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NORTH LAS VEGAS – This month, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), Congresswoman Mary Peltola (AK), and Representative James Moylan (Guam) introduced the Veteran Service Organization Transportation Act to empower Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) in highly rural areas to apply for grants to purchase transportation for veterans in their communities to get to medical appointments. Veterans who live in counties with less than seven people per square mile will have access to the grant program.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) introduced the Securing Continued Healthcare for Our Operations and Logistics (SCHOOL) Professionals Act. This legislation would fix a long-standing loophole that has prevented contracted school custodians, bus drivers, security guards, nurses, cafeteria workers, and other essential support staff from accessing affordable healthcare coverage.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced that his Regional Partnership Grants Reauthorization Act was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee in a 38-0 bipartisan vote and now makes its way to the House floor. The bill, included in the Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act, aims to reauthorize and strengthen support for families affected by parental substance abuse.
LAS VEGAS — Rep. Steven Horsford, Nevada Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has signed on to a GOP-sponsored House bill to make tipped wages tax-free.
Horsford, a four-term House member who escorted President Biden during the latter’s abortive Vegas visit last week, came out Sunday in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’s bid to become the Democrat’s Presidential candidate.
The House measure, introduced by Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Republican, apparently mirrors a Senate bill launched July 9 by Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Democrat.
As Nevada struggles with impacts of the climate crisis, U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford on Monday touted more than $800 million of federal investments being allocated to tribal communities in Nevada for mitigation measures and infrastructure projects.
During a virtual roundtable with the Native Voters Alliance of Nevada and the Department of Energy, Horsford credited President Joe Biden for signing the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) applauded the recent federal investments in Registered Apprenticeships by the Biden-Harris Administration. These investments are the largest federal commitment to modernize, diversify, and expand Registered Apprenticeships in US History.
Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal’s foundation is set to build a Boys & Girls Club in east Las Vegas, the NBA Hall of Famer said Wednesday.
O’Neal grew up going to a Boys & Girls club where his aunt worked after school, which partly inspired his part in building the 17,000-square-foot facility.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Senator Jacky Rosen (NV) sent a joint letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), requesting an increase in the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority’s (SNRHA) Housing Choice Vouchers allocation by 10,000 vouchers over five years. This request aims to address the affordable housing crisis in Nevada and provide greater flexibility in voucher administration to better serve low-income households.