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Op-Ed: Want sensible Gun Violence Prevention? Fight for it

| Posted in In the News

In June 2014, I asked my colleagues to join me in a moment of silence on the House floor to honor three members of the Las Vegas community who were slain in a shooting spree. The deceased were Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck and a shopper at a Walmart who tried to help, Joseph Wilcox. Unfortunately, I was not the first nor the last member to lead a moment…

Pay raises, women selective service, among contentious defense bill issues

| Posted in In the News

The stakes are high for Nevada as Congress irons out differences between the House and Senate versions of a defense bill. Even with possible passage of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act when it goes back for a vote in the House, the threat of a veto by President Barack Obama still looms. What issues hang in the balance? First, there’s the pay raise gap for uniformed…