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Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick on Thursday drew a parallel between the sluggish rollout of vaccines to how local officials administered COVID-19 testing: Start small and then ramp up.
"It's the same scenario," she said during a virtual briefing with reporters alongside Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev.
U.S Rep. Steven Horsford vowed to band with other members of Nevada's congressional delegation to get more pandemic relief to the state, especially doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The details are in the works, but Horsford, D-North Las Vegas, said the will is there.
After Nevada lawmakers met recently with the White House COVID response team, it is clear "we have steady, competent leadership, and they are available to us and they are working to meet our needs," Horsford said.
Southern Nevada seniors who lack access to a computer or the know-how to navigate the web can pick up the phone to schedule an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick. The toll-free number is 1-800-401-0946. The line is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
She said the county is working with its senior centers to help identify individuals who need the vaccine, adding those who are homebound present unique challenges.
Congressman Steven Horsford, a Democrat from Nevada, praised Vice President Kamala Harris' historic inauguration as the first woman and person of Black and South Asian descent to hold the position. He joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to talk about the challenges facing the new Biden administration, including battling COVID-19 and the economic effects of the pandemic.
Reactions from Nevadans to President Joe Biden's inauguration included messages from prominent Democrats.
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., posted a photo on Twitter and sent a statement to media:
State Sen. Dina Neal: "The 14th amendment should not be watered down to a tagline"
Nevada has moved away from its designation as the "Mississippi of the West," but the state has not yet achieved true equality, state Sen. Dina Neal told The Nevada Independent.
The lawmaker, who has served since 2011, pointed to the underfunding of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) as one example of a general lack of emphasis on openly addressing racism and discrimination.
Many Nevada leaders and political fixtures on Wednesday publicly condemned a mob's storming of the U.S. Capitol building during Congress' official review of the Electoral College's votes, while President Donald Trump's state chairs remained silent as a protest by the president's apparent supporters spiraled into violent confrontation with law enforcement.
On Jan. 20, we will close one of the most anti-labor chapters in our nation's history. The Biden-Harris administration presents an opportunity to end a decades-long period in which we've seen workers' safety and livelihoods fall by the wayside, unions busted, and a middle class vanish right before our eyes.
The surging COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the issues faced by working families — millions unemployed and struggling to keep their housing and their health care.
The new year will be all about helping Nevada defeat and recover from the coronavirus, the state's congressional members said in recent interviews that revealed widely differing policies on how to do it.
While there were priority differences along party lines, there also were disagreements that mirror discord between and among Democrats and Republicans nationally.
For now, more acres of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge as well as other public and Tribal lands in Nevada have been spared from military bombing and destruction.