WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Watch video from the press conference here(link is external) LAS VEGAS Today, Congresswoman Lee (NV-03) announced her three-part plan to help lower costs and build more affordable housing during a tour of the West Sahara Senior Housing Complex. This 5-acre site, which features 171 affordable units with one and two-bedroom apartments, elevator access, and supportive services free to residents, was made possible   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Transition Improvement by Estimating Risk (TIER) Act to support servicemembers as they transition out of active-duty and into the workforce. Specifically, her TIER Act will improve the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) which helps men and women in the military prepare for civilian careers after their service. The bill adds new scree  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to create the Bahsahwahbee National Monument in Eastern Nevada. Bahsahwahbee was the site of three 19th century massacres of the Newe people that had gathered in the area for religious ceremonies including one of the largest recorded massacres of Native Americans in U.S. history, resulting in the death of approximately 525 to  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) voted to pass the bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. This bipartisan package includes critical provisions to accelerate the deployment of new clean energy projects, expand electrical grids, and support new geothermal projects across Nevada. It also includes updates to Cortez Masto's Min  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today voted to pass two critical pieces of bipartisan legislation that will provide kids and parents with better tools to protect themselves online and hold Big Tech accountable for raking in profits at the expense of children's mental health. This follows a series of congressional hearings with major social media CEOs on the dangers kids face online and a rec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and 27 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a constitutional amendment making clear that no one in the United States is above the law, including the president. This follows the unprecedented Supreme Court decision in Trump v. United States, in which the Court ruled that immunity from criminal prosecution covers a p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act to help the Secret Service better detect and deter cybercrimes. Specifically, this bill would update current law to authorize the Secret Service to investigate new forms of criminal activity involving digital assets. "The funding of criminal act  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced the Withdrawing Arduous Gaming Excise Rates (WAGER) Act, bipartisan legislation to protect legal sportsbooks and gaming businesses and help states like Nevada and Tribal communities reinvest their gaming revenues into their local economies. Specifically, the bipartisan WAGER Act would exempt legal sports betting from   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence Act, bipartisan legislation to provide Tribal courts the same access as their non-Tribal counterparts to electronic evidence--such as emails, social media messages, and other online communications--for criminal investigations. "Criminals are increasingly using online tools to facili  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: This Legislation Will Allow Extreme Heat Events To Qualify For Major Disaster Declaration Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced legislation to expand access to resources and funding to address the damages and losses resulting from extreme heat, particularly in communities like Las Vegas and Reno, which are the two fastest warming cities in the United States. The Extreme Heat Emergency Act would al  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: USDA's New Water Savings Commodity Program Follows Call from Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, & Montana Lawmakers in April Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement of $400 million to address drought through investments at the irrigation district scale in 12 states across the American West. The Central Oregon I  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: This month, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), Congresswoman Mary Peltola (AK), and Representative James Moylan (Guam) introduced the Veteran Service Organization Transportation Act to empower Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) in highly rural areas to apply for grants to purchase transportation for veterans in their communities to get to medical appointments. Veterans who live in cou  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Full video of Senator Rosen's opening remarks can be found HERE Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) led a hearing of the Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion to examine the current landscape for rural export businesses and the challenges facing American rural businesses as they work to access international markets. The hearing also examined the resources available to support rural   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced legislation to bolster the housing construction workforce as a way to help increase housing supply and lower costs. Nevada is currently suffering from one of the worst shortages of affordable housing in the nation, and the lack of residential construction workers is a key reason behind it. The Creating Opportunities for New Skills Training at Rural and Underserved Colleges   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act to improve the management of public lands in the County, increase protections for pristine areas, and create new conservation and recreation opportunities, while ensuring the revenue from land sales stay in Pershing County. This bill was drafted in collaboration with local officials and stakeholders in order to   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she has joined bipartisan legislation to help improve equipment for law enforcement personnel to better detect fentanyl and illicit drugs. The bipartisan Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine Act would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to conduct research and development, testing, and evaluatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: This Legislation Passed The House Of Representatives With Broad, Bipartisan Margins And Would Have Cut Taxes For Hardworking Nevada Families & Small Businesses Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) voted to pass a bipartisan middle class tax cuts package that Senate Republicans blocked from advancing. The bipartisan Tax Relief For American Families And Workers Act would have cut taxes for hardworking families  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced a bipartisan bill to cut taxes for veterans who start a small business in underserved communities. The bipartisan Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act would create a new startup tax credit to provide veterans who are starting a small business with a 15 percent tax credit on the first $50,000 of the startup costs. "Our nation's servicemembers d  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped advance the bipartisan Fire Ready Nation Act out of committee to improve and support wildfire and smoke related readiness and response. This bipartisan legislation, which Rosen helped introduce, will establish a fire weather services program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve collaboration between federal and non-federal entities   more