Nevada State Senators, John Ensign and Harry Reid

Nevada State Senators, John Ensign and Harry Reid

John Ensign was born on March 25, 1958, a Christian boy in Roseville California. He attended and graduated from E.W. Clark High School in northern Nevada. He then went on to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, then on to Oregon State University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in 1985, Corvallis, and finally onto Colorado State University, Fort Collins, where he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He is now married to Darlene Sciarett and has three children: Trevor, Siena and Michael. John's professional job is a veterinarian. He has also held the of U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator (1987-1994), he is the owner of the West Flamingo Animal Hospital, South Shores Animal Hospital, in Las Vegas, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and now has a State Senator seat in the U.S. Senate for the 107th Congress. John Ensign (Republican) was first elected in 1987. He served two consecutive terms. John has also now been recently voted back into the Senator position in the last 2000-year election.

Nevadans have enjoyed John's energetic style and message of his smaller government that he tries to portray. He has worked at lowering taxes and reducing spending. Harry has a strong stance against crime, and is committed to reducing wasteful government spending. Time magazine called Reid the "Decisive breakthrough" in Congress welfare reform. Ensign's efforts have helped more people move from welfare dependency to the workforce. He has also battled to defeat the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which would ship tons of radioactive waste to Nevada. He fought hard against large and powerful nuclear industries, and also leaders of his own party. Reid also is a huge supporter of saving Medicare from bankruptcy. He provides Medicare coverage for annual mammograms for senior women and has also initiated a fundraising drive in 1997 to purchase a mobile mammography van for rural Nevada, and kicked off the donations with $1000 from his own pockets. Ensign has also been recognized as a big contender in tax reform and favors a concrete deadline for the elimination of the current tax code. He has also worked on strong belief in laws ordering prisoners to work while serving time and pay restitution to their victims. Along with this program he has tried to eliminate pornography in prisons.