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Under Current Policies, Women Veterans Who Served In Cultural Support Teams Are Denied Proper Recognition, Benefits, & Critical Health Services

In Las Vegas, Rosen To Announce More Than $43 Million She Secured To Expand Access To High-Speed Internet In Nevada

Funding Comes From Senator Rosen’s Middle Mile Broadband Deployment Act That Was Signed Into Law As Part Of The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Cortez Masto: $43.5 Million in Vital Broadband Funding Coming to Nevada

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

Cortez Masto, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Help Working Families Afford Their First Homes

On June 6, 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.

June 14: Congressional Record publishes “CLOTURE MOTION” in the Senate section

By Silver State Times | Jun 16, 2023

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “CLOTURE MOTION” on June 14.

Cortez Masto Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Help Nevadans Recover From Natural Disasters

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.

Congresswoman Lee Slams Republican Efforts To Slash Funding For Veterans, Military Construction

Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, slammed Republican efforts to cut funding for critical military construction and insert partisan changes to existing law, known as “riders,” that would restrict funding for veterans’ services.

Governor Lombardo Signs Senate Bill 1

A formal celebratory signing ceremony will be announced in Las Vegas in the coming weeks.

Cortez Masto, Rosen Announce Resolution Recognizing the Vegas Golden Knights for Their First Stanley Cup Championship

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.

Cortez Masto, Rosen Announce Over $31 Million for Rural Nevada Counties

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.

Cortez Masto Introduces Legislation to Protect Water Supply for More Than 1 Million Nevadans by Allowing Horizon Lateral Water Pipeline to Move Forward

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)

Cortez Masto Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision that protects the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Cortez Masto, Feinstein Call on USCIS to Improve Visa Program for Immigrant Survivors of Human Trafficking

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.

Rosen, Cortez Masto Announce Over $31 Million For Rural Nevada Counties

U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that the Department of the Interior (DOI) has awarded $31,196,044 under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for rural counties in Nevada for fiscal Year 2023.

Nevada governor: 'School violence has no place in our state, in our communities'

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo officially approved a series of education bills May 31 with a primary focus on funding and safety.

CDC predicts 91 people age 85 and older in Nevada died during week ending May 27

By Silver State Times | Jun 14, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 91 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending May 27.

“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” published by Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 12

By Silver State Times | Jun 14, 2023

The Congressional Record published “Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” in the Senate section on June 12.

Cortez Masto Joins Legislation to Codify Right to Contraception, Safeguard 60 Years of Settled Precedent

Right to Contraception Act would protect statutory right to contraception as Supreme Court threatens to roll back fundamental rights in the wake of Dobbs decision

Rosen Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Ensure Airports Maintain Access To Funding

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.

Rosen, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Expand Mental Health Support For Firefighters, Law Enforcement, And Other Emergency Response Personnel