WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Las Vegas, Nev. As the school year begins for Clark County students, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined higher education advocates, apprentice teachers, and students to highlight the Nevada Forward Initiative and their joint efforts to train more Nevada teachers, especially for the state's growing English Learner (EL) student population. She also discussed her work delivering fundin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on Aug. 28, 2024, for the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act (S. 2042): * * * S. 2042 would expand the Sloan Canyon National Conservation area in Nevada by about 9,000 acres, subject to valid existing rights. The bill also would direct the Department of the Interior (DOI) to grant the Southern Nevada Water Authority rights-of-way for the construction and operation of a water pipeline and r  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Pictures and video file are available here(link is external) LAS VEGAS Congresswoman Lee (NV-03) welcomed Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman to Laughlin, Nevada to take part in a rural small business tour.f Congresswoman Lee and Administrator Guzman visited small businesses on the Colorado River, met with Laughlin residents and community leaders, held a roundtable on investing in r  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Above: Congresswoman Lee with Clark High School AP Government Students LAS VEGAS Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) visited Clark High School and Roundy Elementary School to welcome back students, families, and educators for the new school year. She also toured the Site Rooms operated by local non-profit Communities in Schools (CIS) Nevada at each school campus. Lee was joined by school administrators and   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Las Vegas, Nev. Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined the AAPI Chamber of Southern Nevada to celebrate their one-year anniversary at a roundtable with AANHPI entrepreneurs. She also discussed efforts to improve public safety, local infrastructure, and language access to critical resources for AANHPI small businesses. "I was glad to join the AAPI Chamber to celebrate their one-y  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS, NV U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that more than $6 million in Community Project Funding they secured for Nevada law enforcement, criminal justice, and public safety projects in Clark, Washoe, and Lander counties are being delivered. The funding is being awarded to the departments through the bipartisan government funding package for Fiscal Ye  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award the Valley Electric Association (VEA) $80.3 million to install a 37-megawatt solar power generation and storage system to serve Pahrump and the Fish Lake Valley region. This investment is part of the USDA's Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program, which was fu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Las Vegas, Nev. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after successfully pushing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to abandon his ill-advised plan to relocate outgoing mail processing operations from Reno, Nevada to Sacramento, California. Cortez Masto, along with Senator Jacky Rosen and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02), repeatedly urge  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Rosen Secured Authorization For A New VA Hospital In Reno And Helped Pass The Bipartisan PACT Act To Expand Health Care Benefits for Toxic-Exposed Veterans RENO, NV Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval held a roundtable with local veterans and representatives from veterans organizations on efforts to improve health care access for veterans   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: RENO, NV Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) met with Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam to discuss how he and his department are working to keep communities safe and how Senator Rosen can support them. In their meeting, they talked about what federal resources and funding the Washoe County Sheriff's Office needs. "The Washoe County Sheriff's Office works tirelessly to keep families in Norther  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS, NV U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that more than $6 million in Community Project Funding they secured for Nevada law enforcement, criminal justice, and public safety projects in Clark, Washoe, and Lander counties are being delivered. The funding is being awarded to the departments through the bipartisan government funding package for Fiscal Year 2024 the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senator Rosen Led The Bipartisan Effort To Keep Postal Operations In Nevada And Stop USPS Relocation Of Local Mail Processing RENO, NV Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement after she successfully fought back against the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to move local mail processing operations from Reno to Sacramento. "For months, I've been standing up for Northern Nevada, raisi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Las Vegas, Nev. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), FWD.us and Justice Action Center (JAC) joined a press call to discuss efforts to help American families remain together through the Biden-Harris administration's new Keeping Families Together Parole in Place (PIP) program. On the call, the speakers spoke about their work to prevent families from being separat  more