2024 Nevada Voter Guide Footnotes

1.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “POTUS not alarmed by highest inflation in over 40 years. Downplayed the negative impact. Truth is that Fed interest rate increases need to be complimented by a decrease in government spending.” 9/18/2022: https://x.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1571677930161590279 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Inflation is worse due to reckless spending & surging national debt. Working Americans shouldn’t be on the hook for this fiscal irresponsibility!”  

Article, Daily Caller – “Let’s stop the Spending Spree and Bring Sanity Back to Washington” – “…Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen was wrong. Rosen voted for every spending bill Joe Biden proposed…has saddled taxpayers with a staggering $32 trillion in national debt and record inflation, price increases, and interest rates.”  9/6/2023: https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/06/opinion-lets-stop-the-spending-spree-and-bring-sanity-back-to-washington-sam-brown/ 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “These proposed regulations underscore Dem desire to increase already high prices, shrink US consumer choices, and over-regulate an industry they don’t understand” 3/29/2024: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1773808529541157260 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “…we know regulations have a “cost” we all pay and that identifying regulations for elimination would benefit all Americans, perhaps Elon Musk could help…on this task to give us a head start on what can be eliminated…” 8/21/2024:  

https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1826315485941825638 

2.) Congressional Website, HR.2882 VOTED FOR – Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 – $1.2T spending bill 3/23/2024: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2882/all-actions 

Congressional Website, HR.5376 VOTED FOR – Inflation Reduction Act – purports to bring down inflation by increasing regulations, including cutting emissions in half by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. This phases out gas-powered vehicles. 

Congressional Website, HR 1319 VOTED FOR American Rescue Plan – online sales (by small businesses) and transactions over $600 must be reported 3/6/2021: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00110.htm 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “Last year, I voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act to help make us energy independent by boosting NV’s clean energy economy.” 8/8/2023: https://x.com/SenJackyRosen/status/1688994172747886592 

3.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Joe Biden and Jacky Rosen have failed to take our border crisis seriously. I will fight to secure the border once and for all.” 2/18/2024: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1759331633344188841 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Tim Walz and Kamala Harris are advocates for open borders, sanctuary cities, and taxpayer paid “free healthcare” and drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. This is the most anti-border security ticket in American history.” 8/6/2024: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1820846479206170813 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Washington Democrats have allowed our southern border to remain wide-open. They’re more concerned about foreign borders than our own. I’m running for the Senate … to complete the construction of the border wall and secure America.” 11/15/2023: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1724950639157932426 

4.) Congressional Website, SJ.Res 54 VOTED FOR – A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on Feb. 15 2019 – to remove emergency declaration from border wall, removing funding 10/17/2019: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1161/vote_116_1_00325.htmCongressional Website, SJ.Res 46 VOTED FOR  – to overturn Pres Trump’s Emergency Declaration for border wall funding 3/14/2019: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1161/vote_116_1_00049.htmCongressional Website, HR.3354 VOTED AGAINST- H.Amdt.301 to H.R.3354 – An amendment numbered 56 printed in Part B of House Report 115-295 to prevent funds from being used for a State, or local government entity or official if that entity prohibits, or in any way restricts, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual. 9/6/2017: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017455 

Congressional Website, SJ.Res 54 VOTE FOR – to remove emergency declaration from border wall, removing funding 10/17/2019: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1161/vote_116_1_00325.htm 

Congressional Website, H.2882 VOTED AGAINST on Hagerty amendment (https://x.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1771414274524537251) – to end the use of taxpayer money for flying illegals into the US for resettlement 3/23/2023 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00112.htm 

5.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “We have the blueprint to turn this economy around, and it starts with Energy Independence! We have the natural resources to be a 21st century producer of American energy that brings jobs, energy security, and lower costs for consumers.” 3/22/2024: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1771334152337404222 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Joe Biden drained our strategic petroleum reserves for political purposes…and now can’t afford to refill the SPR because “oil prices are too high.” 2024: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1775603431799246857 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “If you’d rather buy oil from Iran than build the Keystone Pipeline, you are either a fool or forgot which nation you swore an oath to serve.” 3/4/2022: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1499741169869336588 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “It’s time to restore America First energy policies that unleash the full potential of American energy independence and strength.” 3/21/2024: https://x.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1770919479179899010 

6.) Congressional Website, SAmdt. 678 to SConRes. 5 VOTED AGAINST – To establish a deficit neutral reserve fund relating to the improvement of relations between the United States and Canada with regard to the Keystone XL Pipeline. 2/4/2021: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00032.htm  

