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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.
Para Frankie Perez, un veterano de la Fuerza Aérea y padre adoptivo temporal de cinco de sus sobrinas y sobrinos, la reciente expansión del crédito fiscal federal por hijos no solo le permitió sacar adelante a su casa durante la pandemia, sino también "mejorar la calidad de vida" de los niños al poder pagar uniformes escolares, deportes y paseos familiares.
Nevada families have received more than $750 million from expanded child tax credit direct payments since the program began in July.
More than 595,000 children in Nevada benefited from the credits in November, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) and Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo held a listening session to hear from families and community leaders in Nevada's Fourth District about the impact of the expanded Child Tax Credit and the urgency of extending this key tax cut for middle-class families through the Build Back Better Act.
On the eve of the White House announcing it would do so, Nevada Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford on Monday joined calls urging President Joe Biden to make use of emergency petroleum reserves in an effort to lower gas prices.
Tuesday morning, the White House announced the Department of Energy will release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the next several months "to lower prices for Americans and address the mismatch between demand exiting the pandemic and supply."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Horsford (D-NV-04) released the following statement urging President Biden to immediately release inventory from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gas and home heating prices.