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As part of the American Jobs Plan, President Joe Biden has proposed $400 billion to better support the nation's caregiving industry. If passed, the legislation will strengthen our nation's care infrastructure by expanding home and community-based care services and creating at least a million new jobs in the care economy to address the rising care needs of older Americans and people with disabilities.
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.
It includes young workers, women, lower-skilled workers and minorities.
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.
A group of Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill Thursday aimed at encouraging businesses to hire workers who have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
The legislation would expand the work opportunity tax credit — a tax break designed to incentivize employers to hire people from groups who often face barriers to employment, such as the long-term unemployed, veterans, ex-felons and recipients of certain federal benefits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Congressman Steven Horsford joined the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing to discuss the importance of equitable infrastructure investment to create jobs and provide opportunities for Nevada's hard-working families.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford voted for the bipartisan passage of H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The legislation would ban discrimination against reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.
Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV) talked about President Biden's American Families Plan and how to finance it, his op-ed on the child tax credit, and the impact of President Biden's infrastructure and jobs proposals.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford joined his colleagues in the House Ways and Means Committee to hold a hearing with Ambassador Katherine Tai on the Biden administration's 2021 trade policy agenda.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Congressman Steven Horsford has launched a bilingual radio information campaign to raise awareness about the need for Nevada families to file their taxes by May 17, 2021 to qualify for monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments.