“Nevada population centers are all encountered by federal land that cannot meet their housing and development needs without removal from federal countries,” Amodei said during the marker Hill. “In contrast to most other states, Nevadans trust Congress To make these countries available. “
Maloy argues that the federal companies in her state unnecessarily limit the debates of the disposition, in particular for issues such as housing.
“The high percentage of federal land influences the ability of the local government to work on economic and transport development, to manage natural resources and fully benefit from recreational activities,” she said according to NPR.
But the amendment of 33 pages fired the anger of Commission Democrats. They said that the speed with which the committee wanted to make changes would remove local stakeholders from the conversation.
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) Focuses primarily on Amodei for not consulting the congress delegation from Clark County, the location of a large part of the country in Nevada, which is represented by three Democrats.
“I would think at least, Mr Amodei, that you would do your colleagues in Nevada, the courtesy of it at least to make that language with regard to Clark County, to get in touch with your three other colleagues before this comes to the ground and then has a conversation with them,” said Neguse, says De Heuvel.
The Nevada Democrats in question – Steven Horsford, Susie Lee and Dina Titus – have only learned about the amendment through text after the fact, Neguse said. The measure was adopted with a vote of 26-17, with one Democrat-Adam Gray (California)-who becomes a member of Republicans to support it.
The bill must be discussed in the entire house for the passage.
Casey Hammond, former acting director of the US Office for LandbeheerResponded to criticism from environmental activists and Democrats who claim that wholesale transfers from land could worsen climate change or be applied to institutional investors.
“If we effectively manage federal countries, there is no reason to transfer them to states to be better managed,” Hammond told NPR. He added that the idea of wholesale transfers was not seriously entertained during the first Trump administration.
Republicans gave themselves a self-imposed deadline in July to pass the president’s ambitious tax and government financing agenda. But consensus seems to be thin In this phase of the debate.
