Titus cosponsored a $3 million funding amendment that passed the U.S. House and would help provide much-needed resources for the CDC to streamline inspections and verify documentation. Many of our military heroes have been separated from their pets, and countless rescue dogs remain in limbo around the globe as a result of this policy, but Titus is making progress. Read more »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday it is banning evictions in areas ?with “substantial or high levels of community transmission” of COVID-19? for 60 days, heeding the calls of lawmakers, including Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), who backed extending a national moratorium. Read more »
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., a senior Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was instrumental in shepherding Nevada projects sought by other state delegation members into the authorization bill. Read more »
Last week, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen out of Texas ruled the Obama era program illegal and blocked the Biden administration from accepting new applications. President Joe Biden quickly vowed to appeal the decision, but in the meantime the estimated 80,000 undocumented immigrants colloquially known as Dreamers remain vulnerable and frustrated at yet another hurdle in their fight for citizenship. Read more »
Families should be on the lookout for Child Tax Credit payments of up to $300 per child that are scheduled to arrive beginning Thursday, July 15. The payments are expected to help 39 million families nationwide. Read more »
A $715 billion transportation and water projects bill passed by the House on Thursday includes more than $51 million for Nevada projects, including funding for interstates, potential grant money for high-speed rail and Amtrak. Read more »
On Wednesday, June 9, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) reintroduced the GLOBE Act to the House of Representatives, alongside Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who presented companion legislation in the Senate. Read more »
Titus said she would work with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) to incorporate provisions from her measure in a manager’s amendment before the bill goes to the House floor. Read more »
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and 30 House members, including Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., urged Haaland to halt the adoption program and conduct an investigation into practice.
“Wild horses and burros are icons of the American West,” Titus and other lawmakers told Haaland in a June 2 letter. “They are protected under federal law and cherished by Americans across the country.” Read more »