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Joseph John “Joe” Heck (born October 30, 1961) is the U.S. Representative for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district and is a member of the Republican Party. He is an osteopathic physician and former Nevada State Senator.
The district includes the cities of Henderson, Boulder City, parts of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, unincorporated Clark County, and several smaller towns and cities in the Southern Nevada region. He resides in Henderson, Nevada.
Early life, education, and military service
Heck was born in Jamaica, New York in Queens and raised in Pennsylvania. In 1992, he moved to Clark County, Nevada. He graduated from Penn State University in 1984 with a degree in Health Education. He received his Doctor of Osteopathy in 1988 from the Philadelphia College ...
Moapa Valley Water District managers Joe Davis and Bryan Mortensen discuss federal regulations with U.S. Representative Joe Heck during a visit to Sugar’s Restaurant in Overton. , positive
Lisa Heck (L) and her husband, U.S. Rep. Joe Heck attend a speech by former Massachusetts Gov. and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney about his plan to increase jobs. , positive
NevadafreshmanRep. Joe Heck earned groans from a group of his constituents when hecalled Social Security "a pyramid scheme."
Heck was in the middle of describing theprogram's sustainability when he delivered the made-for-YouTube soundbite.
"The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits for 13-15 years. That's one of the reasons why this pyramid scheme isn't working," he said in the clip above.
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Source: politico.com
It was always a marriage of convenience.
Republican Rep. Joe Heck campaigned, won, and has served Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District with the support of the Tea Party, even though he’s never pledged himself to the movement. He just generally agreed with its ideals.
But the support that helped him narrowly win the seat is, at least partially, giving way.
“I don’t trust him,” Art Gisi, vice president of a Tea Party group called the Grass Roots Tea Party of Nevada, said at a Las Vegas event to kick off Sharron Angle’s book tour last week.
“I told him ...
Rep. Joe Heck broke ranks with Republicans today, voting against a bill that would have made cuts to renewable energy investment programs and provided funds to develop Yucca Mountain as a waste disposal site.
Heck's notable vote came on a bill to appropriate funds for energy and water development for fiscal 2012.
“The cuts contained in this legislation threaten Nevada’s chance to create jobs by becoming America’s leading renewable energy exporter,” Heck said, calling renewable energy research and development “critical to our nation’s energy ...