Congressional Website, SAmdt.5265 SAmdt. 5194 to HR. 5376 VOTED AGAINST – To provide for certain conditions on the export to China of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 8/7/2022: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00311.htm 

Candidate Website, Jacky Rosen US Senator for NV – “Rosen, Cortez Masto secure nearly $1.8 Million for Clean Energy Project in Nevada” – “…grants to local governments for clean energy projects that reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency” 5/2/2024: https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2024/05/02/rosen-cortez-masto-secure-nearly-1-8-million-for-clean-energy-projects-in-nevada/ 

Sen Jacky Rosen, Facebook – “Renewable Energy is the future” 5/22/2021: https://www.facebook.com/SenJackyRosen/posts/renewable-energy-is-the-future/2063322600483919/?locale=en_GB&_rdr 

Article, The Daily Indy – “Rosen introduces bill to increase royalties, fees for oil and gas on public land” – “…Rosen described the effort as “bipartisan, common-sense legislation that will require oil and gas companies to pay increased royalties for drilling, ensuring that our state and local governments in Nevada and across the nation receive fair compensation to fund critical education, infrastructure, and public health projects.” 3/10/2021: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/rosen-co-sponsoring-bill-to-increase-royalties-fees-for-oil-and-gas-on-public-land 

7.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Tim Walz and Kamala Harris are advocates for open borders, sanctuary cities, and taxpayer paid “free healthcare” and drivers licenses for illegal immigrants.”  8/6/2024: https://x.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1820846479206170813 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “In no world should United States veterans be living on the streets while illegal immigrants are given free housing and airplane tickets. Supporting our veterans and stopping the flow of illegal immigrants will be my focus on DAY ONE in the Senate.” 8/2/2024: https://x.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1819410144964276542 

8.) Congressional Website, SAmdt. 968 to SAmdt. 891 to HR. 1319 VOTED AGAINST – To ensure that the 2021 Recovery Rebates are not provided to illegal immigrants. (A vote against this is a vote FOR rebates for illegal immigrants.) 3/6/2021: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00104.htm 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “Dreamers are vital members of our community, and they deserve the same access to affordable, quality health care as everyone else. I applaud this announcement, which will allow thousands of DACA recipients living in Nevada to receive affordable health care.” 4/13/2023: https://x.com/SenJackyRosen/status/1646600492628287488 

Candidate Website, Jacky Rosen US Senator for NV – “Rosen Applauds final rule expanding affordable health care access for DACA recipients” “…officially announced the final rule expanding Affordable Care Act coverage to include Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.” 5/3/2024: https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2024/05/03/rosen-applauds-final-rule-expanding-affordable-health-care-access-for-daca-recipients/ 

9.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Jacky Rosen just voted to keep Joe Biden’s radical EPA rules in place — forcing consumers away from gas vehicles to electric vehicles.” 4/18/2024: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1781070534727569750 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “… Joe Biden is mandating the vaccine for over 80,000,000 Americans. This is a massive overreach by the Biden Administration.” 9/9/2021: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1436080439089848328 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Tim Walz and Kamala Harris will enact federal mandates outlawing gas vehicles and punish Americans by raising our energy rates through radical Green New Deal proposals.” 8/6/2024: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1820849965486534781 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “SCOTUS fell short by tying mandates on millions of healthcare workers to federal dollars received through Medicare/Medicaid.” (Regarding vaccine mandate.) 1/13/2002: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1481724276633911304 

10.) Congressional Website, S.4072 VOTED AGAINST – A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency – prohibits the EPA from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the rule titled Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles. …the rules include more stringent standards for greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants…The standards phase in over model years 2027 through 2032. 4/18/2024: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00142.htm 

Congressional Website, HR. 5376 VOTED FOR – Inflation Reduction Act which cuts emissions in half by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. This phases out gas-powered vehicles. 8/7/2022: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “…I voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act to help make us energy independent by boosting NV’s clean energy economy.” 8/8/2023: https://x.com/SenJackyRosen/status/1688994172747886592 

Congressional Website, SAmdt. 421 to SAmdt. 935 to S. 2226 VOTED AGAINST – To provide remedies to members of the Armed Forces discharged or subject to adverse action under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. – The Secretary of Defense may not issue any COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a replacement for the mandate rescinded under section 525 (Nat’l Defense Authorization Act)…absent a further act of Congress expressly authorizing a replacement mandate. 7/26/2023: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00199.htm 

11.) Candidate Website, Sam Brown US Senate – LIFE – “I will oppose any bill that pushes for federal funding of abortion, late term abortions, or abortion without parental notification.” 2024: https://captainsambrown.com/issues/ 

12.) Congressional Website, S. 311 VOTED AGAINST – Born Alive Protection Act – A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.  2/25/2020: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1162/vote_116_2_00058.htm 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “…I’ll always stand up to protect a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.” (Posted the day after the Born Alive Act was voted on.) 2/26/2020: https://x.com/SenJackyRosen/status/1232808630153510914 

13.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “I will always support female athletes as they pursue their dreams in competition and I’ll stand against Jacky Rosen and the left’s attempts to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports.” 2024: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1755331091844481382 

Article, NEW YORK POST – “Senate Dems remove Pentagons ban on covering child gender transitions from Defense bill”  – “…Brown told The Post he was fighting to unseat Rosen in the 2024 election to cut out provisions like the TRICARE gender coverage, which he said was “using taxpayers to fund dangerous medical procedures on children.” 7/14/2023: https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/senate-dems-vote-against-dod-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-kids/ 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “Advocating for women means protecting women’s sports. Full stop.” 3/28/2024: https://x.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1773452874510700643 

14.) Congressional Website, SAmdt. 1386 to SAmdt. 891 to HR. 1319 VOTED AGAINST American Rescue Plan – To prohibit funds…that permit any student whose biological sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity designated for women or girls. 3/6/2021: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00097.htm 

Congressional Website, S.393 Co-Sponsored Equality Act – requiring athletic programs to recognize gender identity as a protected class in order to receive federal funding. This bill could lead to changes in school curriculums and require texts to affirm and promote views on gender and sexuality.” 2/23/2021: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/393/cosponsors 

Article, NEW YORK POST – “Senate Dems remove Pentagons ban on covering child bender transitions from Defense bill” – “All 12 Democratic members (including Jacky Rosen) of the Senate Armed Services Committee — voted June 29 to strip the provision from the must-pass 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), opening the door for the Pentagon to fund so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors.” 6/12/2023: https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/senate-dems-vote-against-dod-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-kids/ 

15.) Candidate Website, Sam Brown US Senate Issues – LIFE – “I will oppose any bill that pushes for federal funding of abortion, late term abortions, or abortion without parental notification. And I will support federal judges who understand the importance of protecting life.”  2024: https://captainsambrown.com/issues/ 

Candidate Website, Sam Brown US Senate Issues – LIFE – “Nevada voters have made it clear where they stand on this issue, by enshrining protections for abortion in our state law. As a U.S. Senator, I will not vote to overturn the decision of Nevadans – I will not support a national abortion ban. 2024: https://captainsambrown.com/issues/ 

16.) Congressional Website, S. 701 Co-Sponsored –  Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 – No restriction on abortion 3/9/2023: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/701/cosponsors 

Congressional Website, S. 109 VOTED AGAINST A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions 1/17/2019: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1161/vote_116_1_00007.htm 

Congressional Website, HR. 2670 VOTED FOR – NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) that included funding for abortions 12/13/2023: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00343.htmCongressional Website, HR. 3755 VOTED for Cloture on the Motion to Proceed  – A bill to protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services. 2/28/2022: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00065.htm 

17.) Candidate Website, Sam Brown US Senate Issues – Election Integrity – “Voter ID is a common sense and highly effective way to secure our elections immediately.” 2024: https://captainsambrown.com/issues/ 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X –  As AG (Adam Laxalt) doing nothing when non-citizens voted – …doing nothing when non citizens were registered to vote by the DMV” 5/9/2022: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1523819445432377345 

WATCH, Nevada Newsmakers – Adam Laxalt and Sam Brown Debate – “Fact of the matter is you knew as attorney general that noncitizens were registering to vote, and you did nothing. You knew that in 2016 noncitizens did vote and you did nothing about that.” @47:15  5/9/2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRtgtkzyhs8 

18.) Congressional Website, S.4 VOTED FOR – John R Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 – federalizing elections and making state go through DOJ to change voting laws. Voter ID laws would be considered discriminatory. Voting by mail for all. 11/3/2021: 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4/cosponsors 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “The For The People Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act will fortify the sacred right to vote as it’s under attack across the country.” 4/4/2021: https://x.com/senjackyrosen/status/1378847988458647557 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “Voting rights are under attack all across our country right now. We need to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act and the #ForThePeople Act to fortify the sacred right to vote.” 3/26/2021: https://x.com/senjackyrosen/status/1375590254682501120 

