Press Releases

Titus: DHS Announcement Seriously Undermines Future Counterterrorism Efforts

May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announcement that the Las Vegas Urban Area (LVUA)’s funding for counterterrorism activities has been cut for FY2013.
Issues:
National Security

Titus Calls on Gang of Eight to Promote STEM Education in Immigration Reform Proposal

May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus sent a letter to Representative Xavier Becerra, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and member of the House “Gang of Eight”, requesting that any comprehensive immigration reform package designed in the House include efforts to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education at American colleges and universities with significant minority populations.
Issues:
Education, Immigration

Titus and Amodei meet with VA Deputy Under Secretary Rubens to discuss veterans benefits backlog and announce senior level visit to Reno Regional Office

May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013
Representatives Dina Titus (NV-1) and Mark Amodei (NV-2) today met with U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, Diana Rubens to discuss the growing disability claims backlog at the Reno VA Regional Office (VARO), which serves nearly 234,000 veterans living in Nevada and four California counties.
Issues:
Veterans Issues

Titus Statement on the 37th Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act

May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus released the following statement today after the House voted for the 37th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Issues:
Health Care

Titus: DHS Should be Making Counterterrorism Funding Decisions to Mitigate Future Risks

May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano encouraging the DHS to improve the methodology used to create the 2013 Relative Risk Profile for the Las Vegas Urban Area (LVUA) so that it is more reliant on forward looking, risk based metrics.
Issues:
National Security

Veterans’ Affairs Committee Clears Titus Bill for House Floor Consideration

May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus announced that the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs voted to approve her bill, H.R. 1405, during a full committee markup today.
Issues:
Veterans Issues

Titus and Horsford Introduce Resolution Recognizing National Travel and Tourism Week

May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus and Congressman Steven Horsford introduced a resolution formally recognizing National Travel and Tourism Week and honoring the valuable contributions of travel and tourism to Nevada and the United States.
Issues:
Jobs and the Economy, Local Issues

Titus Introduces the Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (RACSE)

Apr 30, 2013
April 30, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus announced today that she has introduced bipartisan legislation to highlight the contributions of classified school employees in supporting the education of public school students and pay tribute to their work by establishing a National Classified School Employees of the Year Award.
Issues:
Education

Titus Statement on the Passage of the Reducing Flight Delays Act

Apr 26, 2013
April 26, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus released the following statement today after she voted in support of H.R. 1765, the Reducing Flight Delays Act, which will end the furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily.
Issues:
Fiscal Responsibility, Jobs and the Economy

Titus Commends BLM Decision on Sloan Hills Gravel Pit

Apr 26, 2013
April 26, 2013
Congresswoman Dina Titus issued the following statement today after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its decision to reject a proposal to open a gravel pit mining operation in Sloan Hills.
Issues:
Local Issues

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