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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced legislation to provide Americans with economic relief from exorbitantly high gas prices. The Supporting Americans from Vehicle Energy Costs (SAVE) Act would provide a $300 monthly tax credit for each registered private vehicle to help offset the costs consumers are paying at the pump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) joined colleagues on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee for a hearing with IRS Commissioner Rettig on the 2022 Filing Season. During the hearing, Congressman Horsford questioned the Commissioner on soaring gas prices that are negatively impacting his constituents and what the IRS is doing to address this.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Three members of Congress from Nevada have joined a push to raise the threshold for reporting winnings on casino slot machines.
U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, Steven Horsford and Mark Amodei, plus two other representatives from Pennsylvania and Maryland, have introduced the Shifting Limits on Thresholds, or SLOT, Act.
Currently, when a casino player wins $1,200 or more on a slot machine, the machine must be taken out of service temporarily and the player must fill out a W-2G tax reporting form, per federal regulation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Senate is considering delaying a vote on the Build Back Better Act until January to focus on voting rights priorities.
In November 2021, Congressman Steven Horsford voted for the bipartisan passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a landmark law that will invest more than $4 billion in Nevada to create good-paying union jobs, rebuild Nevada's economy, improve roads, public transportation, and water infrastructure, and expand access to high-speed internet.
As Nevada recovers from the pandemic, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will help to reduce inflation and lower costs for Nevada families by reducing supply chain backlogs and improving the flow of goods and services.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) is urging local non-profit organizations to apply for $30 million in Community Recovery Grants funded by the American Rescue Plan. Applications for the Community Recovery Grants program opened on December 9, 2021 and will close on January 3, 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) joined his colleagues on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee to examine the findings of the so-called Pandora Papers — 11.9 million leaked documents published by the International Consortium of Independent Journalists that exposed the hidden wealth of billionaires, politicians, and public officials in 91 countries.
Every month since July, Las Vegas resident Lori Muñoz receives around $300 for her daughter as part of the federal child tax credit. She spends it on school clothes, school lunches and other expenses that may come up.
"It's just been a huge help in that area," Muñoz said. "You always think, ‘oh it's some extra money.' It's never extra money. … Kids always need, there's always something that needs to be bought."
Nevada scored a victory this week when the U.S. Department of Energy announced it was embracing a policy of requiring state and local approval for development of any nuclear waste storage site. That move, combined with staunch opposition among Nevada's leaders to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, amounted to a reprieve from any immediate prospect of reviving the atrocious facility.