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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).
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced that Nevada would receive $2,463,966 for the Emergency Food and Shelter program coordinated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist with the needs of Nevadans in the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, April 23, 2020, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act,
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) testified in the Small Business Committee on behalf of Nevada's small gaming operators who were excluded in guidance for disbursement of the Paycheck Protection Program. The Congressman also highlighted that minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses have been disproportionately unable to access SBA loan funding.
Washington, D.C. -- Following reports and constituent communications that the Small Business Administration loans authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act had depleted, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) sent a letter to Congressional leadership to demand more funding for these loans to protect Nevada's small businesses from coronavirus-related economic ruin.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Horsford (NV-04) sent a letter to Congressional Leadership asking to guarantee protections for immigrants in the next Coronavirus package. The provisions included in the letter are based on the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act, which Congressman Horsford cosponsors.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) cosponsored the Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act, to collect the data on and publicly report racial and ethnic demographic information related to COVID-19 testing, hospitalizations, and mortality.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) introduced legislation to help workers maintain their job-based health insurance in response to an unprecedented wave of layoffs and furloughs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.