COVID-19 has done what a terror attack and a great recession could not: shut our town down. So, how fast should it reopen? That's the first question I asked Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, the dean of our Washington delegation. “Well, I don't think you can put a date certain on when everything will be open up. I support the governor's decision. It was hard when he had to close down… Read more »

June 8, 2020
Today Representatives Dina Titus (NV-1) and Steven Horsford (NV-4) introduced the Preserving Leadership Against Nuclear Explosives Testing (PLANET) Act. This bill, which is the House companion to legislation introduced by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), would prevent the Trump Administration from restarting explosive nuclear weapons testing. According to a report by The Washington Post, senior Trump Administration have recently discussed conducting an explosive nuclear test. Read more »

May 15, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement regarding H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act. Read more »

May 13, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District – a senior Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee – introduced the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Modernization Act. The legislation will update and improve the formula used to distribute funds under the National Highway Program to states and localities like Clark County with air quality challenges. Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, urged the Trump administration Monday to redirect unaccepted coronavirus aid money to other institutions in Nevada with large numbers of minority students seeking more financial assistance. The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last month included $14 billion in funds for higher… Read more »

As more stimulus funding from Washington flows into the U.S. economy, Nevada-based businesses shut out of the original program have another chance at receiving funding. The Paycheck Protection Program, a forgivable loan program that was part of the federal coronavirus aid package signed into law March 30, sent considerably less funding to Nevada businesses than to businesses in other… Read more »

Nevada and states with small businesses ineligible for paycheck protection loans because they receive revenue from gaming pushed again Wednesday for help in the next coronavirus relief bill under consideration by Congress. The $484 billion interim relief bill passed by the Senate — headed to the House and embraced by President Donald Trump — includes $310 billion for Small… Read more »

April 24, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District – who Co-Chairs the Congressional Gaming Caucus - released the following statement after the Trump Administration reversed its decision and will now allow small gaming establishments to access loans and grants under the Paycheck Protection Program. Read more »

Nevada’s congressional delegation sent a shot across the bow of the Trump administration Friday with legislation in the House and Senate to make small casinos and other businesses with gaming revenue eligible for Small Business Administration loans. A last-minute rule change by the Treasury Department and the SBA to make more small businesses with gaming eligible for Paycheck… Read more »

Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement announcing that McCarran International Airport will receive $195,485,334 as a result of the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: “Getting our airport back at full… Read more »