WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter on April 21, 2023: Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) led the entire Nevada delegation in calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take decisive action and provide additional support for southern Nevada's public health professionals and health care providers, as the state currently faces the largest outbreak of Candida auris (C. auris) infections in the country. These increasing  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to introduce the Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers (PACT) Act. This bicameral legislation would put Congress on a fiscally responsible path to meet its obligation to fully fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on a mandatory basis over the next 10 years. More than 200 schools across Clark C  more

RENO, Nevada, April 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and 117 lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are calling on the Biden administration to continue to protect displaced Salvadorans and Hondurans by redesignating El Salvador and Honduras for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). "We urge you to redesignate Honduras and El Salvador for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), as it is unsafe for the n  more

RENO, Nevada, April 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: At a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reiterated her support for Nevada's solar industry and urged Energy Secretary Granholm to oppose any efforts to re-impose tariffs on solar panels from partner countries that are critical for American solar jobs. Last June, Senator Cortez Masto pushed the Biden administration to   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) is reintroducing two pieces of bipartisan legislation to promote professional development in entrepreneurship for underserved students and to support new business development and growth in Nevada and across the country. "I'm working to ensure that the next generation of Nevada's innovators can get a strong start on their brightest idea  more

RENO, Nevada, April 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court's decision not to block access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, while litigation continues. Mifepristone is the most common abortion method in the country, and it has been proven safe and effective. Earlier this year, Cortez Masto raised the alarm about far-rig  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) voted to pass the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act through the U.S. Senate. The bill will extend federal funding programs that Nevada firefighters depend on and provide fire departments with the resources they need to keep communities safe. "I've worked hard in the Senate to make sure our firefighters have the resources they need to fight fires and  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced $3,411,616 in funding headed to Nevada through the U.S. Forest Service from the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program to support public schools, roads and other local services in rural Nevada. Cortez Masto and Rosen ensured the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law reauthorized funding for the SRS program to assist rural communiti  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), U.S Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Congressman Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04) sent a letter in support of Governor Joe Lombardo's request urging President Biden to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for Nevada in the wake of a series of severe winter storms. The storms have resulted in devastating damage across parts of Nevada, causing widesp  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) denounced the passage of H.R. 734, the "Politics Over Participation Act." As a member of the Equality Caucus, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and father to a teenage daughter, Horsford is concerned of the impact this would have on women and girls of all ages in sports. He supports the Equality Caucus' mission to promote equality for everyone regardless of se  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) issued a statement following the House passage of H.J. Res. 42, a bill to overturn police reforms in the District of Columbia designed to make communities safer and hold police accountable in Washington, DC. "Bad policing must be stopped. And the residents of the District of Columbia and the representatives they elected to their local Council supported reforms designed  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: During a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called on her Senate colleagues to protect access to abortion care and related reproductive care for veterans and their eligible dependents. Senator Rosen, who was joined by several of her Democratic colleagues, spoke in opposition to a Republican resolution that would restrict veterans' access to reproductive care.   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped pass the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act in the Senate, which will reauthorize key federal programs that provide robust funding to local fire departments and help them hire more fighters. Last week, Senator Rosen visited a local fire department in Las Vegas to highlight the need for the Senate to pass this legislation. Earlier this year, Senator R  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) called out far-right Republicans' resolution to prevent women veterans and their families from accessing essential abortion care in the case of life-threatening emergency, rape, or incest. Senator Cortez Masto has been a fierce advocate for women's reproductive rights. After the Supreme Court decision in June to ov  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) announced that she has been chosen to serve as Ranking Member of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) in the 118th Congress. HDP is a bipartisan, twenty-member commission of the U.S. House of Representatives that works directly with parliaments around the world to support the development of effective, independent, and responsive legislative institution  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined colleagues in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to reverse the recent court ruling that overrides scientific judgment and suspends the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) more than 20-year-old approval of the abortion medication Mifepristone, as well as another decision which significantly restricts access to the abortion medication n  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $3.5 million to establish the first-ever Veteran Business Outreach Center (VBOC) in Nevada. The announcement comes after Senator Rosen urged the SBA Administrator to establish a VBOC in Nevada, which is home to more than 200,000 veterans  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) met with Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, who has been nominated to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor, to discuss the need for projects that receive federal funding to hire union labor. During their meeting, Senator Rosen urged Ms. Su to ensure that Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) were being used for projects stemming from legislation Senator Rosen helped pass, including the   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV) sent a letter in support of Governor Joe Lombardo's request urging President Biden to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for Nevada in the wake of a series of severe winter storms. The storms have resulted in devastating damage across parts of Nevada, causing widespread flooding, rockslides, a  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6) introduced the Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Defense to expand cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan to help them counter cyber threats from China. In 2019, Taiwan's government estimated that it faced 20 to 40 million cyberattacks e  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the Americans Abroad Caucus, reintroduced the Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act with Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27). The legislation would establish a bipartisan commission to examine the concerns o  more