WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, issued the following statement on May 8, 2024: * * * Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) issued the following statement after meeting with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy at a House Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee (FSGG) roundtable earlier this week. "The Reno postal facility issue is far from resolved. Nevadans depend on reliable and expeditious mail service to pay their bills, receive medications, get their Social Security   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: On the heels of yesterday's announcement that local Nevada housing organizations would be receiving $6 million in housing investments, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced an additional $43 million in federal investments to improve and expand affordable housing in Nevada. The funding is broken down by various programs to support affordable and stable housing across Nevada: Over $23 million via the Communi  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced more than $6 million in federal investments to improve and expand affordable housing in southern Nevada. The federal investment comes in two batches. The first is from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public Housing Repair Fund, which is awarding the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority $5.8 million to repair and modernize public housi  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) joined 14 of her House colleagues urging President Biden to take executive action and use all tools at his disposal to protect our southern border and allow for orderly legal immigration. The letter comes after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to bring a vote to the House floor on bipartisan legislation that was already negotiated by Republicans and Democrats in th  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24), co-chair of the Election Integrity Caucus, reintroduced the End Zuckerbucks Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations from directly or indirectly providing funds for the purpose of the administration of elections. In the 2020 election, Mark Zuckerberg used a non-profit organization called the Center for Tech and Civic Life (C  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Legislation is Supported by Oscar-Winning Actress Halle Berry, Champion of Efforts to Raise Awareness About Menopause Care Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined her colleagues to introduce the bipartisan Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women's Health Act, led by Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Amy Klobu  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada's Federal and State Leaders Have Been Leading The Efforts To Stop The Relocation Of Processing Operations From Reno To Sacramento Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Congressman Mark Amodei (R-NV-02), and Governor Joe Lombardo sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors expressing their serious concerns with the plan to downsize and rel  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) reintroduced the United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act to protect American call center jobs from being outsourced overseas. In recent years, many call center operators have shifted operations overseas and shut down or downsized their U.S. operations. This alarming trend not only harms Americ  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) voted to pass the bipartisan 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization to support Nevada's air infrastructure, strengthen safety standards, enhance consumer protections, and increase U.S. competitiveness in aviation technology and innovation. The legislation also includes Cortez Masto's bipartisan bill to crack down on human trafficking at U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) alongside 16 of their colleagues called on U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations leaders to ensure the upcoming FY25 government funding bill includes a provision requiring the U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to report on the implementation of specialized children's immigration courts aft  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), congressional leaders, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and immigration advocates held a press conference urging President Joe Biden to take executive action to protect hardworking mixed-status families in the U.S. by streamlining pathways to lawful status for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, family caregivers, DACA recipients, an  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators push for more border security officers, surveillance technology to detect drugs coming in and guns going out in the FY25 government funding bill Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), as well as 14 of their colleagues, in a letter to Senate Appropriators urging them to provide federal law enforcement with the tools to combat the   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) sent a letter urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to implement key provisions of their bipartisan Savanna's Act--which was signed into law alongside the Not Invisible Act in October 2020--to help combat the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). The commission created by the Not Invisible Ac  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement applauding the passage of their bipartisan Mining Regulatory Clarity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, and calling for the Senate to move quickly on the bill. "Everything from lithium-ion batteries to satellites relies on critical minerals, and we should be responsibly mining those right here in   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) applauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement that more than $43 million in federal funding to expand access to affordable housing is coming to Nevada. Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen have consistently supported funding for these vital   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: The Senators Have Been Leading The Effort To Stop The Proposed Relocation Of Processing Operations From Reno To Sacramento Today, U.S. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) joined a bipartisan group of 26 Senators in urging U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the Board of Governors to pause all planned changes to their network and processing facilities nat  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the State of Nevada and eight Tribal communities will receive $1,890,779 in historic preservation funding. Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen have consistently supported these grants to ensure preservation of historic landmarks, Tribal sites, and cultural traditions  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Mark Amodei's (NV-02) Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 (H.R. 2925), which would set forth a process to allow mine operations to use, occupy, and conduct operations on public land regardless of whether a mineral deposit has been discovered on the land. "Securing our domestic mineral supply chain is not only critical to our nation's   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee's (NV-03) bipartisan Revising Existing Procedures On Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act to crack down on online child abuse was signed into law by President Biden. The bipartisan legislation was co-led by Congresswomen Laurel Lee (FL-15), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), and Madeleine Dean (PA-04). The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's (NCMEC) CyberTipline is   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) celebrated today's announcement by Vice President Kamala Harris of $5.5 billion in new funding dedicated to improving affordable housing, which will bolster economic growth, build intergenerational wealth, and address homelessness across the country. "Today we're taking a great step forward in ensuring everyone has access to affordable housing and economic   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined 14 House Democrats in calling on President Biden to take executive action at the Southern border. They urged the President to use all the tools at his disposal to better address security at the Southern border, stop the import of illicit fentanyl, and allow for orderly legal immigration. "It is well past time for both parties to come together and agree on common s  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Rosen Provisions Would Ensure Nevada Airports Maintain Access To Key Funding, Strengthen Airport Security, And Improve Critical Infrastructure Inspections With Drone Technology Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen helped pass the bipartisan FY24 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization, which included six of her provisions to ensure Nevada airports maintain access to key funding, strengthen security, and imp  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she joined bipartisan legislation to establish a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive research into the health conditions of the descendants of toxic-exposed veterans. The bipartisan Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act would establish a multi-agency task force to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions experienc  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined a letter to Senate Appropriators urging them to provide robust funding to combat the fentanyl crisis through border security and drug interdiction initiatives. In the letter, Rosen and her colleagues push for funding to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire additional agents and purchase more surveillance technology for ports of entry along the southern border, where  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Rosen Has Been Leading The Efforts in Congress To Stop The Relocation Of Processing Operations From Reno To Sacramento Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Governor Joe Lombardo, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Congressman Mark Amodei (R-NV-02) sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors expressing their serious concerns with the plan to downsize and relocate part of the ope  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to develop and coordinate an artificial intelligence (AI) initiative between the United States and our closest intelligence partners: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - also known as the Five Eyes. The bipartisan Five AIs Act would address the weaponization of AI by adversaries by ensuring the U.S  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) applauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement that more than $43 million in federal funding to expand access to affordable housing is coming to Nevada. Senators Rosen and Cortez Masto have consistently supported funding for these vital housing programs that help ensure Nevadans can afford a safe place to call home. "N  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: The Senators Have Been Leading The Effort To Stop The Proposed Relocation Of Processing Operations From Reno To Sacramento Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined a bipartisan group of 26 Senators in urging U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the Board of Governors to pause a  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that the State of Nevada and eight Tribal communities will receive $1,890,779 in historic preservation funding. Senators Rosen and Cortez have consistently supported these grants to ensure preservation of historic landmarks, Tribal sites, and cultural traditions in Nevada. "The many Tribal nations that call Nevada home have a rich history t  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the bipartisan Education Flexibility for Veteran Parents Act with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to allow veterans with children to access full housing benefits provided through the G.I. Bill regardless of whether that program is in person or online. The G.I. Bill is an essential tool for many veterans to advance their education. Currently, veterans who are parents and pursuing   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen led a bipartisan letter with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), signed by 7 Senators, urging President Biden to forcefully counter the International Criminal Court's (ICC) efforts to target Israel. According to reports, the ICC is on the verge of issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, which could undermine negotiations to free the remaining hostages held by Hamas. The bipartisan grou  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Legislation Passed With Overwhelming Bipartisan Support And Recognizes Extraordinary Heroism Of These Vietnam War Veterans Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that bipartisan legislation she joined to collectively award the Congressional Gold Medal to a group of Vietnam War veterans known as "Dustoff Crews" passed the Senate. The moniker "Dustoff" refers to the radio call sign of the helicopter-borne medical   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Watch Senator Rosen's remarks on Fentanyl Awareness Day HERE. Today, on Fentanyl Awareness Day, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released a video highlighting the work she's done across the aisle to tackle the fentanyl crisis. Amid a surge in fentanyl and other illicit drugs flowing across the southern border, Senator Rosen has worked in a bipartisan way to deliver meaningful actions to stop the flow of this dea  more