As the House and Senate move to jump-start negotiations on a coronavirus relief bill, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking congressional leaders to allow federal funds for grants to promote tourism in states and cities like Nevada and Las Vegas. Locations across the country have taken a disproportionate economic hit from the pandemic that constricted the tourism and hospitality businesses, wh... Read more »
Last week, the $600 weekly unemployment income boost expired. On May 15, the House passed the HEROES Act to extend unemployment aid through the end of the year. Yet as of today, President Donald Trump is threatening some kind of unilateral action as Senate Republicans remain stuck in their own quagmire. Amidst this chaos, Reps. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas), Steven Horsford (D-North Las Vegas), and Su... Read more »
By Dina Titus and Brian Knudson Special to the Review-Journal Several months ago, Congress passed the CARES Act to help communities across the country respond to and recover from this public health crisis. Under that law, Nevada has received billions of dollars to fight COVID-19 and help workers and small businesses get back on their feet. While it is hard to overstate the importance of that relie... Read more »
The House of Representatives has approved $102.6 million for the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, a portion of which will be spent on implementing a humane fertility control vaccine used to manage wild horse populations. The Senate has yet to take up companion legislation. Thanks to an amendment introduced by Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus and Tennessee Democratic Rep. ... Read more »
With the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services anticipating 20,000 new food stamps applications at the end of the month as more generous federal unemployment assistance expires, federal officials have extended waivers through the end of August that allow for more streamlined application and renewal processes. Applying for food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP... Read more »
August 14, 2020 Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, a Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in response to a legal decision from the Government Accountability Office that concluded President Trump’s appointments to senior leadership positions at the Department of Homeland Security were illegal. Read more »
July 31, 2020 Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District celebrated the House passage of a government spending bill that included no funding for Yucca Mountain, a ban on explosive nuclear weapons testing, and several other of her key priorities. Read more »
US Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., on Monday introduced legislation setting aside $90 billion in pandemic relief to help K-12 schools and colleges meet CDC guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19. The “Reopen Schools Safely Act” would provide more than $800 million in funding for Nevada schools. The proposal is companion legislation to a bill introduced by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and co-sponsore... Read more »
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) strongly supports legislation proposed today that would thwart an anticipated Executive Order mandating classical architecture as the preferred design style for federal courthouses and other federal properties. The legislation, proposed July 15, 2020 by Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus, U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district since 2013, ... Read more »
Local members of Congress are diving into Nevada’s unemployment mess. The state’s in charge of distributing the money, but congressional leaders are trying to clear out any obstacles in the way in a letter to the Department of Labor. In a letter, Representative Dina Titus along with Susie Lee and two other congressional members are asking the Department of Labor to help. It’s to clear up what stat... Read more »
