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Rep. Titus Statement on Illegal Department of Energy Waste Shipments

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July 10, 2019
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement in response to Governor Sisolak’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy sent a round of illegal waste shipments to the Nevada National Security Site.

Reps. Titus, Cicilline Introduce Bill to Permanently Ban Bump Stocks

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July 2, 2019
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District joined Representative David Cicilline of Rhode Island’s First Congressional District in introducing legislation to permanently ban the manufacture, possession, sale, or transport of bump stocks and acceleration devices like the one used to murder 58 people in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017.

Rep. Titus Statement on Border Funding Bill

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June 27, 2019
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement after voting against H.R. 3401, which will provide additional border funding for several federal agencies without the protections that House Democrats voted for earlier in the week.

Rep. Titus Calls on Commerce Secretary to Resign Following Supreme Court Ruling

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June 27, 2019
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Commerce v. New York, in which the majority found “a significant mismatch between the decision the Secretary made and the rationale he provided” and sent the case back to the district court.

Rep. Titus Statement on Passage of House Funding Bills

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June 19, 2019
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District voted to pass a package of funding bills that did not include any money to support the licensing or construction of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.

Rep. Titus Announces $800,000 Grant for Las Vegas Paiute Tribe Wellness Center

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June 17, 2019
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted $800,000 to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe under the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program for Phase I of a wellness center to be constructed on the tribe’s downtown reservation.