Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), Ranking Member of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, introduced legislation with Congressman Rudy Yakym (R-IN) to promote economic development by strengthening the tourism, hospitality, events, and outdoor recreation sectors. The INVEST in Our Communities Act, by establishing a new Hospitality a... Read More »
Washington, DC – With 2023 on track to become the deadliest year of mass shootings in recent American history, Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) co-led 66 of their House and Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to use every tool at its disposal to combat gun violence. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), and Abiga... Read More »
Thousands of veterans who say they were sickened by radiation exposure during their military service have been denied federal benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs said, as cancer and old age whittle the remaining number of survivors. When the PACT Act was signed last August, expanding benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances, more than 8,000 people who helped clean up radioactive s... Read More »
Las Vegas, NV – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) celebrated the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that more than $3.5 million in funding she requested for Henderson law enforcement and the Clark County District Attorney has been awarded. Rep. Titus made the Community Project Funding requests for fiscal year 2023. These projects will award more than $2 million to the City of Henderson ... Read More »
Las Vegas, NV – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) celebrated an announcement from the federal Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Interior (DOI) to streamline the construction of low-cost housing in Southern Nevada. HUD and DOI, having reached a historic agreement years in the making, began the process of selling certain public lands for only $100 an acre, well below market ... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Protecting Semiconductor Supply Chain Materials from Authoritarians Act. By amending the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, this legislation would establish a working group for reporting on the semiconductor supply chain disruptions caused b... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a senior member of the House Aviation Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus, celebrated the House passage of legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The bill includes a nearly 20 percent increase in authorization levels for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), a criti... Read More »
Nearly a dozen wild horses died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada, and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is calling the deaths tragic proof of the need to outlaw the use of helicopters to capture the animals on federal land. The 11 deaths include five young foals, four horses with broken necks and a stallion with a snapped rear leg that was chased by a helicopter and horseback rider a... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation with Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) to stop animal abuse in scientific experiments funded by taxpayer dollars in foreign laboratories. The Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas (CARGO) Act of 2023 would prohibit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) fro... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024: “This year’s National Defense Authorization Act passed out of the House Armed Services Committee with bipartisan, nearly unanimous backing. I supported provisions in the original bill that would giv... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) introduced legislation to eliminate bureaucratic barriers to benefits that our atomic veterans exposed to toxic radiation have faced. Her Providing Radiation Exposed Servicemembers Undisputed Medical Eligibility (PRESUME) Act would prohibit the VA from requiring evidence of a certain dose of radiation to determine if a veteran is considered r... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Unexploded Ordinance (UXO)/Demining Caucus, issued the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plan to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine: "By steadfastly supporting Ukraine, the United States is standing not only for Ukrainian victory but American values. While I str... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a member of the congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, introduced legislation with Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Judy Chu (D-CA) to increase access to family planning and reproductive health care services by funding the Title X Family Planning Program. The Expanding Access to Family Planning Act would bolster funding for Title X, the on... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, announced that the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTCSNV) will receive a $5.86 million grant to support the planning of a 17-mile, high-capacity transit line along Charleston Boulevard between Pavilion Center Drive in Summerlin and Nellis Boulevar... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Gaming Caucus and representative of the Las Vegas Strip, wrote to the leadership of each of the major U.S. sports leagues, urging them to clarify their sports betting policies and assure fans that the games they watch and choose to bet on are fair. In light of recent reporting that sports betting on co... Read More »
