The Biden administration is opposed to Yucca Mountain and announced plans this month to send waste to places where state, local and tribal governments agree to accept it. That stance is shared by Nevada elected officials, tribal leaders and business and environmental groups. Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District celebrated House passage of the Build Back Better Act: "The Build Back Better Act is historic legislation that makes once-in-a-generation progress. It creates good jobs, cuts taxes for the middle class, addresses climate change, and is paid for by raising taxes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy who have avoided paying their fair share for decades. This plan also helps Nevada families by lowering the cost of everyday expenses and making overdue investments in education, child care, home care, and health care,” said Congresswoman Titus. Read more »

A federal investigative report on nuclear waste disposal is recommending Congress amend a decades-old law designating Yucca Mountain as the sole location for disposal and allow interim and permanent spent fuel storage in other states. Read more »

Representative Dina Titus released the following statement in response to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s commitment of more than $348 million to support 62 public lands projects throughout Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin, as required by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District joined her colleagues on the House Committee on Homeland Security and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to advance proposals that will rebuild our economy, address climate change, and expand affordable housing as part of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced securing $9,904,700 dollars for local funding projects on behalf of Southern Nevada. All seven of Congresswoman Titus’ Community Funding Project requests received final passage as part of consideration of nine of the annual appropriations bills to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022. Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District introduced the largest conservation bill in Nevada history with the support of Representative Mark Amodei of Nevada’s Second Congressional District, Representative Steven Horsford of Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District, Representative Susie Lee of Nevada’s Third Congressional District, and many advocates of environmental protection. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced identical legislation in the Senate. Read more »

The Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act was introduced to the U.S. House on Wednesday by Rep. Dina Titus, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto introduced an identical bill in the Senate. Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District introduced the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act in the House of Representatives with the support of Governor Steve Sisolak, Representative Steven Horsford of Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District, and Representative Susie Lee of Nevada’s Third Congressional District. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced identical legislation in the Senate. Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced legislation Tuesday that would require consent from state, local and tribal governments to construct a national nuclear waste repository, including at Yucca Mountain about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Read more »