WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Despite significant steps forward, LGBTQ+ Americans around the country are facing an uptick in discrimination and dangerous state-level legislation. To combat these hateful actions, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Representative Mark Takano (D-CA-39) and dozens of Senate and House colleagues in int  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada a nearly $6 million grant for the Charleston Boulevard High-Capacity Transit Planning project. In February, Congresswoman Lee joined the Nevada delegation in sending a letter of support backing RTC's application for this critical   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after passing the bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act through the Senate Banking, Urban Affairs, and Housing Committee. Cortez Masto cosponsored this legislation with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to tackle the country's fent  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after passing the bipartisan Recovering Executive Compensation Obtained from Unaccountable Practices (RECOUP) Act through the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. For months, Cortez Masto has worked across the aisle on bipartisan legislation to hold senior executives of failed banks  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced $3.1 million in funding she secured for Lake Tahoe in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to prevent and combat the spread of aquatic invasive species in the lake through the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Program. In 2020, Senator Cortez Masto also created the Invasive Species in Alpine Lakes Pilot Program to protect lakes like Lake Tahoe.   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) took to the floor of the Senate to call out far-right Republicans for working to restrict women's constitutional right to travel out of state to seek abortion care. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Cortez Masto sought unanimous consent to pass her bill, the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, which would s  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 Northern Nevada will receive over $12 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund new clean public transportation. The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County will receive $8,784,606 to purchase new hydrogen fuel cell buses and support an expansion of their hydrogen fueling stati  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- 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 their resolution recognizing the historic win by the Vegas Golden Knights in the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Final passed the Senate and is now an official part of the Congressional Record. "Las Vegas is a hockey town and I'm excited to pass this resolution to officially recognize the incredible achievement  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 City of Ely will receive $24,009,830 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help expand and improve the city's downtown streets. Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen wrote a letter of support for this grant, and secured an additional $5 million to support this project in 2022. "The City of E  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, during Pride Month, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) helped introduce the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans. The legislation would provide comprehensive protections for members of the LGBTQ+ community by banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in numerous aspects of everyday life, including education, employment, public accomm  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on June 22, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) offered an amendment during the consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 in the House Armed Services Committee. The amendment secured historic funding for research investment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The amendment had bipar  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: In Case You Missed It, ahead of the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) pushed for passage of her Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, which would keep anti-choice states from limiting travel for reproductive health care services. She took to the floor of the Senate to call out far-right Republicans for blockin  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: In Case You Missed It, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to provide water for over a million Nevadans by allowing Southern Nevada Water Authority's (SNWA) Horizon Lateral water pipeline project to move forward under the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area (NCA). This pipeline will dramatically improve Las Vegas's water system and protecting residents  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced several major victories for Nevada and the nation that she helped secure in the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA), which advanced out of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The national defense package contains four of Senator Rosen's bipartisan bills, as well as other amendments and provisions she champi  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of her Democratic colleagues, including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), in re-introducing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act. As states across the country continue to attack women's fr  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) appeared on Morning Joe to call out far-right Republicans for working to bar women from traveling to pro-choice states like Nevada for abortion access. Yesterday, Cortez Masto reintroduced her Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act to protect the right of women to cross state lines for reproductive care, and she heads to the Senate floor   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a member of the congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, introduced legislation with Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Judy Chu (D-CA) to increase access to family planning and reproductive health care services by funding the Title X Family Planning Program. The Expanding Access to Family Planning Act would bolster funding for Title X, the only federal pro  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen announced she's joined the bipartisan Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act to protect veterans from predatory practices by reinstating criminal penalties for unaccredited claims representatives who charge unauthorized fees while helping veterans file claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Current law prohibits u  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined fellow Democratic women Senators in the U.S. Capitol to renew calls to protect access to abortion ahead of the one-year mark since the Supreme Court decision that overturned women's rights to make decisions over their own body. In her remarks, Senator Rosen promised to strongly oppose any efforts by anti-choice Republicans to pass a national aborti  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Ahead of the one-year mark since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement. "In the year since the Supreme Court took away women's right to make choices about their own bodies, the attacks on reproductive freedoms have been relentless," said Senator Rosen. "Extreme Republicans in Congress won't stop until they ban abortion nationally, including   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced the introduction of a resolution recognizing June 2023 as "National Cybersecurity Education Month." The resolution aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity education in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, so that the United States can effectively build and sustain a skilled cybersecurity workforce to defend agai  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto announced that the Regional Transportation Commissions (RTC) covering Washoe and Clark Counties were awarded more than $30 million from the Department of Transportation's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program with funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which both senators  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 Northern Nevada will receive over $12 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund new clean public transportation. The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County will receive $8,784,606 to purchase new hydrogen fuel cell buses and support an expansion of their hydrogen fueling station. The Tahoe T  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NW) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that the City of Ely will receive $24,009,830 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help expand and improve the city's downtown streets. Senators Rosen and Cortez Masto wrote a letter of support for this grant, and secured an additional $5 million to support this project in 2022. "I'm proud to have helped sec  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Rick Scott (R-FL) led a bipartisan group of 65 Senate colleagues in a letter urging the Biden Administration to include Israel in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The Senators asked the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security to prioritize finalizing Israel's accession into the VWP this year, which allows individuals from par  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, the bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), advanced out of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and can now be considered by the Senate. This bipartisan bill would help combat fentanyl trafficking by requiring the President to sanction drug rings involved in in  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, announced that the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTCSNV) will receive a $5.86 million grant to support the planning of a 17-mile, high-capacity transit line along Charleston Boulevard between Pavilion Center Drive in Summerlin and Nellis Boulevard in East Las   more