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May 25, 2022
Northern Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei (R) said public lands legislation is one way the federal government can help address the housing shortage — by both freeing up land to ease supply constraints and raising funds directly to support affordable projects.
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May 21, 2022
In an interview Thursday, Amodei said the measure has more to do with sending a political message to Democratic base voters than legislating to solve a problem. The spending also comes on top of trillions spent under the guise of stopping the spread of COVID-19, which he has argued was poorly targeted and wasteful.
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May 17, 2022
The Nevada reps say travel and tourism are a key driver of jobs and economic activity, adding, “We write today to respectfully insist you consider additional ways to enhance and support the recovery of the travel, hospitality, and events industries.”
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May 9, 2022
The bill has 34 cosponsors, most of which are Republican, said the Nevada Wildlife Federation. Republican Mark Amodei and Democrats Dina Titus and Steven Horsford are among the 170 House supporters.
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April 28, 2022
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) says Title 42 should not be lifted. He argues there are still health concerns that Title 42 helps alleviate. “It’s had a big impact in Nevada over the past two years, and we need not to ignore any potential health issues that we can avoid through reasonable precaution,” said Amodei.
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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.