19.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “The Second Amendment is NOT up for debate.” 9/23/2021: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1441177382069719040 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “It is quite a shame to see so many Republicans vote in favor of an NDAA that includes red-flag gun confiscation laws against members of our military and Veterans. The 2nd Amendment is at the heart of our foundation as America & this provision is an attack on people’s rights.” 9/25/2021: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1441844967781986305 

Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “You’d think the Democrats would’ve discontinued the phrase “commonsense gun control” years ago. No one thinks their attempts to take our Constitutionally protected rights away have anything to do with common sense.” 4/10/2022: https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1513272196898172929 

20.) Congressional Website, S. 2938 VOTED FOR – An Act to make our communities safer – Incentives for states to pass red flag laws, background checks for people under 21 years old. 6/23/2022: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00242.htm 

Candidate Website, Jacky Rosen US Senate on the Issues – Reducing Gun Violence -“Jacky has pushed for federal legislation banning the sale of bump stocks, high-capacity magazines, and deadly assault weapons to keep our families and communities safe…(voted for) enhancing background checks on firearm purchases for individuals under 21, helping implement red flag laws, and investing in school safety and mental health programs.” 2024: https://www.rosenfornevada.com/issue/gun-violence/ 

Candidate Website, Jacky Rosen US Senator of NV – “voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which would enhance background checks on firearm purchases for individuals under 21, fund the implementation of red flag laws, combat firearms trafficking, and make historic investments in school safety and mental health programs.” 2024: https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2022/06/24/rosen-votes-to-pass-historic-bipartisan-gun-reform-and-mental-health-legislation-bill-advances-out-of-senate/ 

Article, PBS News – ‘We asked every senator what action should be taken on guns “ –  (Rosen) “She supports measures to expand background checks and close dangerous loopholes to make sure guns don’t fall into the wrong hands. She also supports efforts to pass red flag laws, limit high-capacity magazines, and ban the continued sale of assault weapons.” 5/26/2022: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-action-should-be-taken-on-guns-we-asked-every-senator 

21.) Sam Brown, Twitter/X – “The United States must ALWAYS stand with Israel.”  12/13/2023: https://x.com/captainsambrown/status/1735077698706276410 

22.) Congressional Website, S Res 417 VOTED FOR – A resolution standing with Israel against terrorism 10/19/2023: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00261.htm 

23.) Candidate Website, Sam Brown US Senate – Issues that Matter – “We need conservative leaders who understand that competition – not government – drives medical innovations that lead to better care and lower costs. Without burdensome government intervention, the marketplace and patients will be the driving force that solve the problems within our healthcare system. Not politicians!”  2024: https://www.captainsambrown.com/issues 

Other, Ret. Captain Sam Brown on the Issues – “I will work closely with our conservative leadership to resist the expansion of Obamacare. Reform in healthcare should be evaluated, and I am supportive of a free-market approach that includes such things as: purchasing health insurance across state lines, health savings accounts, and additional tort reform.” https://web.archive.org/web/20140811142840/http:/brownfortexas.com/on-the-issues-2/ 

24.) WATCH Nevada Forward video – Interview with Rep Jacky Rosen – “The other thing that we need to do is improve on the public option. That allows people all across the country to buy in to a healthcare plan wherever they are…It’s going to shore up the marketplace until we find some solutions going down the line.” @2:23 8/3/2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P-qQBu9xs4 

Candidate Website, Jacky Rosen US Senator for NV – “Rosen Co-Sponsors State Public Option Act” – “All Americans deserve access to affordable, high-quality care, regardless of their income level, and that’s exactly what the Medicaid public option would offer.” 9/9/2021: https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2021/08/09/rosen-co-sponsors-state-public-option-act-2/ 

Congressional Website, S. 2639 Co-Sponsored – State Public Option Act – This bill allows residents who are not already eligible for Medicaid and not concurrently enrolled in other health insurance coverage to buy into a state Medicaid plan beginning January 1, 2022, at the option of the state.” 8/5/2021: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2639/cosponsors 

Congressional Website, S. 4063 Co-Sponsored – State Public Option Act This bill allows residents who are not already eligible for Medicaid and not concurrently enrolled in other health insurance coverage to buy into a state Medicaid plan beginning January 1, 2025, at the option of the state. 3/22/2024: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4063/cosponsors 

Senator Jacky Rosen, Twitter/X – “I’m supporting Brian Schatz’s State Public Option Act because Nevadans deserve access to high-quality, affordable health care. This bill would allow states like Nevada to let residents buy into Medicaid, so they have more choices for coverage.” 8/23/2019: https://x.com/SenJackyRosen/status/1164986541829005312