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"We’re in full construction now."
- Jon Evans, CEO, Lithium Americas says the Thacker Pass project is moving full speed ahead in Humboldt County, with steel going up in August and workforce housing underway in Winnemucca. With General Motors as both the largest shareholder and long-term offtake customer, Evans calls it a “world-class, tier one” project and highlights a “really good relationship” with GM, which is “making lots of investments and changing their battery chemistries with the goal to be the lowest cost and the largest supplier” of electric vehicles. - Friday, June 6, 2025.
"We’re landlocked here in the valley. We need to get some more land."
- Tick Segerblom, Chair, Clark County Commission, acknowledges the need for Southern Nevada to expand, reflecting on the surprise reaction to Congressman Amodei’s now-pulled lands proposal. While initially taken aback, Segerblom says the moment taught a lesson and “got us all focused,” adding, “I think we would love to work with Mark moving forward to the extent we can do anything.” - Thursday, June 5, 2025.
"Talking points don't solve any problems. People solve problems."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, urges for collaboration as the Silver State faces major growth challenges, especially in Southern Nevada. He emphasizes the need for serious, transparent discussions about water, power, housing, and infrastructure to responsibly plan for the region’s future. - Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
"Have whatever fun you think you need to. But we still have issues that need to be addressed."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2 reflects on the fallout over his federal lands proposal, which was pulled from a reconciliation bill after backlash from within Nevada’s delegation. He stresses the importance of working together on land use and growth challenges, noting his biggest concern: “Are we getting to the point where we got no growth in Clark County?” - Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
"Consider that standard, and then compare it to what we're asking for is just notifying one parent. We’re not even asking for consent."
- Melissa Clement, Nevada Right to Life, questions why parental notification is treated differently for abortion than for other medical care like giving Tylenol or getting tonsils removed. She later argues that notification is a common sense protection—especially for very young girls—and that in cases of abuse, a judicial bypass is already built into the law. - Friday, May 30, 2025.
"We’re kind of the inconvenient truth."
- Sergeant David Crete, U.S. Air Force (Ret), Chair, The Invisible Enemy, says veterans who served at classified sites on the Nevada Test and Training Range were exposed to toxic materials, and explains that while all who served honored their commitment to secrecy, the government has used this as “an excuse to hide us instead of dealing with the problem.” He says their bill in Congress, introduced by Congressman Mark Amodei, is fighting for medical treatment and survivor benefits for the veterans who served at these classified locations. - Thursday, May 29, 2025.
"Rent control has not worked in any market that I know of, any market that I've read about, or heard about."
- Azim Jessa, Chair of the Nevada REALTORS Legislative Committee, says rent control policies often discourage new development, reduce housing quality, and shrink the property tax base. He explains rent caps can trap residents in homes that no longer fit their needs, while limiting options for growing families entering the market. - Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
"It's a danger because they're targeting our kids."
- Edgar Domenech, retired senior law enforcement official and member of the Tobacco Law Enforcement Network, explains over 90 percent of the disposable vapes that are coming into this country are manufactured in China with unknown regulatory guidelines. He warns that organized crime groups are exploiting existing trafficking networks to distribute these products, and that flavored vapes are specifically designed to appeal to children, posing a serious threat to public safety, national security, the economy, and public health. - Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
"The tax credits are the prize."
- State Senator Roberta Lange, Assistant Majority Leader (D) says unless both film studio packages are rolled into one they are dead for this session. There is currently no obvious discussion of this between bill sponsors. - Friday, May 23, 2025.
"I would think that everybody involved has been incredibly grateful to have this kind of information, especially by the fact that it's nonpartisan. I'm really proud of the fact that we have both Democrats and Republicans who have talked about our research, quoted in it in hearings, asked us to help present in committees and talked about how they look to it as a resource."
- Jill Tolles, Executive Director, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities on what the Guinn Center has been able to accomplish in the past two years. - Thursday, May 22, 2025.
"You know, the last thing I would want to do is work on a bill of this magnitude and the governor vetoes it. So we're going to have to continue to have discussions over the next two weeks. If at the end of this two week period, it comes down to one bill, does it make sense to leave it in abeyance now and then come back and do a special session on it, because it is such a vast amount of money."
- Speaker of the Nevada Assembly Steve Yeager discussing the two movie studio bills with one in each house. - Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
"I think still think it's likely we're going to end up in special session in September, October when the federal budget gets figured out."
- Speaker of the Nevada Assembly Steve Yeager says he’s crossing both fingers that that doesn’t happen. - Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
"It will be huge."
- Lindsay Knox, Senior VP and Policy Director, McDonald Carano, says Congressman Amodei’s proposed federal lands bill could significantly impact Nevada by helping bring down the high cost of land. While infrastructure costs remain a major barrier, she says, “If we can get a few projects going, it is a supply and demand issue—you will see prices start to go down.” - Friday, May 16, 2025.
"Our hair should be on fire."
- Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen (R) District 32 says Nevada’s math proficiency rate is only 26 percent, yet the state’s graduation rate is 83 percent. She says this alarming gap is why she’s pushing for AB383, a bill to establish high-impact tutoring standards that have shown strong results in other states. - Thursday, May 15, 2025.
"I’m a hard no on either of those bills."
- Dr. Robin Titus, State Senate Minority Leader (R), District 17, says the competing film tax credit bills are too expensive and don’t offer a strong return on investment. She says current projections show only 50 cents on the dollar would come back to Nevada, later saying nobody in their right mind would agree to the bills without changes. - Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
"I can’t, by the rules, it’ll get washed out."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, says his land amendment had to follow Senate reconciliation rules, meaning no conservation elements or local funding carve-outs could be included. He says critics upset that the money won’t stay in Nevada are ignoring the constraints, explaining it has to have the Byrd Rule and you have to take that into account “because you don’t want to try something and get it blown out in the Senate.” - Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
