Representatives from Nevada, Virginia, New York, and Hawaii have introduced the “Free At-Home Tests for All Act” which would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “purchase in bulk a sufficient quantity of rapid tests for SARS–CoV–2 to provide two such tests per week to every resident of the United States,” and to distribute those tests free of charge. Read more »

In a statement Tuesday that followed a protest letter from U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada, the U.S. Department of Energy said 13,625 cubic meters of material has been sent from a former dump at the Idaho National Laboratory to the Nevada National Security Site. Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District released a statement on the Department of Energy’s plan to transport and bury nuclear waste at the Nevada National Security Site. Read more »

Nuclear waste cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory and the shipment and storage of the materials to other states prompted Rep. Dina Titus on Monday to demand specifics from the Department of Energy on the amount and risks to Las Vegas and the Nevada National Security Site. Read more »

Congressmembers Dina Titus and Steve Chabot, co-chairs of the Congressional Kazakhstan Caucus and senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a statement regarding the turmoil in Kazakhstan. Read more »

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 »

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined Nevada Democratic Reps. Susie Lee and Dina Titus in Las Vegas to tout the Biden administration’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that includes more than $50 billion for water infrastructure programs. Read more »

Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) has been named one of 60 finalists for Phase 1 of the American Rescue Plan’s $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge from the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA). Read more »

Today Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge. Officially launched by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015, the Congressional App Challenge is an academic competition to inspire and promote innovation in the fields of science, technology engineering, the arts, and math (STEM). Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, Chair of the House Subcommittee on Emergency Management, released the following statement in response to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) releasing a final rule implementing provisions of Rep. Titus’s PREPARED Act, bipartisan legislation which requires entities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to create, implement, and file contingency plans with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for protecting animals in their care during emergency or disaster situations. Rep. Titus secured the language as part of the FY 2021 Appropriations bill which was enacted on December 27, 2020. Read more »