"We have to move forward to address this issue."
"Eliminating the essential governmental function test, which is an arbitrary test that prevents tribes from using tax-exempt bonds for the same types of activities that State and local governments use ..."
"I think part of this is giving them parity to develop their own resources through economic development."
"This legislation to me was something that sitting down with the tribes just in Nevada we had focused on how we could look at and really address economic development for so many of our tribes."
"The COVID-19 pandemic made it abundantly clear that tribal economies must be diversified in order to be strong."
"Right now in Nevada, if you are making minimum wage, you have to work 75 hours a week just to be able to afford housing."
"In the West, a majority of the land is owned by the Federal Government."
"passage of which is the single most important thing Congress could do to address the severe imbalance between supply and demand for affordable rental housing."
"The bipartisan AHCIA would not only increase affordable housing supply by over 2 million affordable rental homes."
"This legislation that I've introduced will expand the supply of affordable homes and improve access to home ownership for low- and moderate-income home buyers."
"I'm hopeful after this--we do have this group of bills that we're putting forward that really are going to make a difference here."