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Unemployment insurance is a federal-state program that helps many Americans who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages while they look for work. It is a form of social insurance in which taxes collected from employers are paid into the state unemployment insurance trust fund on behalf of working people to provide them with income support if they lose their jobs.
The federal government complements this effort by providing grants to states for the administration fees associated with providing unemployment insurance to claimants.
North Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced a $17.1 million construction contract awarded to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to improve a 32-mile stretch of the U.S. Highway 95 in Nye County, Nevada.
North Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined Representatives Susie Lee (NV-03), Dina Titus (NV-01), and Jason Crow (CO-06) on a call with regional reporters to urge the U.S. Senate not to cut emergency unemployment income that 30 million American workers, including 590,000 Nevadans, have relied on since the onset of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), member of the bipartisan House Ways and Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force, joined a virtual roundtable to examine the role of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass H.R. 7617, the second Fiscal Year 2021 House Appropriations spending bill that secures robust funding for Nevada's Fourth District and communities across the country.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined the House Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny Davis (IL) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson (CT) to introduce the Fairness forSeniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act. This legislation protects seniors, surviving spouses, children, and people with severe disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass The Child Care is Essential Act (H.R. 7027) and the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act (H.R.7237), two urgently-needed bills that will provide child care relief for families and providers and support the safe reopening of the U.S. economy.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted for critical priorities for Nevada's Fourth District and communities across America in H.R. 7608, a House-passed spending bill for fiscal year 2021.
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) introduced the Back on Your Feet Act, legislation that would extend federal unemployment assistance and provide a benefit to those reentering the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, bipartisan conservation legislation that provides permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog at our national parks.