Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Heather Ann Wilsonis President of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. She is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 1998 to 2009. She was the first female military veteran elected to a full term in Congress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
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I oppose amnesty because I don't think people here illegally should get to go to the front of the line, ... But when we have hundreds of thousands of people standing at lines at embassies for the chance to come here and work in this country, laying pavement and picking lettuce in the 120-degree heat, I think we should come up with a system to allow for that.
leadership
I have told the leadership I am opposed,
ethics responding violations
I don't think we are doing well in detecting, investigating and responding to ethics violations when they occur.
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Congress may very well need to develop legislative solutions to address price gouging,
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Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.
land oil long
We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.
needs mexico growing
The H-1B visa program which helps sustain our rapidly growing economy and also helps meet the health care needs of families living in rural New Mexico.
matter election polls
The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day.
past swings mexico
New Mexico has been, in the past, a swing state.
military party vietnam
After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.
government people republican
I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.
jobs cost energy
When you increase the cost of energy, jobs go elsewhere.
fighting pro-life second-amendment
Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican.
jobs believe mexican
If New Mexican voters believe the path to create American jobs is keeping taxes low, then they have an option. That's my campaign.