Press Releases
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - Today, Congressman Steven Horsford will appear alongside Nevada conservation activists and community organizations at a press conference highlighting the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at Kiel Ranch Historic Park, one example of where LWCF funds have directly benefited the North Las Vegas community. Speakers will address the benefits of preserving Nevada's public lands, as well as the ongoing effort to ensure dedicated and permanent funding for the LWCF program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement on Special Counsel Mueller's remarks:
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to defeat a Republican amendment that would have made our state a nuclear waste dumping ground. The amendment, which will be kept out of the final Energy and Water Appropriations bill, would have provided funding for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, in Nevada's 4th Congressional District. Congressman Steven Horsford released the following statement after today's vote:
WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday, May 16, Congressman Horsford introduced legislation to fix a provision in the harmful Republican tax law, which raised the tax rate for scholarship and fellowship recipients up to 37 percent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following House passage of the Equality Act - legislation he co-sponsored to extend anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans.
WASHINGTON, DC. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement condemning the Alabama law that bans abortions in the state with very few exceptions.
"Alabama's law is not just an attack on Roe v. Wade, it's an attack on women and their right to choose," said Congressman Horsford. "Women won't go back to the days where policy dictates what they do with their bodies. This restrictive law on reproductive freedom is a huge setback in overcoming gender inequality."
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined Congresswoman Wilson to publicly introduce H.R. 1636 which will establish a commission to examine social disparities affecting Black men and boys in the United States.
Watch video of Congressman Horsford's remarks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NC-04) released the following statement applauding the House of Representatives' passage of H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement following the American Academy of Family Physicians' (AAFP) endorsement of his legislation to lower prescription drug prices.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Ways & Means Committee voted 40-0 to advance Congressman Steven Horsford's (NV-04) SPIKE ACT - bipartisan legislation to end price gouging by requiring pharmaceutical companies to justify large price increases.
Excerpt From Congressman Horsford's Remarks:
The drug price crisis has become all-too familiar and it is also extremely personal.
It is very personal for me.