Last week, a big move was made in a Congressional committee you don’t hear a lot about. Nevada Representative Mark Amodei added a budget amendment to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada so it can be developed.
The idea has been talked about for years. Congress just hadn’t voted on it before.
But the Republican's change has angered his Democratic colleagues from Nevada. That’s because money from the sale of that property won’t come back to Clark County like it has for decades to help build parks and public spaces.
Instead, it’s going to the federal government.
We contacted Amodei’s office, but he was unable to join us.
Guests: Olivia Tanager, director, Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club; Gabby Birenbaum, beltway correspondent, The Nevada Independent ; Kyle Roerink, executive director, Great Basin Water Network
