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Juneteenth, a day that memorializes the emancipation of slaves in this country, is now a federal holiday.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. It came a year after a Juneteenth protest took place in Nevada during the nationwide fight over police reform and equality following the deaths of George Floyd and Briana Taylor.
Juneteenth has been celebrated by many in the Black community since 1865, just after the end of the Civil War.
As part of the American Jobs Plan, President Joe Biden has proposed $400 billion to better support the nation's caregiving industry. If passed, the legislation will strengthen our nation's care infrastructure by expanding home and community-based care services and creating at least a million new jobs in the care economy to address the rising care needs of older Americans and people with disabilities.
A Nevada congressman is leading the push to get Americans back to work.
Congressman Steven Horsford is teaming up with other lawmakers to introduce the Hire Act.
If passed it would increase the amount of work opportunity tax credits by 50%.
That gives employers an incentive and money to hire people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
It includes young workers, women, lower-skilled workers and minorities.
A group of Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill Thursday aimed at encouraging businesses to hire workers who have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
The legislation would expand the work opportunity tax credit — a tax break designed to incentivize employers to hire people from groups who often face barriers to employment, such as the long-term unemployed, veterans, ex-felons and recipients of certain federal benefits.
Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV) talked about President Biden's American Families Plan and how to finance it, his op-ed on the child tax credit, and the impact of President Biden's infrastructure and jobs proposals.
U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford paid a visit to the City of Mesquite on Wednesday, May 5. During the stop, he spoke with local leaders, City officials, business owners – and made two specially-appointed stops to spend time with emergency first responders.
Soon after video of George Floyd's death emerged, a Metro Police colleague walked into Undersheriff Christopher Darcy's office to show it to him, saying "I think the city's going to burn," foreshadowing raucous weekslong protests across the U.S., including in Las Vegas.
The video, which shows Floyd pinned under the knee of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin for nearly 10 minutes, was an "utter shock and disappointing," Darcy said.
After the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, President Joe Biden pleaded with the nation — and Congress — not to look away.
"This can be a moment of significant change," Biden said on Tuesday. "We can't leave this moment thinking our work is done. We have to look at those 9 minutes and 29 seconds; we have to listen."
Several lawmakers from Nevada released statements Tuesday afternoon following the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Congressman Steven Horsford said:
"Today's verdict means justice for George Floyd and his family," said Congressman Steven Horsford. "Throughout American history, there are countless examples of juries turning their backs on the worth and value of Black lives. Today, the jurors in the George Floyd trial believed the evidence in front of their eyes, and delivered the right verdict.
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.