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Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Teacher
Children
Play
Teachers
Unparalleled
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We were impressed with the size and scope of the Persian Gulf as we traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
America
Impressed
Pakistan
Persian
Persian Gulf
Scope
Size
Traveled
Gulf
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I represent a district in Nevada, a state that is home to more wild horses than all other states combined.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Home
Horse
Nevada
States
Wild Horses
Wild
District
Combined
Represent
Horses
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In fact, 37 percent of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century have been representatives of the Jewish community.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Community
Facts
Nobel
Nobel Prize
Pregnancy
Prize
Representatives
Jewish
Winners
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With everything it has to offer, Las Vegas is an obvious destination for tourists, as proven by the over 40 million visitors the city welcomes per year.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Cities
Destination
Las Vegas
Obvious
Proven
Tourists
Vegas
Visitors
Years
Per
Offer
Welcomes
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Tax cuts continue to benefit families, seniors, and small business owners, as evidenced by unparalleled economic growth in Nevada and across the country.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Business Owners
Country
Cutting
Economic Growth
Nevada
Owners
Senior
Small Business
Small Business Owners
Tax Cuts
Tax
Benefit
Cuts
Families
Seniors
Unparalleled
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In light of the recent controversy surrounding foreign management of U.S. Ports, a thorough review of foreign management of U.S. airports needs to occur.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Airports
Controversy
Light
Management
Needs
Thorough
Airport
Foreign
Occur
Ports
Recent
Review
Surrounding
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Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Crush
Debt
Including
Medicine
Nursing
School
Social Work
Teaching
Burdens
Crushing
Graduate
Professional
Schools
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Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Efficient
Effort
Embassy
People
Relief
United States
Improved
Interestingly
Mentioned
Pakistani
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As a Member of Congress from one of the fastest growing States in the country, we hire close to 2,500 new teachers a year, close to 5,000 support staff and faculty.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Teacher
Congress
Country
Faculty
Staff
Years
Teachers
Fastest
Hire
Member
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As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Able
Burial
Congress
Importance
Loved Ones
Meaningful
Parent
Ensuring
Families
Member
Proper
Provide
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By providing our school districts with direct access to criminal information records, we can help ensure timely and complete information on prospective school employees.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Access
Direct
Perspective
Providing
Records
School
School Districts
Timely
Complete
Criminal
Districts
Employees
Ensure
Prospective
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As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
War
Fighting
Hero
Protect
Terror
Heroes
Ensuring
Imperative
Laid
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We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Teacher
Caught
Fortunate
Sneak
Trying
World
Advance
Teachers
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The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Earthquakes
Generosity
Hurricane Katrina
Support
Tsunami
American Public
Earthquake
Hurricane
Outpouring
Pakistani
Reflected
Toward
Victims
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We have an epidemic of sexual predators following our children, whether it be on the computers, whether it be in our public parks, whether it be in the workplace, or even our schools.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Children
Epidemics
School
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It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Legal
Disaster
Liability
Natural
Natural Disaster
Selfless
Volunteer
Wrath
Respond
Hanging
Heads
Imperative
Incurred
Thousands
Volunteers
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We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Rounds
Base
Fired
Meeting
Nurses
Reminded
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The United States Jewish population has made many vital contributions in all areas of our society in such ways as helping to develop the cultural, scientific, political and economic life of our country.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Helping
Population
Jewish
Contributions
Cultural
Develop
Economic Life
Scientific
Vital
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Jewish immigration in the 20th century was fueled by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the European Jewish community. The migration made the United States the home of the largest Jewish population in the world.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Home
Community
Destroyed
Holocaust
Immigration
Migration
Population
United States
Jewish
Home Community World
Fueled
Largest
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With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Medical
Available
Dying
Embrace
Errors
Medical Records
Records
Drastically
Handled
Imperative
Improve
Patients
Preventable
Processed
Technologies
Tens
Tens Of Thousands
Thousands
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Although I agree that wild horses are a symbol of the American West, I also believe that it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that these animals are managed, protected, and controlled in an effective manner.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Agree
Believe
Congress
Controlled
Horse
Protected
Responsibility
Wild Horses
Although
Animals
Wild
Effective
Ensure
Horses
Manner
Symbol
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The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Legal
Barriers
Coordinating
Defense
Enforcement
Law
Law Enforcement
National Defense
Patriot
Patriot Act
People
Protect
Talking
American People
Communities
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We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Assistance
Cancer
Dollars
Institute
Nevada
Research
Clinical
Nation
Ensure
Receive
Throughout
Vibrant
Victims
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And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Believe
Community
Rights
Believe Body I Believe
Decisions
Allow
Big Part
Businesses
Communities
Believe I Believe Body
Firmly
Local
Member
Prosper
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We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country have as much information as available because I cannot imagine the pain as a parent myself of having my child molested by someone in our schools.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Available
Balance
Pain
Parent
Fast-Growing
Schools
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Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Legal
Average
Covered
Law
Organization
Protection
Volunteer
Average American
Current
Current Law
Nonprofit
Official
Therefore
Wishes
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Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.
Jon Porter / Former United States Representative
Anniversary
Smile
Historical
Milestone
Understanding
Variety
Years
Jewish
Activities
Advance
Commission
Marks
Sponsor
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