Las Vegas Review-Journal: How will Nevada’s congressional delegation adapt to unified GOP control?

Nevada’s congressional delegation all won re-election in November, and though they’ll make legislation under a new yet familiar administration, the six members of Congress said their priorities and bipartisan efforts will remain the same.

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen must re-familiarize themselves with being in the minority party after Republicans took control of the Senate, House and the White House.

Though Republicans’ control of the House continues, Reps. Dina Titus, Mark Amodei, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford must re-adapt to a fully controlled GOP government.

But no matter who is sitting at the Oval Office, Nevada’s delegation will continue to play important roles in Congress and work to move their priorities forward, they said during interviews.

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Lee, who has served Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District since 2019, said her priorities will remain primarily the same under the Trump administration. Her biggest goal is to bring back government funding to Nevada and work on reducing consumer costs, particularly for housing. She thinks she will be able to keep working in a bipartisan way on permitting reform to help with housing development.

Her bill, Accelerating Appraisals and Conservation Efforts Act, passed recently out of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, and she said she hopes it will pass this year. It aims to help open up federal land for development by addressing the shortage of land appraisers who assess the value of public land before a transaction.

Lee highlighted her bipartisan record, in which she was ranked the seventh most bipartisan member of Congress in the 118th session by The Lugar Center, a nonprofit committed “to advancing positive solutions and fostering bipartisan dialogue,” according to a the center.

“My strategy is really to represent the 750,000 constituents in Nevada,” Lee said. “My constituents overwhelmingly want someone who isn’t going to fall into party lines and is going to work across the aisle when called upon to get things done.”

Lee also was elected to serve as the battleground leadership representative for the House Democratic caucus, a position of which she spearheaded in 2022 that aims to bring a strong voice to the leadership table for Congressional members who represent battleground districts.

“I’m looking forward to making sure that our caucus represents the views and the sensitivities that people in districts like mine have, as well,” Lee said.