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"I don’t understand why they are not at least pretending that they are going to do their jobs. By meeting with him. By having some hearings. By voting up or down on it.
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- Rory Reid, former Chairman of the Clark County Commission who says that the Republican US Senators are plugging their ears and covering their eyes when it comes to the Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
- Tuesday, April 5, 2016.
"We have a system that works, which is Medicare, and let’s just figure out a way to get everybody there.
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- State Senator Tick Segerblom District 3 Clark County who feels that single payer is the way to go and that the age for qualifying for Medicare should be incrementally reduced.
- Monday, April 4, 2016.
"What’s frightening is when you have an executive, a President who gets frustrated by the difficulty of passing legislation and enacting law and goes and just does it through executive order. And it’s lawless.
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- Robert Uithoven Principal J3 Strategies who says executives fight for the executive branch and they always have but he is concerned at the rate of the executive orders. Mr. Uithoven represents Senator Ted Cruz in Nevada.
- Thursday, March 17, 2016.
"Reagan gave us hope back in the eighties and that inspired us. Right now we don’t have any leaders that are inspiring us. They’re angry and they’re just as angry as we are.
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- Randi Thompson Political Analyst, says that Trump is tapping into that anger.
- Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
"Those plans really threaten the ability to maintain multiple uses on our public lands.
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- Jeff Fontaine Executive Director, Nevada Association of Counties who says that the new rules issued by the BLM after the decision not to list the sage grouse affect the heart of the economy in rural Nevada including grazing mining and renewable energy. - Tuesday, March 15, 2016.
"My issues are not her issues."
- Marlene Lockhard, Partner The Lockhard Group, reflecting on the fact that young democratic women see jobs and the economy as the big issues. Traditional issues like women’s reproductive health don’t even get a mention.
- Monday, March 14, 2016.
"To start with this defense that “I’m not going to show up to the meeting my boss’s called.” Just amazing, I’ve never seen anything like it.
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- Mike Hillerby Director of Legislative Affairs, Kaempher Crowell, referring to the no show by the Taxi Cab Authority before the Internal Audits Committee, which is composed of all the constitutional officers. The Authority had received a scathing audit. - Thursday, March 10, 2016.
"It’s like promising for everything in the candy store and you don’t have to pay for it.
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- Fred Lokken Professor of Political Science TMCC on the unlikely candidacy of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders.
- Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
"I would put Russia and Venezuela at the top of those lists that threaten their national viability
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- Ty Cobb Former Special Assistant to President Reagan for national security who says those countries are facing enormous financial constraints due to the low price of oil.
- Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
"How long do general ratepayers that do not have solar PV in their house continue, in essence, subsidize the cost of solar?
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- Andrew MacKay Executive Director NV Franchise Auto Dealers Association says that’s the million dollar question.
- Monday, March 7, 2016.
"We probably shouldn’t repeal all of the aspects of Obamacare."
- Former Assemblyman Pat Hickey says some of the things in Obamacare have been helpful and Republicans would agree with some elements of it.
- Thursday, March 3, 2016.
"That’s so corporate. I’m waiting for them to eat McDonalds in it and drink Coca Cola.
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- Ray Hagar discussing the latest Star Wars movie and how Hollywood has changed from the Golden Era, with entertainment critic Howard Rosenberg.
- Wednesday, March 2, 2016.
"It seems to be the meat grinder for CEO’s
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- Bob Lucey Chairman of the Reno Sparks Convention Authority discussing yet another CEO, Chris Baum, who was terminated in Lucey’s first nine months on the job
- Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
"The governance of this country is gone and we’re now in everybody’s business, in the country.
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- Mary Lau President and CEO Retail Association of Nevada who says the government should get out of social issues and deal with the real issues like infrastructure and the protection of the public. - Monday, February 29, 2016.
"Maybe one country, two governments."
- Xiaoyu Pu, Assistant Professor of Political Science UNR, who thinks that Taiwan and China will not be reunited under the same formula as Hong Kong and Macau. He thinks the solution will have to be more creative. - Thursday, February 25, 2016.
"Elon Musk has already purchased one apartment building to house his employees.
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- Marsha Berkbigler, Washoe County Commission who sees a growth in Marriott type hotels along with purchases like Mr. Musk’s in Reno as this boom is taking flight.
- Wednesday, February 24, 2016.
