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Lawmakers announce bipartisan infrastructure caucus

| Posted in In the News

Pennsylvania Congressman Ryan Costello (R-6) and Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-1) announced today the formation of the bipartisan House Public Works and Infrastructure Caucus. Public works are important services and projects that communities across the country depend on, such as drinking water, flood control, recycling, waste removal, and our roads and bridges. This bipartisan…

Rep. Dina Titus critical of congressional effort to push Yucca Mountain project forward

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CARSON CITY — It is a riddle for the ages: What is dead but never dies? The answer in Nevada is the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. As a state legislative panel overseeing the moribund Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository gets ready to meet later this week, Rep. Dina Titus has criticized a new effort in Congress to move the project forward. In a news…

Op-Ed: Please join in effort to protect our piece of Grand Canyon ecosystem

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The graffiti, trash and bullet holes at Gold Butte have a way of spoiling a getaway to one of the most beautiful, serene spots in the Mojave Desert. Illegal cattle grazing there threatens native wildlife, including bighorn sheep, desert tortoises, coyotes, foxes and endangered birds and plants. While many visitors just come away disheartened, for Fawn Douglas, the tally of damage is a…

Lawmakers Press Obama on Marijuana Reform

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A bipartisan group of members of Congress is stepping up pressure on President Obama to take administrative action on marijuana policy reform before he leaves office early next year. “During the next few months you have a rare opportunity to move the country forward in a way that will save lives, reallocate precious federal resources, and create an atmosphere in which new jobs and…

Rep. Titus Calls to Lift Cap on Visas

| Posted in Press Releases

May 19, 2016
Rep. Titus announces that she will be working on legislation to lift a cap on a program that offers undocumented immigrants a visa if they work with law enforcement to help catch criminals.

Titus to Trump: Apologize to Nevada

| Posted in Floor Statements
Tags: Housing

May 24, 2016
Rep. Titus demanded an apology on the floor of the U.S. House from Donald Trump after news reports revealed that he rooted for the crash of the housing bubble.

Donald Trump is facing an onslaught of criticism from Nevada Democrats Over Comments About Housing Crisis

| Posted in In the News

Donald Trump is facing an onslaught of criticism from Nevada Democrats, particularly U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, over comments he made in 2007 about an anticipated downturn in the real estate market. Trump’s comments were made in March 2007 to The Globe and Mail. The Canadian publication quoted the billionaire businessman predicting “very minor” problems compared with the…

Officials see need to reduce national visa backlog for undocumented immigrant crime victims

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Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, and Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Executive Director Barbara Buckley called attention Friday to a national backlog of visas for undocumented immigrant victims of crime. Federal legislation passed in 2000 allows victims of certain crimes, including undocumented immigrants, to be eligible for visas. The law is intended to create more cooperation…