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Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement in support of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics. The Court ruled that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals creates an undue burden and is unconstitutional based on legal precedent in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, as the Trump Administration filed its brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to strike down the Affordable Care Act, Congressman Horsford released a new report finding that such a ruling would cause 23 million Americans, including 309,000 Nevadans to lose their health insurance.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) took part in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in the Health Subcommittee on "Examining the COVID-19 Nursing Home Crisis."
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) will host a tele-town hall on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, a legislative package that will provide much needed relief by making health care and prescription drugs more affordable. The legislation also expands access to health care, strengthens protections for people with pre-existing conditions, reduces racial and ethnic health coverage disparities and reverses the Trump Administration's harmful actions to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives to announce H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, the newly unveiled bill to invest more than $1.5 trillion in modern, sustainable infrastructure while creating millions of good-paying jobs, combatting the climate crisis and addressing disparities in urban, suburban and rural communities across Nevada and throughout the country.
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) took part in a virtual hearing with the House Budget Committee, "Health and Wealth Inequality in America: How COVID-19 Makes Clear the Need for Change," examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated America's underlying health and economic inequalities.
Washington, D.C. -- Today Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing on the "Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color." The Congressman questioned expert witnesses on the structural racism that contributes to the higher rates of infection and death among communities of color in Nevada and across the country.
Washington, D.C. -- Tomorrow, May 27, 2020 at 12 p.m., Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) will join the Ways and Means Committee to hold a hearing on the "Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color." The latest overall COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.4 times as high as the rate for Whites and 2.2 times as high as the rate for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino communities.
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) took part in a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Tele-Roundtable, to discuss solutions for contact tracing, health disparities, and nursing homes issues as they relate to COVID-19.
The Congressman joined his colleagues to pose questions to Marylou Sudders, the Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services and Richard Mollot, the Long Term Care Community Coalition Executive Director.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement on updated guidance from the Treasury Department that will now allow employers that continue providing health insurance to furloughed workers to claim the employee retention tax credit (ERTC).