I feel as if it's deja vu all over again. Just 1 year ago, Washington Republicans proposed a plan to kill Medicare by turning it over to private insurance companies. It passed the House and luckily failed in the Senate. Now, just 1 year…

With the highest unemployment rate in the Nation, Nevadans are struggling. That's why we in Washington should be focusing on creating good-paying, middle class jobs. Unfortunately, Washington Republicans are focused on a divisive…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, let's be clear on what's happening here today. While thousands of Nevadans are struggling to make ends meet, House Republicans are trying to sentence this middle class tax cut…

I thank the gentlelady from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I think expedited screening for military servicemembers is very important. I am glad that we are taking this bill up on a bipartisan basis, but I think there are some other…

Nevada's middle-income families have borne the brunt of the economic catastrophe that has devastated our State. We need to create jobs and get our economy moving again. What we don't need is a middle class tax hike. But that's exactly what…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…