WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) made the following statement after voting for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation that will responsibly raise the debt ceiling into 2025, all while enacting provisions to limit Washington's irresponsible spending. "I voted to support the Fiscal Responsibility Act because it does what is possible in a divided government to stop the out-of-control spendi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 1 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: Yesterday, Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) hosted Congressman David Valadao (R-CA) in a tour of southern Nevada as part of a unique, bipartisan exchange. The tour consisted of stops and discussions with Nevada leaders at MP Materials Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine, UNLV's Black Fire Innovation Hub, the Lake Mead Lakeview Overlook, and the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center. Despite hai  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter on May 31, 2023: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) in calling on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to make cancellation of removal more accessible for long-term noncitizen residents of the United States  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced that U.S. Senators J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.)--all members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee--joined her and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-M  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senator Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) and several Senate colleagues in leading an oversight effort aimed at holding accountable nine companies that contracted with Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI), which the Department of Labor found were unlawfully employing child labor at these host companies' facilities. In nine letters, the   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an updated version of their National Broadband Map that will ensure Nevada receives more federal funding from the $42.5 billion in broadband grants she pushed for in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Senators Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) pushed the FCC to   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto introduced two bills to provide sweeping support for efforts to prevent wildfires and help communities recover. Her comprehensive Western Wildfire Support Act will fund state-of-the-art firefighting equipment, create new training programs, and support recovery efforts for communities impacted by wild and rangeland fires. Her Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery A  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is awarding $12 million to fund sagebrush restoration and wildfire fuels reduction in the Montana Mountains in Humboldt County and the Upper Humboldt/O'Neil basin in Elko County. These grants are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act and will leverage additional funds fr  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today voted for the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, a bill to raise our nation's debt ceiling while agreeing to budget framework for our next two years. While Republicans control the majority of the House, they did not have enough votes to pass this legislation. Horsford joined 164 other Democrats to allow this bill to move forward to the Senate, and aver  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-9) introduced the bipartisan Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act, which will ensure that states like Nevada receive their fair share of federal broadband funding. Nevada lags behind much of the nation in access to high-speed internet. Many areas in the state continue to be either underserved or wholly unserved by broadband servi  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement out of the House to prevent a default on our national debt and to avert economic catastrophe: "Defaulting on America's debt, as some Republican extremists in Washington have threatened, is not an option. "I voted to avoid an unprecedented crisis which would have sunk the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) released the following statement after the passage of the bipartisan budget agreement considered today: "I voted to pass this bipartisan budget agreement because letting the government default would have drastic consequences for Nevada's economy, both directly and indirectly. Millions of jobs would evaporate, housing costs would increase, and Social Security c  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is encouraging rural small businesses, farmers, and ranchers in Nevada to apply for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which provides federal assistance for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency projects improvements that would help lower energy costs. Since 2018, the REAP program has provided nearly $600,000 for Nevadans, and Senator Rosen is encouraging more   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced she's joined the bipartisan Military Spouse Hiring Act to improve hiring opportunities for military spouses. Due to frequent moves by military families, military spouses are often forced to find new jobs with every change in their servicemember's duty station. This bipartisan bill would amend the Work Opp  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that, after her successful push, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its National Broadband Map to more accurately reflect Nevada's current broadband needs, which is critical for the allocation of funding for high-speed internet from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $42 billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. A previous, deep  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is awarding $12 million to fund sagebrush restoration and wildfire fuels reduction in the Montana Mountains in Humboldt County and the Upper Humboldt/O'Neil basin in Elko County. These grants are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act and will leverage additional funds from the Bipartis  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), James Lankford (R-OK), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Abraham Accords Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would build upon the recent expansion of the Abraham Accords into cybersecurity by authorizing cybersecurity cooperation between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Abraham Accords   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), along with 22 of her Senate colleagues, reintroduced a resolution commemorating the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and honoring the lives and legacies of the nearly 300 Black men, women, and children who were killed and the nearly 9,000 Black individuals who were left homeless as a result. The resolution encourages schools an  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: This week Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the ACPAC Modernization Act, legislation that would add a representative for ticket agents to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC). The Members were joined by Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and Congresswoman   more