WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter on June 15, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) led ten House colleagues in a letter to President Biden, urging him to swiftly nominate and work to confirm a permanent Administrator to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA is the central federal body responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses due to motor vehicle crashes. The agency has not   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to congratulate the Las Vegas Golden Knights on last night's historic Stanley Cup victory. Congresswoman Lee honored the Golden Knights as not just a sport team but a symbol of unity and resilience, tied to the community when their very first home game came just days after the tragic shooting that str  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, was among the first members of the House of Representatives to sign three discharge petitions that would force a full House vote on three common sense gun violence prevention measures currently being blocked by Republican leadership. "If Republican leaders won't bring common sense legislation to the floo  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement celebrating the Vegas Golden Knights on winning the 2023 National Hockey League Stanley Cup Final. "Congratulations to the Vegas Golden Knights on winning the Stanley Cup," said Senator Cortez Masto. "I'm joining all Nevadans in celebrating this incredible victory tonight. "The Golden Knights are unstoppable, and I'm loo  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to ensure Southern Nevada Water Authority's (SNWA) Horizon Lateral water pipeline project can be constructed underground through Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area (NCA). This pipeline will provide water for over a million Nevadans, dramatically improving Las Vegas's water system and protecting residents from o  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto introduced legislation to make it easier to grow existing businesses and open new businesses in the Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas. "Business is booming in Apex Industrial Park, and I'm working to update an outdated law that is causing too many businesses to get bogged down in lengthy permitting processes," said Senator Cortez Masto. "It's crucial that w  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in reintroducing the Right to Contraception Act to codify and strengthen the right to contraception, which the Supreme Court first recognized more than half a century ago in its Griswold v. Connecticut decision. This legislation would reverse steps already ta  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on June 15, 2023: * * * Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision that protects the Indian Child Welfare Act. Cortez Masto had joined 16 Tribes in Nevada in submitting an amicus brief urging the Court to uphold this law and Tribal sovereignty. "This decision is critical for Tribal sover  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to improve the implementation of the T visa program, which provides a path to legal status for immigrant survivors of human trafficking. In 2000, Congress created the T visa program for immigrant survivors of human trafficking who are will  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen(D-Nev.) today announced $11,975,000 in funding for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to build "Indian Route 35," also known as Wadsworth Bypass Road, through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) program. This road will help create a means for through-traffic to bypass Wadswo  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- 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 Department of the Interior (DOI) has provided $31,196,044 under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for rural counties in Nevada for fiscal Year 2023. "I've always championed this program to support rural Nevada counties pay their firefighters and police officers, repair aging infrastructure, and fund  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) delivered a resolution to the United States Senate recognizing the historic win by the Vegas Golden Knights in the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Final on June 13, 2023. "From inspiring Nevadans across the state to clinching their first Stanley Cup title, the Vegas Golden Knights' achievements in just six seasons are truly r  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is awarding $43.5 to connect and improve broadband access and reliability in Eastern Nevada through the Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. These federal funds, which Cortez Masto helped deliver through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will fund a 431-mile op  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) applauded news that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador and Honduras following a push from Senator Rosen and colleagues. Over 400,000 people with TPS live in communities across the United States -- where they fill essential jobs in local economies and contribute billions of doll  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 17 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: Today, at an event in Las Vegas, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) will announce that Nevada will receive over $43.5 million to increase high-speed internet access throughout the state. She secured this award through her Middle Mile Broadband Deployment Act, which created the Middle Mile Infrastructure Grant Program, and became law as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This fundin  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023 and a letter: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Gaming Caucus and representative of the Las Vegas Strip, wrote to the leadership of each of the major U.S. sports leagues, urging them to clarify their sports betting policies and assure fans that the games they watch and choose to bet on are fair. In light of recent reporting that sports betting on co  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on June 13, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) celebrated the Las Vegas Golden Knights' first-ever Stanley Cup championship victory since the team began playing in Las Vegas in 2017. "Congratulations to the Golden Knights on this historic win! "Tonight, this great team has made Las Vegas and our entire state of Nevada proud by bringing home our first Stanley Cup," said Senator Rosen. "Once agai  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) led a hearing of the Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion to examine the implementation of her bipartisan Omnibus Travel and Tourism Act, as well as other travel and tourism-related legislation enacted in the last Congress to strengthen the travel and tourism industry. The hearing also examined the implementation of the Senator's  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped introduce the bipartisan U.S.-Israel Future of Warfare Act with Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Ted Budd (R-NC). The bill would increase U.S. defense collaboration with Israel in areas of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, drone and cybersecurity capabilities, directed energy, and automation, to ensure both nations' are prepared  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen helped introduce the bipartisan Pray Safe Act to establish a Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Security Best Practices for Faith-Based Organizations And Houses of Worship. This would help provide places of worship with information on best practices and recommendations for safety, as well as federal resources and grant programs to strengthen security. "Places of worship are sacred fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen has helped introduce the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act to provide all victims of gun violence and their loved ones with the resources to help meet medical, legal, financial, and other needs. Sixty people were killed and hundreds more injured as a result of the October 1, 2017 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, which remains the largest mass shooti  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced the introduction of the Dependable Airport Classification Act to help provide more certainty to small-to-medium-sized airports, like Reno-Tahoe International Airport, about their access to federal funding. This bipartisan bill will allow newly reclassified medium-sized airports a five-year window during which they can choos  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV), co-chairs and co-founders of the Senate Women in STEM Caucus, were part of a discussion with the Girl Scouts of the USA about their ongoing work to build a STEM pipeline for K-8 girls. During the event, Senator Rosen highlighted her continued push to make STEM education more accessible for young girls, encouraging more  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced $11,975,000 in funding for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to build "Indian Route 35," also known as Wadsworth Bypass Road, through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) program. This road will help create a means for through-traffic to bypass Wadsworth  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced the bipartisan Jax Act to amend military records of women veterans who deployed alongside Special Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq to ensure they accurately reflect their service as members of Cultural Support Teams (CST). Before female servicemembers were able to formal  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act to improve federal mental health support programs available to our nation's firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other emergency response personnel. First responders in Nevada have recently highlighted the need to increase mental health resources, including by d  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a senior member of the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus, celebrated the provisions she successfully secured in the committee-passed legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Rep. Titus and her committee colleag  more