WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) introduced legislation to reverse the Department of the Interior's recent withdrawal of 22,684 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from all forms of mineral development. He also introduced a House Resolution to disapprove of the withdrawal. Of this legislation, Amodei stated, "Railroad Valley is home to an abundance of critical m  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and a bipartisan group of Western senators in urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs to consider a long-term solution to increase wildland firefighter recruitment and retention. In their letter, the senators push Congress to act before short-term pay increases in the Bipartisan Infras  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Ahead of the summer wildfire season, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) urged the administration to prioritize firefighter pay increases and mental health support today at a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing. Cortez Masto supported a temporary pay increase for over 16,000 federal wildland firefighters in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and she h  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, during a tour of Lake Mead, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) was briefed by the Acting Superintendent of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mike Gauthier, on the status of the boat ramps and efforts to ensure they remain open as the summer boating season begins. During her visit, it was announced that Lake Mead National Recreation Area will receive $32 million in disaster funding Senator   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Ct.) reintroduced the Mental Health Services for Students Act to strengthen school-based mental health services for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Specifically, this bill would help schools partner with local mental health providers to establish on-site mental health services  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto introduced bipartisan legislation with Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to provide relief for impacted taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations. Currently, the IRS has the authority to postpone filing deadlines in the event of a presidentially-declared federal disaster, but this do  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act to fix the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program for immigrant children who have been abandoned, abused, or neglected by their parents or guardians and have faced horrific conditions in their home countries. Congress established the SIJS program in 1990 to protect these  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act, which would make homeownership more accessible for working families. The bill would improve tax credits and interest subsidies for first-time homebuyers by bolstering the Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) program and Mortgage Credit Cert  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts (BUMP) Act, legislation to prohibit the sale of bump stocks and other devices that allow semi-automatic firearms to increase their rate of fire and effectively operate as fully automatic weapons. "My hometown was forever changed b  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on June 8, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), issued the following statement after the Supreme Court issued a ruling in the Allen v. Milligan case, finding that the Congressional maps had unconstitutionally diluted the strength of Black voters in the state of Alabama: "Today's Supreme Court decision is a monumental victory in the battle for voting rights in our nation and all Nevadans. Ou  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: In Case You Missed It, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) is continuing her fight to support Nevada's firefighters, introducing comprehensive legislation to prevent wildfires, pushing for permanent pay raises for federal firefighters, and highlighting the concerns of Nevada firefighters with her colleagues in the U.S. Senate. Senator Cortez Masto has led efforts to support Neva  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, the secretary-treasurer of the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council and the secretary-treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada, Rob Benner, highlighted the importance of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's (D-Nev.) legislation to protect rural Nevada's economy, union jobs, and working families in The Nevada Independent. Senator Cortez Masto's   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Congressman Michael Burgess (TX-26), and Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) introduced the bipartisan Disease X Act, which proactively supports the research and development of medical countermeasures (MCM) to address current and future public health threats. Many states, including Nevada, continue to see cases of a potential  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: This week, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) spoke in support of the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, legislation she has cosponsored to investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices of the federal government's Indian Boarding School Policies. The legislation unanimously passed the U.S. Senate Committee on I  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Amodei (R-NV-02) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07) announced the launch of the 'American Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus,' a bipartisan coalition dedicated to advancing policies that strengthen the economic and security relationship between the United States and Canada. "Together, the United States and Canada have built a close and enduring partnership t  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced her support for the Love Lives On Act, bipartisan legislation which would allow spouses of deceased servicemembers to retain survivor benefits if they remarry. Currently, a surviving spouse under the age of 55 will lose survivor benefits if they remarry. This bipartisan bill would allow surviving spouses to retain their benefits from the Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined a bipartisan group of Western Senators in urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to consider a long-term solution to increase wildland firefighter recruitment and retention. In their letter, the Senators push Congress to act before the short-term pay increases for federal wildland firefighters, which Senator Rosen helped secu  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped introduce the bipartisan Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, which would sanction foreign ports and refineries that process Iranian oil in violation of U.S. sanctions. This bill aims to stop Iran from using oil sales to fund its malign actions against the United States and partners in the Middle East. According to reports, as of February 2023, Chinese oil refineri  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Barrasso (R-WY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Deb Fischer (R-NE), co-chairs and co-founders of the bipartisan Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus, introduced the Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act to provide comprehensive palliative care services much earlier in the course of illness, helping improve both the quality of care for patients and their fam  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Boozman (R-AR), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act to help utilize drone technology to inspect critical infrastructure. This bipartisan bill would authorize $100 million in competitive grants to help local governments fund more opportunities to use American-made drones in critical infrastructure ins  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: This week Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) and Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced the Higher Education Marijuana Research Act of 2023, legislation that would eliminate obstacles to the academic research of cannabis, protect universities and researchers who study it, and promote the responsible study of marijuana. While 38 states have legalized marijuana for medicinal use and 23 states inclu  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter on June 5, 2023: According to reporting by Bloomberg News, Shein, the Chinese fast-fashion giant with $22.7B in revenue in 2022, may be exporting products to the United States made with forced Uyghur labor. In response, U.S. Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and August Pfluger (R-TX) of the House Committee on Homeland Security are leading an effort urging U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to cla  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: As communities worldwide celebrate Pride this month, Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) reintroduced the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act to reinstate U.S. leadership in protecting and promoting the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals around the world. The legislation would build a fram  more