Congresswoman Lee Responds to Senate Republican Public Land Sale Provision Being Removed from GOP Budget Bill
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) responded to Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) proposal to sell public lands being removed from the Senate Republican budget bill by the Senate parliamentarian:
“I agree that we need to lower home prices and boost the housing supply. That’s why Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and I have introduced our bipartisan Clark County lands bill, which would help do just that — but in a targeted and thoughtful way directed by Southern Nevadans, protecting our iconic public lands and water supply.
“What I don’t agree with is YOUR backroom plan, crafted without meaningful local input or bipartisan collaboration, to simply sell off millions of acres of public land across the West at breakneck speed to the highest bidder. I’m glad that the Senate parliamentarian has ruled to pull it from the GOP budget bill, particularly after a bipartisan group of us came together to stop a similar effort in the House.
“For decades, the law has made sure that proceeds from federal land sales in Nevada stay in Nevada to invest in our water infrastructure, schools, and parks. Some Republicans in Congress have been trying to change that so they can pay for billionaire tax breaks in their Big Bullshit Bill. Not on my watch.”
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