News Releases
July 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Barack Obama, at the request of Senator Harry Reid, unilaterally designated the Basin and Range National Monument on 704,000 acres – larger than the state of Rhode Island – in Lincoln and Nye counties. Congressman Mark Amodei released the following statement:
June 25, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in the King v. Burwell case affecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
June 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) voted in favor of legislation referred to as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which would set parameters and restrictions on the negotiations of a free trade agreement known as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and provide for an up or down vote on the resulting agreement.
May 13, 2015
Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today voted in favor of H.R. 2048, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, which would end the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk collection of telephone metadata under the USA Patriot Act, protect civil liberties, increase transparency of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and strengthen national security.
April 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today announced he returned approximately $125,000 in unspent office funds from his 2014 budget to the U.S. Treasury to be applied toward deficit reduction. It represents nearly 10 percent of his office budget for that year.
April 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2), along with 29 original cosponsors, took steps to address the strategic and economic vulnerabilities presented by mineral production, including rare earth elements -- an industry dominated by China and other foreign nations.
April 14, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, during testimony before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, the U.S. Forest Service Deputy Chief Leslie Weldon announced the decision to permanently withdraw the Proposed Directive on Groundwater Management (Groundwater Directive) that was put on the table last year. Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) released the following statement:
April 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers announced this week Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) will serve as Vice Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for the 114th Congress. He will serve as Chair of the subcommittee in the absence of Chairman Tom Graves (GA-14) and assist him in official committee duties.
March 24, 2015
CARSON CITY, NEV. -- Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today announced he will hold an agriculture town hall meeting in Carson City on Wednesday, April 1, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the second floor chambers of the Paul Laxalt State Building at 401 N. Carson Street.
March 4, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today announced senior staff changes for his Washington, D.C. office. Chief of Staff Rick Goddard is departing Capitol Hill to return to his native Georgia and Legislative Director Bruce Miller will be elevated to chief of staff. Senior Legislative Assistant Jason Riederer will become legislative director.