WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) co-led a group of her colleagues in calling on Senate Appropriators to provide robust funding for the federal program to protect synagogues, Jewish community centers, mosques, and other religious or nonprofit institutions that are at high risk of terrorist attacks. The Senators requested $400 million in funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Nonprofit Security Grant Pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Chris Murphy (D-CT), joined Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS) in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The senators' Fis  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: FTP for TV stations is available here. Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) held a press conference in advance of the Senate voting on the bipartisan Border Act and urged their colleagues to join them in passing this legislation to crack down on drug trafficking at the southern b  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I), and 40 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Appropriators pushing them to provide robust investment in the Pell Grant program for FY 2025, including a discretionary increase to the award. "We remain concerned that the value of the Pell Grant has steadily decli  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lee (NV-03) released the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) granting its 1 millionth veteran and survivor disability compensation claim from the bipartisan Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which Congresswoman Lee helped get signed into law: "More than 200,000 veterans call Nevada home. These brave men and women and their families s  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The senators' Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affair  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Congressmen Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced $6.5 million in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services to improve HIV/AIDS health care services in Clark County. These funds will boost health initiatives that combat HIV and improve community health outcomes. "I'm grateful for the arrival of $6.5 million that will transform our fight against HIV in Clark County,"  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, Congressmen Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Housing and Insurance Subcommittee, introduced the Housing Market Transparency Act to expand data availability about the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. It will mandate annual reporting of detailed property data by state housing finance agencies to t  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced she has joined bipartisan legislation to reduce government waste by eliminating duplicative programs. The Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act would require federal agencies to compile a list of unnecessary and duplicative programs, and submit the list to Congress with recommendations for statutory changes to reduce government waste. Senator Rosen has worked t  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined her Senate colleagues in requesting robust funding for tribal law enforcement programs in the FY2025 government funding bill. The bipartisan letter was sent to Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. "As you consider fun  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced she led her colleagues in two letters urging Senate Appropriators to provide funding to address the affordable housing crisis and help homeless veterans find a safe, affordable place to call home through rental assistance. These letters request robust funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Veterans Affairs and Supportive Housing (VASH) program, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Rosen-Backed Legislation Received Bipartisan Support, Would Have Made Historic Investments To Secure The Border And Combat The Fentanyl Crisis, Increase Number Of Family-Based And Employment Visas Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) voted in favor of legislation to strengthen border security, restore an orderly and humane asylum process, and stop the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl. This legislation rece  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that nearly $3.5 million for wildfire resilience and hazardous fuels reduction efforts is coming to communities in Nevada. The funds will be used to assist at-risk communities throughout the state with planning for and mitigating wildfire risks. "Wildfires in Nevada are happening more often and are more extreme as a result of the climate c  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, following reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has sought arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement condemning the ICC's political overreach. Earlier this month, the senators led a bipartisan letter urging President Biden to strongly oppose the ICC's efforts to politically target Israel and respond swiftly and stro  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) applauded the news that Governor Lombardo and the Nevada Governor's Office of Science, Innovation, and Technology (OSIT) have established the Nevada Middle Mile Network with help from federal funding she secured. Part of the $250 million used to create this network comes from the tens of millions of dollars that Senator Rosen's Middle Mile Broadband Deployment Act and additional feder  more