WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog one day before his Joint Address to Congress. Their discussion underscored the bilateral partnership between Israel and the United States and the connection between the Jewish and Black communities. "As we navigate the complexities of the modern global landscape, it's crucial that we draw strength from our diversity," said Congres  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) joined House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Congresswoman Susan Wild (PA-07) in introducing the Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act to invest in the direct care workforce across the country and grow the direct care workforce of the future. Nevada is h  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) introduced the bicameral Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act, which creates a federal grant program to fund patient navigators, such as community-based organizations, who can help women access reproductive health care services. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. Today, abortion remains safe and   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led her colleagues in re-introducing the Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act to help women - including those in anti-abortion states - access reproductive health care. Modeled after similar programs that help to connect cancer patients to clinical trials, the new federal grant program established by this bill would support organizations - including   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) introduced the Jimmy Deal Trafficking Survivors Assistance Act to help human trafficking survivors access air travel so they can escape traffickers and get the care they need. When fleeing violence and abuse, many human trafficking survivors do not have access to the identification documents they need to travel by plane. Recogn  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced new legislation to protect rural and agricultural communities from cyberattacks targeting their businesses, facilities, and the U.S. food supply chains. The Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act would help farmers and ranchers prevent and respond to threats, including ransomware attacks, and the Cyber  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced they will prioritize oil and gas leasing for lands with higher potential for development, which Senator Cortez Masto has advocated for in her End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act. She personally pushed the BLM to include this lang  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a senior member of the House Aviation Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus, celebrated the House passage of legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The bill includes a nearly 20 percent increase in authorization levels for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), a critical funding so  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 21, 2023: Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada will receive a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA). RTC will use this funding to draft an Equitable Access to Mobility Action Plan that will help improve transportation in southern Nevada. "Southern Nevada is already feeling   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation with Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) to stop animal abuse in scientific experiments funded by taxpayer dollars in foreign laboratories. The Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas (CARGO) Act of 2023 would prohibit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from awarding an  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped advance two bipartisan bills out of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to strengthen border security and protect the pay raise for wildland firefighters. Senator Rosen voted to pass the bipartisan Border Patrol Enforcement Act to set adequate staffing levels for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and increase pay for personnel.  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen's (D-NV) bipartisan Small Business Child Care Investment Act advanced out of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. This legislation would increase the availability of affordable, high-quality child care for Nevada families by allowing non-profit child care providers that qualify as small businesses greater access to Small Business Administ  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced bipartisan resolutions urging the European Union (EU) to fully designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Hezbollah continues to use Europe as a launching pad for its criminal and terrorist activities, but the EU only includes Hezbollah's military -   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) led a bipartisan group of colleagues from the Senate and House Abraham Accords Caucuses in a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog following his address to a Joint Meeting of Congress. The meeting celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel and the success of the Abraham Accords. Senator Rosen pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following written testimony by Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager John J. Entsminger involving a hearing on July 12, 2023, on S. 2042, to amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes: * * * Chairman Cortez Masto, Ranking Member Lee and members of the Subcomm  more