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Congressman Steven Horsford Votes to Lower Health Care Costs and Protect Care for Nevadans.png
June 29, 2020

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 1425, legislation to provide necessary improvements to the Affordable Care Act and lower the cost of health care and prescription drug prices. The Congressman spoke in support of this legislation on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Issues:Health

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Congressman Steven Horsford Investigates Trump Lafayette Square Photo-Op.png
June 29, 2020

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) took part in a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee, "The U.S. Park Police (USPP) Attack on Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square." The hearing sought to investigate the events of June 1, 2020, and other police and military forces forcibly removed peaceful protesters from the streets around Lafayette Square.


June 29, 2020

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement in support of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics. The Court ruled that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals creates an undue burden and is unconstitutional based on legal precedent in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973.

Issues:Health

June 26, 2020

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to override President Trump's veto of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution, H.J.Res. 76. That legislation, passed in both the House and the Senate before receiving President Trump's veto, would overturn the U.S.


June 26, 2020

Washington, D.C. -- Today, as the Trump Administration filed its brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to strike down the Affordable Care Act, Congressman Horsford released a new report finding that such a ruling would cause 23 million Americans, including 309,000 Nevadans to lose their health insurance.

Issues:Health

June 25, 2020

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, sweeping police reform legislation to increase law enforcement accountability, address biased policing practices, and curb racial profiling. The Congressman discussed this legislation on Instagram which can be viewed here. The Congressman also spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of this legislation.


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Congressman Steven Horsford Advocates for Nursing Home Residents During COVID-19
June 25, 2020

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) took part in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in the Health Subcommittee on "Examining the COVID-19 Nursing Home Crisis."

Issues:Health

June 25, 2020

Las Vegas, Nev. – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) unveiled new legislation to build on the ACA to lower health costs and prescription drug prices: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. This legislation comes one day before the Trump Administration is due to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act.


June 24, 2020

Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) will host a tele-town hall on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, a legislative package that will provide much needed relief by making health care and prescription drugs more affordable. The legislation also expands access to health care, strengthens protections for people with pre-existing conditions, reduces racial and ethnic health coverage disparities and reverses the Trump Administration's harmful actions to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA).


June 23, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives to announce H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, the newly unveiled bill to invest more than $1.5 trillion in modern, sustainable infrastructure while creating millions of good-paying jobs, combatting the climate crisis and addressing disparities in urban, suburban and rural communities across Nevada and throughout the country.