nev., would require criminal background checks covering all jurisdictions where a grant recipient provides Head Start services to children, a record check required by the law of the jurisdiction where the recipient provides Head Start services, or a criminal record check as required by federal law.< read more > -
Goodies for Nevada afloat in water bill that clears the House
04/23/07WASHINGTON - The House passed a massive water resources bill that may have gone unnoticed except that it was loaded with potential goodies for Nevada. Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley and Republican Rep. Jon Porter requested $30 million to help pay for a crucial Southern Nevada wastewater pipeline that environmentalists fought last year.< read more > -
House passes bill giving use of land to Guard
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SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: Vets 'our challenge'
04/12/07Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson said he will ask Congress today for a landmark $87 billion budget to meet the staggering needs of treating 1 million patients a week and tailoring health care for troops returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.< read more > -
Redirecting health care
04/04/07WASHINGTON - Many experts believe consumer-directed health care -- giving patients greater decision making powers through greater transparency in pricing and understanding of possible outcomes -- is the path toward a better medical system. Yet one of the key tools to constructing this new model still lags far behind: the broad deployment of electronic medical records and consumer access to this information.< read more > -
Porter seeks study on disposal of drugs
04/03/07Las Vegas - Prescription medicine abuse spurs calls for action. On Monday, Congressman Jon Porter announced legislation he hoped would reverse the national trend. The legislation would require federal agencies to study how people can dispose of unused prescription drugs before they get into the hands of children or an addict.< read more > -
House OKs bill to combat invasive species
03/20/07WASHINGTON -- The House on Monday approved a bill that would grant the National Park Service broader authority to combat invasive species like the quagga mussels that have migrated to Southern Nevada.< read more > -
Nevada lawmakers to push for online betting study
03/16/07WASHINGTON, DC -- Two Nevada lawmakers, hoping to repeal a crackdown on Internet gambling, are working on legislation that would require the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an 18-month study of online wagering. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Jon Porter, R-Nev., will co-sponsor the legislation, which is expected to be unveiled within weeks.< read more > -
Inspectors review documents dumped at VA clinic
03/03/07LAS VEGAS - Federal inspectors are reviewing a whistleblower's report about unshredded files found in the trash behind a veterans health clinic in Las Vegas last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said.< read more > -
Careless disposal of VA records in trash bins makes Porter bristle
02/24/07LAS VEGAS - On Friday, Porter asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson to review the way the VA handles personal records, at both the local and national levels. Later Friday, the inspector general's office took over the investigation that Bright had closed, then reopened after meeting with Porter.< read more > -
Plan to ease travel restrictions to U.S. could pay off for LV
02/23/07LAS VEGAS - A proposal to make it easier for foreign travelers to visit the United States could be a jackpot for Southern Nevada's tourism industry, especially if it doubles the number of Koreans visiting America as projected.< read more > -
Retiree Health Care Back on Hill Agenda
02/22/07WASHINGTON - Since 2000, federal employees have been able to pay their health insurance premiums on a tax-free basis. Many federal retirees think they should get similar treatment.< read more > -
Alleviating congestion
02/18/07LAS VEGAS - Public-private endeavors can ease road woes< read more > -
Democrats Will Follow Iraq Vote With Push to Block More Troops
02/16/07WASHINGTON -- House Democrats plan to follow a vote today on a symbolic resolution rejecting President George W. Bush's troop buildup with legislation aimed at directly challenging any additional deployments to Iraq. Republicans such as Nevada's Jon Porter said Democrats will use the resolution as a first step to choking off money for the war. "This resolution opens the door to cutting funds," Porter said.< read more > -
Torrid pace at Capitol puts premium on lawmakers' time for thinking
02/01/07WASHINGTON - The frenetic pace at the U.S. Capitol was wearing me down. An overload of information was rattling inside my brain. Too many people. Too many meetings. Not enough time to absorb one idea before switching gears to another. Rushing from one committee meeting to another. Curiosity piqued, I asked the Nevada delegation a seemingly odd question: "When do you think?"< read more > -
House trims Yucca Mountain budget as Nev. lawmakers plot strategy
02/01/07WASHINGTON - Funding for Yucca Mountain in 2007 would be $50 million less than in 2006 under legislation passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives. The development came as the five members of Nevada's congressional delegation met in Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid's office to discuss plans for the upcoming legislative session, including keeping the nuclear waste dump project in check.< read more > -
Yucca manager defends expense to restore project
02/01/07WASHINGTON - Porter calls $25 million price tag 'throwing good money after bad'< read more > -
In a rarity for a small state, two Nevadans have the ways and the means
01/25/07WASHINGTON - With surety and confidence, I said on live TV several weeks ago that Republican Congressman Jon Porter wouldn't get a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee. After all, Nevada already had a Democrat on the committee -- Rep. Shelley Berkley. We're such a small state population wise, why would they put a second Nevadan on such an important committee? So on Tuesday morning, sitting in the impressive Ways and Means committee room, I looked around for a fat crow to nosh on. Another wrong prediction. There sat Berkley and Porter.< read more > -
Porter proposal takes aim at invasive quagga mussel
01/25/07WASHINGTON -- A bill introduced Wednesday in the House would give the National Park Service more tools to combat the quagga mussel, an invasive species that has been discovered in Lake Mead, according to its sponsor, Rep. Jon Porter.< read more > -
Soldier's letter to Congressman Porter
01/20/07Sir, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting you here in Baghdad over the Holidays, and I just wanted to express my sincerest thanks for your visit.< read more > -
Porter's Proud of Hometown Vegas
01/16/07LAS VEGAS - Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) shows obvious pride in hometown Las Vegas as the host of many a trade show, including last week's mammoth International Consumer Electronics Show.< read more >
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AN OPEN LETTER TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
08/04/08House Republicans are continuing to fight on the House Floor for increased production of American Energy. So far not a single Democrat has cared enough to come back to Washington to deal with this crisis. Congressman Porter calls on Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Congress, to bring us back into session so that Congress can vote on proposals that will increase American-made energy.
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PORTER ANNOUNCES UPCOMING "MOBILE OFFICE" HOURS
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