WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Amodei Votes in Favor of Full-Year Continuing Resolution Washington, D.C. - Rep. Mark Amodei released the following statement in response to voting in favor of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, a clean continuing resolution to extend government funding through September 30, 2025. "A fundamental duty of Congress is to ensure the federal government remains open and opera  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lee Statement on Sandy Valley Road Improvements LAS VEGAS - Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement on the status of the Sandy Valley road improvements: "After speaking with Clark County officials, the project to improve Sandy Valley Road between Goodsprings and Sandy Valley is finally going out to bid next month. "The County worked for nearly two decade  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lee Statement on Vote Against Dangerous Continuing Resolution to Defund Nevada Priorities WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement on her vote against a dangerous Continuing Resolution (CR) to defund Nevada priorities: "Let me be clear: Elon Musk and President Trump are already shutting down the government, and Congressional Republicans are sit  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lee, Senator Cortez Masto Announce Introduction of Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced she is introducing the bipartisan Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act in the U.S. House of Representatives to protect Clark County's essential natural resources while growing the economy and supporti  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Leads Two Bipartisan Bills to Support Disaster Preparedness and Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) re-introduced two bipartisan bills to support rural water systems. The Rural Water System Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act, co-led by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), would help rural water and wastewate  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Reintroduces Legislation to Address the Affordable Housing Crisis Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reintroduced the HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act and the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Act. These two bills would help address the affordable housing crisis in Nevad  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Reintroduces Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reintroduced her Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act. The bipartisan legislation will protect over 2 million acres of public land for conservation and recreation while providing locally-selected tracts of federal lan  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Statement on Vote to Avert Devastating Shutdown Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement announcing she will vote to avert a government shutdown. "A government shutdown would be devastating for the American people. It would force tens of thousands of Nevada military personnel, union members, law enforcement agents  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Votes to Confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be Secretary of Labor Washington, D.C. - U.S.Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement following her vote in favor of Lori Chavez-DeRemer heading up the Department of Labor: "Lori Chavez-DeRemer has a history of supporting collective bargaining rights and organized labor, and she has suggested that she wil  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Cassidy Introduce Legislation to Modernize Trade Facilitation Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) introduced the Customs Facilitation Act of 2025 to modernize U.S. customs laws and streamline the movement of goods and services across our borders. Currently, the entry of goods across our borders is fragmented, costly,   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Cornyn Work to Improve Behavioral Health Care Access Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder care. The Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective (COMPLETE) Care Act will improve access to ti  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, McConnell Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Families of Retired Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced the Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act, which would ensure the families of retired law enforcement officers who were killed as a result of their service are not unjust  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Rosen Introduce Legislation to Investigate Impact of Trump Tariffs on Working Families Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) joinedSenator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) in introducing the Tariff Transparency Act. This legislation will require the United States International Trade Commission to investigate how Donald Trump'  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Senate Finance Democrats Demand Hearing to Investigate Trump-Musk Attacks on Social Security Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and all of her Democratic Finance Committee colleagues in a letter urging Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to immediately hold a hearing to investigate reports th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Smith Reintroduce Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act The Stop Comstock Act Would Repeal 1873 Law that Could Be Misused to Ban Abortion Nationwide Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and 23 of their Senate colleagues reintroduced legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, an arcane 1873 law that anti-choice extremist  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Horsford Shares Personal Connection to Gun Violence While Advocating for Community Intervention Lawmaker Delivers Emotional Call to Fund Data-Backed Violence Prevention WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today joined fellow lawmakers and participants from the University of Chicago Crime Lab's Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy (CVILA) to call   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Horsford: GOP Spending Bill Cedes Congressional Authority to Trump Legislation Cuts Critical Services While Empowering Trump to Assume Congress's Constitutional Responsibilities WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today voted against patchwork spending legislation proposed by Congressional Republicans in lieu of a proper budget as mandated by the Constitution.  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Lee, Levin Ask Army Corps of Engineers for Clarity on Its Response to Trump's Order to Open CA Dams WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Representatives Susie Lee (NV-03) and Mike Levin (CA-49) sent a letter to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Lieutenant General William H. "Butch" Graham, Jr., seeking clarity on the USACE's response to President Trump's January 2025 order to releas  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * PASSED: Cortez Masto Legislation to Combat Illegal Fentanyl Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) passed their legislation to combat illegal fentanyl and keep communities safe. The HALT Fentanyl Act would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs an  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * Rep. Horsford, NLRB Supporters Cheer Member Gwynne Wilcox's Return to NLRB Lawmaker Emphasized Wilcox's Critical Role Ensuring Board Effectively Serves American Workers WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today joined Former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chair Lauren McFerran, as well as current and former NLRB workers to welcome Member Gwynne Wilcox as   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, from a March 5, 2025, member day hearing on the Department of Government Efficiency: * * * Chairman Joyce and Ranking Member Hoyer, as you begin your work on the appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, I strongly urge you not to fund the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) or codify any of its cuts. While there i  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Calls on Trump Administration to Permanently Reverse Layoffs of Department of Veterans Affairs Employees in Nevada WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) sent a letter on Wednesday urging Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins to immediately and permanently reverse the Trump Administration's terminations of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees in Nevada for "poor performan  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Helps Introduce Bill to Reinstate Veterans Wrongfully Fired by Trump & Elon Musk WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped introduce the Protect Veteran Jobs Act, legislation that would reinstate veterans who were fired from their jobs as part of Donald Trump and Elon Musk's purge of federal employees. Veterans make up more than 30 percent of the federal workforce and it is estimat  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Helps Introduce Sweeping Legislation to Reverse Damage from Trump Administration's Egregious Assault on Veterans WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped introduce a bill to fight back against President Donald Trump's mass terminations of federal veteran employees and egregious attempts to slash Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care and benefits. The Putting Veterans Fir  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Helps Reintroduce PRO Act to Support Workers' Rights, Establish Strong Labor Standards WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped reintroduce the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, comprehensive labor legislation to protect the rights of workers to stand together and bargain for fair wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. The PRO Act would pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Statement on Vote to Confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary of Labor WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement after voting to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. Secretary of Labor. "Nevada's economy is powered by countless hardworking men and women and a strong labor community, and we need more advocates in Washington who support pro-labor pol  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Boozman, Houlahan, Babin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Tackle Doctor Shortage in Rural and Underserved Areas WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Boozman (R-AR) joined Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) and Brian Babin (R-TX-36) in introducing a bipartisan bill to help tackle the doctor and dentist shortage in rural and underserved areas. Nevada is curre  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Colleagues Call for Information on Potential Trump Cuts to Social Security Administration Letter Comes as Acting Commissioner Continues to Enable DOGE to Fire Workers, Close Offices, & Access Americans' Sensitive Personal Data WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she had joined Senate colleagues in a letter to Leland Dudek, Acting Commissioner of the Social S  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Cortez Masto Introduce Legislation to Investigate Impact of Trump Tariffs on Working Families WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) in introducing the Tariff Transparency Act. This legislation will require the United States International Trade Commission to investigate how Donald Trump's recent tariffs   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Approves Resolution To Affirm Hamas Cannot Retain Control Of Gaza WASHINGTON - Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution affirming that Hamas cannot retain any political or military control of the Gaza Strip. It was introduced by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Jacki  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Rosen to Vote Against Republicans' Partisan Continuing Resolution WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement announcing she will vote against Republicans' partisan continuing resolution that gives President Trump and Elon Musk unprecedented power to withhold funding for critical programs supporting veterans, seniors, and families in Nevada and acro  more