Amodei says he'll return unspent office money to the U.S. Treasury

Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei said Friday that he will return around $104,000 in unspent office funds to the U.S. Treasury to be applied toward deficit reduction.

The money is nearly 8 percent of Amodei's budget for 2013. This is in addition to a $167,080 cut to his budget from the sequester and other changes. Amodei last year returned $172,143.52 to the Treasury. Since his election in September 2011, Amodei has returned roughly $370,000.

"In the face of a $17.3 trillion federal debt, I think it is a sign of basic respect to Nevadans and Americans to run a fiscally conservative office while offering the greatest possible service to my constituents at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers," said Amodei.