- August 08, 2006
WASHINGTON - Rep. Jon Porter on Monday asked congressional auditors for a second opinion on the Energy Department's new schedule to develop the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
< read more > - July 26, 2006
WASHINGTON - The House gave final approval Tuesday to a child protection bill that broadens the ability of school districts to conduct nationwide background checks.
< read more > - May 01, 2006
Question: What challenges do you confront in representing a state whose economy depends heavily on the gaming industry?
< read more > - April 05, 2006
WASHINGTON - Government officials at a congressional hearing Tuesday downplayed any risk to national security posed by foreign companies managing U.S. airports.
< read more > - March 24, 2006
Thirty years ago, Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., was playing keyboards for Shadrack, an Iowa rock band. He's still playing keyboards, but now his band mates are four members of Congress who go by the name Second Amendments. The five had an international tour in December - working during the day and playing for troops at night - in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Pakistan and Germany.
< read more > - March 24, 2006
A new report by government auditors released Thursday by Nevada Rep. Jon Porter says Energy Department managers failed to bolster the quality of scientific work at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project and have resorted to a "costly and time-consuming rework" to fix problems.
< read more > - March 10, 2006
WASHINGTON - Nevada officials on Thursday began the process of trying to reclaim for Las Vegas a place on the government's "high threat" list for homeland security grants.
< read more > - February 21, 2006
Nevada residents who injure themselves while vacationing elsewhere in the United States should not have to struggle with completing a medical history questionnaire before receiving treatment in an emergency room, Rep. Jon Porter said Monday.
< read more > - February 10, 2006
WASHINGTON - The slaying of a Las Vegas police officer last week might prompt Congress to consider mandatory sentences for killers of police officers for the second time in a year.
< read more > - January 04, 2006
WASHINGTON - The United States is winning friends in politically unstable Central Asia by helping rescue Pakistanis hit by a devastating earthquake last fall, Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., said Tuesday.
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