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April 24, 2022
“With all of the uncertainty and chaos going on at the border,” Republican Rep. Mark Amodei said, “removing critical public health-related structure from a process already in shambles is probably the last straw to confirming for everyone that our southern border is for all intents and purposes open.”
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April 24, 2022
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) said he thinks there needs to be a greater balance between what the tribe and Navy are seeking. “This is not a great time to ignore the growing vulnerability in an important national security area,” Amodei said.
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April 6, 2022
A dozen Republicans also voted for the bill, but not Nevada’s only Republican in Congress, Rep. Mark Amodei. He instead pointed to the Republican-sponsored Lower Costs, More Cures Act, which Amodei said would “lower prescription costs for all drugs, including insulin, by supporting generic and biosimilar drugs’ entry into the marketplace.”
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March 19, 2022
Amodei didn’t mince words, saying that Russia has committed war crimes. He also framed the White House’s response as reactive rather than proactive. Amodei said the U.S. response could lead Ukrainians, who have fought bravely, to question the U.S.’s commitment to stand up against tyranny.
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March 17, 2022
For more than 20 years, the Lake Tahoe Restoration Acts have been a critical channel of support for the Basin’s environmental health, and a source of local jobs and economic activity. In 2021, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the authorization of the 2016 Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, which will keep the pipeline open for hundreds of millions of dollars to finish crucial environmental work left undone, and to make Tahoe resilient in the face of climate change.
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March 16, 2022
WASHINGTON – Nevada lawmakers said they were deeply moved Wednesday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose virtual address to Congress included a renewed plea for more humanitarian aid and military weapons to stop the ruthless three-week old Russian invasion.
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March 16, 2022
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addressed a joint session of Congress today as he sat in his embattled capital.
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March 16, 2022
New federal legislation will fund $29.2 million to protect Lake Tahoe’s environment. For more than 20 years, the Lake Tahoe Restoration Acts have been a critical channel of support for the Basin’s environmental health, and a source of local jobs and economic activity.
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March 3, 2022
WASHINGTON — Citing inflation, the Congressional Gaming Caucus filed a bill Thursday to raise the threshold when gamblers are required to report their slot machine jackpot wins to the Internal Revenue Service.
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March 1, 2022
Despite the optimistic picture painted by Biden about the state of the union, most Republicans, like Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada, said “it’s been a tough year.”