Shelley Berkley

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding me the time. I rise today to talk about what should be Congress' top priority-- jobs, jobs, jobs. The economic downturn has hit my State of Nevada particularly hard, and families are still…

I thank the gentleman from Florida very much for putting this Special Order together in order to discuss an issue that is very important and that is certainly front and center on the international scene today as it has been for the last…

It is my great pleasure to welcome Representative Amodei to Congress. Our new colleague is a native son of Nevada and a graduate of the University of Nevada, where he served in the ROTC program and later served on active duty in the Army…

I now yield to the gentleman from Nevada, Representative Mark Amodei. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Nevada is recognized.

A third of the seniors that I represent have no other income but that Social Security check. They depend on it.

Thank you, Mr. Higgins. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Higgins amendment to eliminate a provision in this bill that would harm Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, and dozens more cities around the…

I don't know who you met with but I can tell you the latest polls show that 77 percent of the people of the State of Nevada don't want nuclear waste stored at Yucca Mountain.

Let us get right to the point. Nevadans have been saying no to Yucca Mountain for decades, and we will continue shouting no at the top of our lungs until this effort to shove nuclear waste down our throats has ended.

Make no mistake: the Yucca Mountain project was born of politics starting with the infamous 1987 screw Nevada bill.

On rollcall No. 297 had I been present I would have voted ``aye.'' I was unfortunately detained and unable to vote.

I cannot understand how people that profess to want smaller government and keep government out of the lives of people can be so interested in a piece of legislation like this, that I can't think of anything more intrusive or invasive than…

I can't remember one person in the last year, 2 years, 10 years or 12 years that I have been serving in Congress, coming to me and asking me to please make it even more difficult for a woman to get the proper health insurance in case she…

I cannot believe 12 years from when I first made that speech, I am back in the well of the House talking about why Nevada should not be the site for the nuclear repository for this country. President Obama defunded the Yucca Mountain…

I agree with my colleagues that reforming the tax system is critical to the long-term health of our economy.

I don't think you need to be a genius to figure out that the Tax Code is bloated and it is very complex.

If we could bring down the corporate rates to 27, 28 percent across the board, get rid of all the tax extenders, the tax breaks, the tax credits, it would add to predictability and simplicity.

I am a great proponent of earmarks, although they seem to have fallen out of fashion lately.

I rise in strong opposition to this legislative stunt to repeal health care reform, and I'm going to tell you why. There are 600,000 of my fellow Nevadans who have no health insurance. This doesn't mean that they don't get sick. It means…

ABC strongly supports full repeal of this tax filing mandate to alleviate the increased reporting and paperwork requirements on small businesses.

Finally, for those who are truly concerned about the deficit, the CBO, the nonpartisan arm of Congress, explicitly stated that repeal will cost $260 billion over 10 years. It appears that those who shout the loudest about the deficit want…

I don't think that is a good process for any American family, and I am sure, least of all, my own.

I don't think there are enough words to express my feelings at this time, and I am sure the words that I have will never be adequate to truly share my grief with my colleagues and with our country. As with all of the Members of Congress…

I've gone through many stages of grief in the last few days. First, I was heartsick at the news. Then I was angry. And now I'm resolved. I am going to do my own ``Congress on the Corner'' in honor of Gabby this coming Friday because…

I rise to support the tax compromise that will be coming to the floor for a vote this week. I represent the State that has the highest unemployment rate in the country. In my district, almost one in five people that I represent, 20…

I rise today to speak in support of the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Don't Ask, Don't Tell is outdated and it's unjust. No individual, especially those in our Armed Forces, should be discriminated against based on their…