WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) introduced the Health Providers Training Act of 2019 to address the nationwide shortage of healthcare professionals. "Our country faces a growing aging population, a rise in chronic diseases, and increased behavioral health conditions -- all of which contribute to a substantial need for a dynamic healthcare workforce that can meet the demands of today and tomorrow," sai  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass a Fiscal Year 2020 spending bill that secures robust funding for numerous priorities of Nevada's 4th District and communities across Nevada. "I'm working every day to make bold, forward-looking investments for hard-working Nevada families," said Congressman Horsford. "I've listened to my constituents who have told me they want a Congress focused on   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) introduced the Renew America's Schools Act, legislation to provide crucial support to America's schools to make critical infrastructure upgrades that improve energy efficiency and reduce costs. "There is no greater investment we can make than providing more funding to our schools in Nevada, and throughout the  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement today highlighting the Department of the Interior's announcement that 17 counties in Nevada will receive $27,250,038 in Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments. These funds - an increase of $250,000 from 2018 - will be used by local governments to manage the federal lands in their jurisdictions and invest in economic and   more

RENO, Nevada, June 17 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: On Saturday, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) attended an immigrant resource fair at Little Flower Catholic Church in Reno. She met with community partners, church officials and congregation members to discuss her new Immigrant Resource Guide, which helps Nevadans navigate the immigration system, learn their rights, and access immigration, medical and crisis services in Nevada. "Every  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today cosponsored a bicameral bill that would give Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt the option of obtaining meaningful bankruptcy relief. Introduced by Senators Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019 would eliminate the section of the bankruptcy code that makes private and fe  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) cosponsored legislation that would make health care more affordable and expand access to critical medical services. Introduced by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the Improving Health Insurance Affordability Act increases the value of tax credits for families who are currently eligible for federal assistance, which helps offset the costs of monthly  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate colleagues in introducing the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which clarifies that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients - also known as Dreamers - cannot be denied mortgage loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the U.S. Department of Agric  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a letter with nineteen Democratic senators to Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance leaders Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) requesting continued investments in the Investment Tax Credit and residential renewable energy tax credit, specifically citing its importance to the growth of the  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) today introduced the Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation (Moving FIRST) Act. The Moving FIRST Act creates a competitive grant program for large and medium-sized cities as well as rural communities to seek federal grants for the creation of effi  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and 14 Senate colleagues in a letter calling on President Trump to cease efforts to slash, sabotage and undermine the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid if he is serious about addressing the price of prescription drugs to individuals and families. "The actions by your Admin  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: In response to unprecedented levels of immigrants being detained around the country and startling reports of neglect and mistreatment at immigrant detention centers, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced legislation to create a presumption in favor of the use of alternatives to detention for a  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) in demanding that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rescind its proposal that would weaken discrimination protections in HUD-funded emergency and temporary homeless shelters based on sex, including sexual orientation   more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today introduced the Geothermal Energy Opportunities (GEO) Act with Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). The GEO Act promotes the growth of geothermal energy by developing stronger public-private partnerships, reducing barriers to leasing public land for geothermal energy use where certain energy extraction activities are already permitted, and promoting the direc  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a decision dismissing a bid protest filed by Adams and Associates of Reno, Nevada. According to the GAO, Adams & Associates "protests its exclusion from competition under a task order request for quotations (TORFQ) issued under the Department of Labor's (DOL) "Contingency" multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the interim operation of the agency's Atterbury Job Corps Center (JCC) in Edi  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced her co-sponsorship of S.1191, the Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program for five years and provide an increase in funding to allow for program expansion  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Susie Lee (NV-03) questioned Department of Education officials today on the troubling recent closures of dozens of for-profit colleges, as well as the department's mishandling of such closures at the expense of thousands of students. Numerous for-profit institutions have recently closed and left students and teachers in limbo waiting for answers about their education and their jobs. Rep. Le  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) landed several wins for Nevada's Third Congressional District with the passage of H.R. 2740, a "minibus" package of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills, which passed the House today. "Hard-working Nevadans deserve a country that invests in their families and communities, so that every person has a shot at a better life and achieving the American Dream. With this funding we will be able   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 