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Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined fellow Congressional Black Caucus Member Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, and more than 40 additional colleagues, in announcing legislation calling for the establishment of the first United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT). The Commission will examine the effects of slavery, institutional racism, and discrimination against people of color, and how our history impacts laws and policies today.

Las Vegas, Nev. -- Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the below statement on the activation of the Nevada National Guard in Southern Nevada:

Las Vegas, Nev. -- Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the below statement in response to reports of two shootings in Las Vegas:

Las Vegas, Nev. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), in partnership with Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), in introducing a resolution to condemn police brutality, racial profiling and the excessive use of force.

Las Vegas, Nev. -- Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement to mark the start of Pride Month, an annual celebration each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted for two bipartisan bills to help small businesses and workers across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota (H.R. 7010), the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act solves urgent issues with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) facing small business owners in Nevada and across the country who are struggling the most as a result of the coronavirus. The bipartisan TRUTH Act (H.R. 6782), was introduced by Reps.

Washington, D.C. -- Today Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing on the "Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color." The Congressman questioned expert witnesses on the structural racism that contributes to the higher rates of infection and death among communities of color in Nevada and across the country.

Washington, D.C. -- Tomorrow, May 27, 2020 at 12 p.m., Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) will join the Ways and Means Committee to hold a hearing on the "Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color." The latest overall COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.4 times as high as the rate for Whites and 2.2 times as high as the rate for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino communities.