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Nevada's drinking water infrastructure will need more than $5 billion in maintenance costs over the next two decades. Internet access in portions of the state's vast rural areas is lacking. And extreme weather has brought more than $1 billion in repairs over the last decade.
The bill would provide funding for all types of infrastructure, including child care, veterans' health care and green energy, in legislation supported by many Democrats. Nevada's congressional Democrats have signaled they are in favor of the bill.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford voted to pass H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act strengthens the 1963 Equal Pay Act and closes its loopholes to ensure that all workers receive equal pay for equal work.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford and fellow leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris to discuss racial equity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic opportunities for Black Americans in the American Jobs Plan.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford announced that the Small Business Administration's Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program will begin accepting applications tomorrow, April 8th, 2021. Congressman Horsford secured additional funding for the SVOG program as part of the American Rescue Plan's support for small businesses. The program includes over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford announced that many Social Security recipients and others who have not yet received their Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 from the American Rescue Plan should expect to see electronic payments hit their bank accounts or be loaded onto their Direct Express Cards beginning today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford announced that his office has secured more than $2.7 million in COVID-19 response funding for two health centers in Nevada's Fourth District. Statewide, eight community health centers will receive more than $25 million from the American Rescue Plan to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and services for vulnerable populations. The funding will be awarded beginning in April 2021 by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steven Horsford, D-Nev., and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led a bicameral letter to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh outlining priorities for $2 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to overhaul unemployment insurance administration and technology.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford voted to pass the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021.
Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) joined Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-13), Andy Levin (D-MI-09), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL), Jamie Herrera Beutler (R-WA-03), Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01), and John Katko (R-NY-24) alongside Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to reintroduce the bipartisan Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act.
Nevada's unemployment hit quickly and hit hard.
Many will tell you the state's unemployment agency did not answer the bell when people needed it most.
So what now? What will it take to make things better?
Some of the solutions seem simple. And just right.
"We all know that we're in the middle of a pandemic, so I think a little bit more compassion from the unemployment office would definitely help when people call," suggested claimant Tammy Meza.
It's a concept that works at all levels.