17 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted $800,000 to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe under the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program for Phase I of a wellness center to be constructed on the tribe's downtown reservation. The grant will be used, in part, to build a gymnasium to encourage   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following statement: Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District voted to pass a package of funding bills that did not include any money to support the licensing or construction of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. The spending package is the first set of FY2020 appropriations bills the House has considered this year and it includes the FY 2020 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Defens  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District and Representative Don Young of Alaska's At-Large Congressional District introduced bipartisan legislation to help ensure that the State Department makes disability rights an international priority. The Office of International Disability Rights Act, H.R. 3373, would establish in law the Office of International Disability Rights at the U.  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Representative Don Young of Alaska's At-Large Congressional District and Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District introduced bipartisan legislation to help ensure that the State Department makes disability rights an international priority. The Office of International Disability Rights Act, H.R. 3373, would establish in law the Office of International Disability Rights at the U.S. Stat  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released a statement applauding the Department of Interior's announcement that each of Nevada's 17 counties will receive Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments totaling $27,250,038, an increase from last year. These payments will be used by local governments to help offset the costs of services and infrastructure that counties provide on federal public lands. "I appl  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined her colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, opposing proposed changes to how the federal poverty rate is calculated. Early last month, the Administration announced its proposal to redefine the formula for calculating poverty, which experts are warning could result in cuts to federal aid that help millions of low-income Americans. "We write to exp  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Special Committee on Aging, helped introduce the Stamp Out Elder Abuse Act (S.1784) alongside Aging Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME). This legislation would direct the United States Postal Service (USPS) to develop a semi-postal stamp and use the proceeds from its sales to provide funding to elder justice initiatives at both the Administration on   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), helped introduce the Access, Success, and Persistence In Reshaping Education (ASPIRE) Act alongside Senator Chris Coons (D-DE). This legislation would incentivize colleges to expand access to resources for low and middle-income students and increase graduation rates for all students. "As t  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and the Special Committee on Aging, introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), entitled the Provider Training in Palliative Care Act (S.1921). This legislation would update the National Health Service Corps program to include palliative care medicine as an eligib  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) applauded the Department of the Interior for awarding Ducks Unlimited and its partners in the Lahontan Valley $868,863 in North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant funding to preserve western Nevada's wetlands. The grant funding will be matched by over $1 million in private partner funds and will be used to help improve the management of 3,  more

RENO, Nevada, June 15 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) participated in Reno's thirtieth annual Juneteenth celebration, hosted by the Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society (NNBCAS). Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last enslaved African and African descendant people in Galveston, Texas. "In recognition of this i  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following floor remarks urging her colleagues to support the Background Check Expansion Act: This bill would require a background check for every firearm sale, closing the existing loophole that allows private sellers to sell guns without such a check. Below are her remarks as prepared for delivery. Senator Cortez Masto's remarks are available in both AUDIO AND VIDEO FORMAT (https://lfts.senate.gov/seos/1000/mpd/ui0507201  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following statement marking the 7th anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program: "Seven years ago, DACA opened the door for thousands of undocumented youth in Nevada to come out of the shadows and contribute to our communities in so many ways - from opening small businesses, to becoming teachers in our schools and serving our country in the military. "Now, the Trump Administratio  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth: Senator Cortez Masto is a cosponsor of a resolution designating June 19th, 2019 as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the last enslaved African and African descendant people in the Southwestern States. "In recognition of this important anniversary, we must remember the sanctity of the hard-won freed  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: The veteran suicide rate in Idaho remains dramatically higher than the national rate. PTSD Awareness Month takes place throughout the month of June. Studies show that suicide risk is higher in persons with PTSD. In partnership with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) of the #BeThere for veterans campaign focused on su  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined her colleagues Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Roger Wicker (R-MS), in helping to introduce a resolution to commemorate Juneteenth as a date of historical significance, marking the anniversary of the end of slavery in the South. Juneteenth has been celebrated every June 19th since 1865. "June 19th marks the date in 1865 when President L  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced the opening of her new permanent Senate office in Las Vegas, NV. "I'm thrilled for the opening of my new Las Vegas office," said Senator Rosen. "With an impressive group of diverse individuals joining my teams in my Nevada and Washington offices, I'm confident that we'll be able to provide Nevadans with the best constituent services available." Information on   more