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September 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Don Bacon (R-NE) will introduce the Government Evaluation, Notification, and Explanation of Reassignments and Accountability with Leadership (GENERAL) Act on Tuesday, September 30. The bipartisan legislation would strengthen Congressional oversight of senior military leadership personnel decisions.
The legislation requires the Department of Defense to provide Congress with written notification within 15 days whenever a general or flag officer is involuntarily reassigned, separated, or retired.
Issues:Veterans

September 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner, Scott Bessent, demanding the agency publicly affirm that the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (Sec. 25C) remains available despite a Republican effort to end the program as part of their Big Ugly Tax Law.

Issues:Health

September 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today secured three amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838) to support military families and better understand modernization needs.
Horsford, who represents multiple military instillations in Nevada, specifically negotiated to include a bipartisan provision studying the psychological and mental health impacts of combat with Remotely Piloted Aircraft on personnel stationed at Creech Air Force Base in his district.
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Issues:Veterans

August 26, 2025
LAS VEGAS – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) responded today to whistle-blower allegations that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), posted a highly sensitive Social Security database to a vulnerable cloud server, placing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Americans at risk of being leaked or hacked.
 
Congressman Horsford, who sits

August 19, 2025

LAS VEGAS – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today conducted Congressional oversight of the Nevada Southern Detention Center (NSDC), a privately-owned facility managed by CoreCivic under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Pahrump, Nevada.

Issues:Immigration

August 18, 2025

LAS VEGAS – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today welcomed House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) to his Las Vegas Congressional District for a community meeting about restoring and expanding healthcare, lowering costs of everyday goods, securing Nevada’s energy and economic future, and ensuring working class Americans keep more of their hard-earned money.


August 13, 2025
North Las Vegas  Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today joined U.S. Senators Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Rosen (D-NV) and Representatives Titus (NV-01) and Lee (NV-03) in sending a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary and Acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Scott Bessent calling on the Trump Administration to address barriers in implementation of the ‘No Tax on Tips’ provisions that would hurt tipped workers in Nevada.
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August 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today received data from the Chief Actuary at the U.S. Social Security Administration showing that H.R. 1 – President Trump’s tax and spend law – hastens depletion of Social Security’s Trust Funds. 


July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) was elected by his peers today to serve as the Democratic Caucus Leadership Representative, a vital position that ensures the voices of lawmakers with five terms or less are actively included in the Caucus’ decision-making process.

In this capacity, Horsford will represent 127 Members of Congress who collectively speak on behalf of more than 95.2 million Americans—approximately one-quarter of the nation’s population.


July 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) celebrated today as his legislation, the Apex Area Technical Corrections Act, which previously passed unanimously in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, was signed into law.

Rep. Horsford authored the legislation to allow Clark County to acquire certain federal land (referred to as the Apex Site).