Press Releases

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted for two bipartisan bills to help small businesses and workers across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota (H.R. 7010), the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act solves urgent issues with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) facing small business owners in Nevada and across the country who are struggling the most as a result of the coronavirus. The bipartisan TRUTH Act (H.R. 6782), was introduced by Reps.

Washington, D.C. -- Today Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing on the "Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color." The Congressman questioned expert witnesses on the structural racism that contributes to the higher rates of infection and death among communities of color in Nevada and across the country.

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) released the following statement on Memorial Day:

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) voted to pass the Heroes Act: urgently-needed legislation to protect the lives and livelihoods of the American people and the life of our democracy – responding to the pandemic and the economic catastrophe that has followed. The legislation is expected to provide roughly $8.7 billion to Nevada's state and local governments in 2020 and 2021.

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined House Democrats to introduce the Heroes Act, legislation that features unprecedented provisions from the Committee to protect workers and uplift families during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Congressman joined his colleagues on the Committee in multiple roundtables, meetings and negotiations to advocate for these key measures and secure benefits for the people of Nevada.

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Horsford (NV-04) announced the Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020 to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to publish demographic information on COVID-19 infections and deaths in long-term care facilities.