Las Vegas, NV – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Interior’s announcement of up to $269 million in funding and conservation agreements to help the Gila River Indian Community and water users across the Lower Colorado River Basin:
“The Interior Department’s announcement of up to $269 million in water conservation funding is… Read more »
Las Vegas, NV – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) announced that, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law she championed in Congress, Nevada will be receiving $63,521,000 in new funding for drinking water infrastructure upgrades from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
“I supported and voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) introduced legislation to extend health care access to veterans who patrolled the Panama Canal, so they can be treated for illness contracted in connection to their service.
The bipartisan Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act would provide veterans who… Read more »
Washington, DC – In case you missed it, yesterday Congresswoman Dina Titus’s (D-NV) bipartisan resolution commemorating fallen peace officers, honoring 557 officers in total and nine from Nevada, passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously. The resolution Congresswoman Titus introduced with Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) would authorize the use of the Capitol Grounds for the… Read more »
Washington, DC – Last week Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), Ranking Member of the House subcommittee with oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) reintroduced the bipartisan Disaster Survivors Fairness Act. The act would simplify the process for seeking assistance following a major disaster, expand communities’ access to hazard… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, introduced the WHEELChairs on Airplanes Act with Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
The WHEELChairs on Airplanes Act, building on the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act Rep. Titus introduced last month, would ensure that those who use… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus, author of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument Establishment Act, commended President Biden for honoring his pledge to establish Nevada’s Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument and celebrated the protection of this critical sacred land.
Spirit Mountain, known by its Mojave name Avi Kwa Ame, is considered by ten Yuman-speaking tribes and the… Read more »
Washington, DC – As March Madness kicks off, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Gaming Caucus, reintroduced legislation today to repeal the 0.25% excise tax placed on all legal sports bets, known as the “handle tax.”
Sports betting is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. By one estimate, 68 million… Read more »
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and a group of her colleagues from both parties reintroduced bipartisan legislation this week to help equip U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to stop drug smuggling.
The Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV), Dave Joyce (R-OH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Ann Wagner (R-MO) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to bolster the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ability to combat human trafficking. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford (R-OK) have introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
As part of Rep. Titus’s… Read more »
