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NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — This week, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) joined a bipartisan group of legislators to introduce the Pathways to Health Careers Act, legislation to modernize the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program to better support low-income workers as they seek training and education for in-demand health care careers. The HPOG program has a proven track record of successfully educating workers for in-demand jobs in the health care industry, while also providing career coaching and job placement, along with a mix of other support services.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) has announced the launch of new radio and web resources to educate families in Nevada's Fourth District about advance Child Tax Credit payments, which started today as part of the American Rescue Plan's support for working families.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) is encouraging Nevada families to be on the lookout for advance monthly Child Tax Credit payments up to $300/month per child. The payments start today and will continue through December 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan's relief for working families.
The first installments of the newly expanded federal child care tax credit will start arriving on Thursday for the families of some 600,000 Nevada children, with local advocates and Southern Nevada's congressional delegation hailing the COVID-19 relief provision as a pivota
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) has announced that his office secured more than $7.3 million in funding for community projects in Nevada's Fourth District through funding bills passed out of House Appropriations Committee subcommittees.
The bills will now move to consideration in the full Appropriations Committee, and then to consideration on the House floor and negotiations with the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) introduced the Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act, which would require drug manufacturers to publicly justify high prices for new pharmaceutical drugs or large price increases for existing drugs. Today, Representative Horsford also introduced the Capping Drug Costs for Seniors Act, which would cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Andy Kim (D-NJ-03), and Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) introduced the Capping Drug Costs for Seniors Act to create an out-of-pocket spending maximum for the millions of Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Representative Horsford is also introducing the SPIKE Act, which requires drug manufacturers to publicly justify large price increases and high launch prices.
Nevada's Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford has made lowering prescription drug costs a key pillar of his election promises, and on Tuesday the congressman plans to introduce two bills in an attempt to help people pay less at the pharmacy.
The first bill, called the SPIKE Act, is designed to discourage quick price hikes by forcing any company that "spikes" the cost of a drug to justify the raise to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have formally endorsed the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act which would reform the military justice system by moving the decision to prosecute serious crimes in the military from the chain of command. Congressman Horsford is an original co-sponsor of the legislation.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) joined Vice President Kamala Harris at the Carpenters International Training Center in Las Vegas to highlight the success of the American Rescue Plan in accelerating Nevada's economic recovery from COVID-19. Vice President Harris's visit to Las Vegas is part of the Biden administration's nationwide "America's Back Together" tour.