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Congressman Steven Horsford and Congressman Eric Swalwell
As all working parents can attest—and as the past year has made ever more clear—balancing work obligations and family responsibilities is a constant challenge. As members of Congress, splitting time between our districts and Washington, D.C., often means long flights and last-minute scrambling to make it home for our families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) and Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15) led over 50 members of the House and Senate in a letter to Congressional leadership emphasizing the importance of including meaningful paid leave in the next recovery and jobs plan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) participated in a House Ways and Means Committee — Social Security Subcommittee hearing to hear testimony from Social Security beneficiaries and highlight the urgent need to increase current benefit levels and help seniors make ends meet.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) has announced that the IRS will continue to provide the Paid Leave Tax Credit to help local small businesses cover the costs of providing paid sick and family leave for workers through September.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) held a roundtable with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, and local stakeholders to talk about job creation in the clean energy economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) joined his colleagues in the House Budget Committee to host a hearing with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Shalanda Young. The hearing focused on President Biden's fiscal year 2022 budget, with particular emphasis on the American Jobs Plan.
As part of the American Jobs Plan, President Joe Biden has proposed $400 billion to better support the nation's caregiving industry.
A Nevada congressman is leading the push to get Americans back to work.
Congressman Steven Horsford is teaming up with other lawmakers to introduce the Hire Act.
If passed it would increase the amount of work opportunity tax credits by 50%.
That gives employers an incentive and money to hire people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steven Horsford has announced that Nevada will receive more than $4.3 million in funding from AmeriCorps to support the work of approximately 250 AmeriCorps members working in Nevada's Fourth District and throughout the state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Steven Horsford (D-NV), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Don Beyer (D-VA), Brad Schneider (D-IL), and Gwen Moore (D-WI) introduced the Hiring Incentive to Return Employment (HIRE) Act, legislation that would increase the amount of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to help disadvantaged groups who have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.