Nevada state regulators say the investigation into alleged safety violations at The Boring Company’s underground tunnel project— and the resulting controversies — have been addressed, but Democratic federal and state lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation, citing inconsistencies. In December, Fortune reported that just one day after Nevada Occupational Safety and Health… Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Don Beyer (D-VA) today introduced the Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act to explicitly prohibit construction of President Trump’s proposed “Triumphal Arch” outside Arlington National Cemetery in Northern Virginia.   Rep. Dina Titus, Co-Chair of the Congressional Humanities Caucus, who previously led challenges to the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, helped pass the Build America 250 Act. This legislation includes several highway and hazardous materials provisions championed by Congresswoman Titus.  “It feels like just yesterday that we enacted the most significant infrastructure investment in our… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Dina Titus’s Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, H.R. 972, was signed into law this week, increasing Southern Nevada’s water security while enhancing environmental conservation.  “This is a critical step in ensuring our water future,” Congresswoman Titus (NV-01) said. “Southern Nevada is the epicenter of the climate crisis with rising… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — President Donald Trump this week signed into law a bill that clears the way for a new water pipeline to serve Southern Nevada. The White House said the president on Tuesday signed HR 972, also known as the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, after it passed both houses of Congress. The bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to grant rights-of-way… Read more »

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) reintroduced the Animal Violence Exposes Real Threat of (AVERT) Future Violence Act. This legislation is co-led by Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC). “Animal abusers have a significantly higher… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A bill to crack down on retail crime, sponsored by Nevada Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus, has cleared its first hurdle on the way to becoming law. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, also known as CORCA, recently passed through the House of Representatives. Proponents called the bipartisan bill a step forward for business owners and shoppers in Nevada, as… Read more »

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01)’s Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA) to crack down on retail theft rings that are conducting large-scale robberies of merchants and cargo shipments. “These organized theft rings are costing merchants, shippers, and American consumers billions of dollars per year. They also put customers… Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) issued this statement following today's House passage of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill:    "Thanks to our pressure, Speaker Johnson was forced to end his Republican shutdown. I voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security, our TSA agents, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security… Read more »

Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) introduced her Pathways for Advancement, Transition, and Hiring (PATH) to the Foreign Service Act with Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) leading companion legislation in the Senate. This bill would provide a foreign service career pathway for former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officers. “Those who dutifully served at USAID… Read more »