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Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) has taken action to ensure students are able to access school nutrition programs this school year. He joined 110 Members of Congress in a letter urging Secretary Sonny Perdue of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately reverse his decision to end the school meal waivers that have fed countless children in Nevada and across the country.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and 90 Members of Congress sent a letter to the U.S. Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expressing serious concerns over recent changes to the COVID-19 testing guidance that have helped contain the outbreak and demanding an explanation to this abrupt shift in direction. The new guidance reverses previous recommendations to test everyone who has been exposed to the virus.
North Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) will host a conversation on Instagram live with Black small businesses owners from Nevada's Fourth Congressional District to discuss the impact of COVID-19.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass the Delivering for America Act, H.R. 8015, to prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from implementing any operational changes that would obstruct prompt, reliable service. The Postal Service has been a lifeline for veterans and seniors who need medication and rural communities in Nevada's Fourth District, including White Pine, Lincoln, Nye, Esmeralda, Mineral, and Lyon counties, who depend on mail delivery for everyday needs, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced that $487,160 in a Save America's Treasure grant was awarded to the Nevada Northern Railway Foundation, Inc. to repair the Nevada Northern Railway Locomotive #40, the official state symbol of Nevada.
Washington, D.C. -- Representatives Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) sent a letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring forward a vote on critical unemployment insurance relief and swiftly respond to the economic hardships families are facing across the country. The Representatives requested the House bring forth their bill, the Back on Your Feet Act, which would extend the federal unemployment and provide a one-time payment for those returning to the workforce.
North Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) will host a virtual town hall to hear from the National Association of Letter Carriers, Nevada State Association of Letter Carriers, the Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Program, Nye County representatives, the Walker River Paiutes, and constituents who have been adversely affected by operational changes and discuss efforts at the federal level to provide critical funding to the Postal Service.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined House leadership to call for the repeal of recent operational policy changes that have taken place under the direction of the Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The recent shifts in operations have led to slow and degraded mail services that will impact critical services such as shipping medicine to seniors, sending paychecks to workers, and will threaten the integrity of the upcoming election with delays in absentee ballots to voters.
Unemployment insurance is a federal-state program that helps many Americans who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages while they look for work. It is a form of social insurance in which taxes collected from employers are paid into the state unemployment insurance trust fund on behalf of working people to provide them with income support if they lose their jobs.
The federal government complements this effort by providing grants to states for the administration fees associated with providing unemployment insurance to claimants.
North Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) announced a $17.1 million construction contract awarded to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to improve a 32-mile stretch of the U.S. Highway 95 in Nye County, Nevada.