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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, for the first time, voted against the National Defense Authorization Act after extreme MAGA Republicans forced their fringe beliefs on nation’s servicemembers. As a member of the authorizing committee, he fought in committee to improve the bill with several amendments before it passed out of the committee with nearly unanimous support of Democrats and Republicans.
WASHINGTON — Congressmen Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) today praised the inclusion of their legislation, the Rachael Booth Act (H.R. 975), in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which the U.S. House is expected to consider this week.
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), as Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and as the son of a mother born in Trinidad and Tobago, joined Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, on a bipartisan delegation to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Conference. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined with the Congressional delegation in recognizing the 50th Anniversary of this important coalition of the Caribbean nations.
NORTH LAS VEGAS – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) responded to the Supreme Court decision, 6-3, to gut the ability of private and public colleges and universities to consider race and ethnicity in admission decisions:
LAS VEGAS — When AJ Huth and her wife take road trips across the country, stopping in places that are not tourist locations, they talk with the locals who give a warm welcome.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) offered an amendment during the consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 in the House Armed Services Committee. The amendment secured historic funding for research investment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The amendment had bipartisan support in the committee, and had the support of all the members of the Tri-Caucus that sit on the committee. Horsford issued the following statement:
Lawmakers on Monday commemorated the 158th anniversary of Juneteenth by promoting unity and ending systems of oppression around the nation.
“It is the highest honor that we can bestow on a citizen from the U.S. Congress,” said CBC Chairman Steven Horsford, D-Nev.
This month, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the Allen v Milligan case about the Congressional maps drawn in Alabama. Wes Allen, the Secretary of State of Alabama, was sued by Evan Milligan because the maps violated the Voting Rights Act of 1964 by diluting the Black vote, thus denying the Black voters in Alabama a majority-minority Congressional seat.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Nevada's Congressional representatives are sharing their Vegas Born pride in the nation's capital, celebrating the Golden Knights' Stanley Cup victory Wednesday.