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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, celebrated the passage of H.R. 7776, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023, the annual funding bill for the Department of Defense and our nation’s Armed Forces.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, amid extreme MAGA Republicans’ continued threats to Nevadans’ personal freedoms, Congressman Steven Horsford voted to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden’s desk. This landmark legislation takes several key steps to defend marriage equality: officially repealing the bigoted and unconstitutional “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA), upholding couples’ right to equal protection under federal law and requiring states to recognize valid out-of-state marriages.
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., was elected chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, he announced Thursday morning.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced that he was elected to serve as the 28th Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Horsford will be sworn in as Chair when the new session of Congress begins in January. He has been elected to a two-year term that runs through the entire 118th Congress. He served as 1st Vice Chair during the 117th Congress. He issued the following statement after his election:
The six co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus on Tuesday implored House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to ensure that the cash-starved National Labor Relations Board receives additional funding in the final appropriations bill of the lame-duck session.
With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Nevada residents from all corners of the state can look forward to an extra $369 billion in labor and climate investments coming to the state.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — As rents spiral out of control, the need for more affordable housing across the valley is becoming more urgent.
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4118, the Break the Cycle of Violence Act, by a vote of 220-207. Congressman Steven Horsford introduced the legislation in June 2021. Today's action comes after portions of the legislation were included in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed in June.
House Democrats have struck a deal on a long-stalled package of public safety and policing bills, lawmakers and aides told CNN, paving the way for a Thursday vote.
LAS VEGAS -- After a decade in limbo, Nevada is pressing U.S. nuclear regulators to finally kill a mothballed proposal to entomb the nation’s most radioactive waste beneath a windswept volcanic ridge north of Las Vegas.