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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) introduced the Nursing Home Workforce Support and Expansion Act. The bill would improve nursing home care by strengthening wages and benefits for long-term care workers.
By Kevin Sheridan
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Two of Nevada’s Representatives, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford, are expressing their dismay and anger over a decision rendered by the Arizona Supreme Court to revive an 1864 law criminalizing abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced a Rural Development investment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Yomba Shoshone Tribe. The $772,000 funding will support the replacement of their outdated water tank to reduce the risk of water loss and ensure reliable access to clean water.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced today that he has invited Kelly Maxwell, CEO and Executive Director of Baby’s Bounty, as his guest for President Biden’s State of the Union speech on March 7, 2024. He issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) introduced legislation to enhance transparency and consumer empowerment in mental health care. The Mental Health Transparency Act would improve the way mental health services are navigated and accessed in the United States.
The recent legislative session in Carson City proved to be very successful for our state, with advancements in children’s issues, election law, health care, higher education, K-12 education, LGBTQ rights, and for our tribal nations. One major area of success was in economic development, and in particular funds for non-profit and direct service government agencies.
This Republican default on our debt would:
-Kill about 7,000 jobs in NV-04 alone. Nationwide, a default could kill more than 7 million jobs.
-Jeopardize Social Security payments for 87,000 families in NV-04.
-Put health benefits at risk for 305,000 people in NV-04 who rely on Medicare, Medicaid, or Veterans Affairs health coverage.
-Increase lifetime mortgage costs for the typical homeowner in Nevada by $61,000.
-Raise the costs of a new car loan for the typical American by $800.
Here in Nevada, a debt default will threaten the healthcare of 309,000 people, strip food assistance from 13,000 women & children, eliminate preschool & child care for 1,800 kids, & more. This is about paying our bills. Doing that minimum can't be considered a compromise.
By Steven Horsford and Mary Kay Henry
As the country tries to put COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the 1.4 million nursing home workers who cared for our loved ones through the depth of the pandemic are seeing things get worse, not better, both for them and for the residents they love. Profit-driven nursing home ownership and decades of regulatory neglect, coupled with the pandemic’s fallout, have left skilled nursing facilities in dire crisis.