The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday it is banning evictions in areas ?with “substantial or high levels of community transmission” of COVID-19? for 60 days, heeding the calls of lawmakers, including Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), who backed extending a national moratorium. Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., a senior Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was instrumental in shepherding Nevada projects sought by other state delegation members into the authorization bill. Read more »

“Las Vegas was hit harder than any other metropolitan area during this pandemic. I’ve been working non-stop throughout to help Southern Nevada recover - making sure that additional funding comes to our district in the Rescue Plan and in the infrastructure plans. However, this pandemic isn’t over. Cases are rising and the CDC has rightly reissued mask guidance. Nevadans are also still recovering; jobs are still below the pre-pandemic levels and unemployment levels are still high in Las Vegas,” said Congresswoman Dina Titus. Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced securing $9,904,700 dollars for local funding projects on behalf of Southern Nevada. All seven of Congresswoman Titus’ Community Funding Project requests received final passage as part of consideration of nine of the annual appropriations bills to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022. Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award the Sunrise Children’s Foundation $1,326,181 for the Early Head Start program. Read more »

Last week, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen out of Texas ruled the Obama era program illegal and blocked the Biden administration from accepting new applications. President Joe Biden quickly vowed to appeal the decision, but in the meantime the estimated 80,000 undocumented immigrants colloquially known as Dreamers remain vulnerable and frustrated at yet another hurdle in their fight for citizenship. Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide clarity for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applicants. Less than 72 hours after a federal judge in Texas declared the program unconstitutional, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began canceling important biometric appointments for initial DACA applicants, many of whom have waited years to apply to the program and months for these certifications that are mandatory application requirements. Read more »

Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District announced that the Las Vegas metro area has received a $5,250,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). The UASI Program assists high-threat, high-density urban areas in their efforts to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other disasters. Read more »

“The Child Tax Credit is going to be life-changing for Southern Nevadans. In my district, this will benefit over 44,000 households, putting more money in the pockets of hardworking parents to afford quality child care, put gas in the car to get to work, or meet the cost of groceries so they can keep food on the table,” said Congresswoman Titus. Read more »

Families should be on the lookout for Child Tax Credit payments of up to $300 per child that are scheduled to arrive beginning Thursday, July 15. The payments are expected to help 39 million families nationwide. Read more »