{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Democrat\", state = \"NV\" and year = 2018 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-condemns-trump-administration-shutting-down-government", "ROSEN CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT", "2018-12-23", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congresswoman Plans to Donate Pay During Shutdown to Nevada Organizations Aimed at Helping Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement in response to the President's decision to partially shut down the government. Rosen plans to donate her pay during the shutdown to Nevada organizations that support survivors of sexual and domestic abuse, many of whom benefit from programs funded by the Violence Against Women Act, whose authorization lapsed at midnight Friday. The government has shut down for a third time under the watch of a Republican-controlled White House and Congress, said Rosen. To make matters worse, authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) lapsed as a result of the Trump Administration's reckless shutdown. VAWA has been pivotal in helping our state tackle one of the highest rates of domestic violence against women. I plan to donate my pay to organizations in Nevada that help survivors of domestic violence because Nevada's hardworking families shouldn't be left to suffer as a result of this President's irresponsible behavior. BACKGROUND: Congresswoman Rosen is a co-sponsor of the No Government, No Pay Act, which would prohibit Members of Congress from getting paid during a government shutdown. Congresswoman Rosen is also a lead sponsor of the bipartisan SHIELD Act (H.R. 1536), which would ensure compensation for servicemembers and federal law enforcement personnel in the event of a government shutdown or a default on the nation's debt. This week, Rep. Rosen missed votes due to her brother's death as a result of a critical medical condition. \n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/gay-city-news-bill-would-assert-lgbtq-rights-in-us-foreign-policy", "Gay City News: Bill Would Assert LGBTQ Rights In US Foreign Policy", "2018-12-19", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressmember Dina Titus, a five-term Democrat from Nevada, has proposed new legislation that would bolster the United States' role in advocating for LGBTQ and intersex people's rights around the world.\nThe Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act builds upon Obama-era tools used in the promotion of LGBTQI equality internationally. It would promote the use of sanctions against those who abuse and murder LGBTQI people, fill the position of Special Envoy for LGBTI Human Rights, and require human rights reports to contain LGBTQI-specific reporting.\nThe bill would also make sure foreign assistance and global health programs reach the most at-risk populations and demonstrate inclusivity for LGBTQI people.\nAnother notable aspect of the legislation is that it would provide fair access to asylum and refugee programs for LGBTQI people who are fleeing situations due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Earlier this year, a transgender woman from Honduras, Roxsana Hernandez, died in ICE custody and an autopsy revealed she suffered bruises consistent with abuse.\nThe GLOBE Act would also direct the State Department to ramp up its effort to ensure that LGBTQI diplomatic personnel, along with their families, are classified as world-wide available, removing any potential limitations on where they might be assigned.\nThe bill drew praise from LGBTQ advocacy groups, including the Human Rights Campaign.\nWhile Donald Trump and Mike Pence remain recklessly silent on anti-LGBTQ atrocities around the globe, it's crucial that the United States Congress fill the void and make clear LGBTQ rights are human rights, HRC government affairs director David Stacy said in a written statement.\nThe proposal comes one month after the US State Department expressed its concern over escalating attacks and legislative actions by the Government of Tanzania that violate civil liberties and human rights.\nThe governor of that nation's largest city, Dar es Salaam, announced a plan to begin arresting LGBTQ people in the city.\nWe are troubled by the continued arrests and harassment of marginalized persons, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and others who seek to exercise their rights to freedom of speech, association and assembly, the statement said.\nIn Kenya, advocacy groups are scrambling to relocate LGBTQ refugees from the Kakuma Refugee Camp after they were subjected to violence and discrimination. The refugees who protested the mistreatment became victims of even more brutal attacks, which left their homes looted and unlivable, a Refugee Coalition of East Africa (RCEA) told Gay City News.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/ksnv-maryland-parkway-transit-project-receives-300000-federal-grant", "KSNV: Maryland Parkway transit project receives $300,000 federal grant", "2018-12-19", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "LAS VEGAS (KSNV)  A valley-wide initiative focused on a comprehensive Southern Nevada transit plan developed by the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) is gaining traction after its Maryland Parkway transit planning project received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus announced the award on Tuesday, Dec. 18., and released the following statement:\nStretching from the airport to downtown, Maryland Parkway is vital to the economy of the Las Vegas Valley. Investment in transit is essential to meeting current and future growth and these funds will help to develop a transit system to serve this major artery and revitalize the neighborhoods up and down Maryland. I look forward to partnering with the RTC, local officials, business groups, and neighborhood associations to help advance this proposal. Maryland Parkway, a major transit corridor for the valley, connects many activity centers including UNLV, The Boulevard Mall and Sunrise Hospital.\nRTC is conducting the environmental assessment of proposed mobility improvements to Bus Route 109, which runs along an 8.7-mile stretch spanning from Russell Road to UNLV's School of Medicine.\nThe grant, made through the DOT's Transit-Oriented Development Pilot Planning Program, will help develop one of three proposed options to improve the section of Maryland Parkway:\n1. Enhance existing Bus Route: cost $29 million, improve travel time from 45 minutes to 44 minutes  \n\t2. Build a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route: cost $335 million, improve travel time from 45 minutes to 38 minutes  \n\t3. Build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) route: cost $750 million, improve travel time from 45 minutes to 32 minutes\n  \n\tIn total, Bus Route 109 currently serves 9,000 daily riders, but proposed improvements could make it available to up to 16,100 riders.\nNevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto applauded the DOT grant, releasing the following statement:\nThe Maryland Parkway corridor is a hub for growing businesses, medical facilities and is home to UNLV's burgeoning campus. I'm pleased that the DOT has chosen to award the RTC of Southern Nevada grant funding to improve the transit system along this corridor and I applaud them for their efforts to provide Nevadans with efficient transportation solutions, while further connecting the City of Las Vegas.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nevada-current-nevada-officials-new-rule-notwithstanding-congress-still-needs-to-ban", "Nevada Current: Nevada officials: New rule notwithstanding, Congress still needs to ban bump stocks", "2018-12-19", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The president seems more interested in making headlines than making progress, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said Tuesday in response to the Trump administration's rule to ban the devices used by the gunman who killed 58 concertgoers from a Mandalay Bay hotel room.\nThe finalized rule classifies bump stocks as a machinegunsbecause such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger, making them illegal. Owners of bump stocks have 90 days to destroy the devices or turn them in to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF).\nBut Titus, in a statement, warned that the new rule will likely be tied up in courts and said that Congress must pass legislation to provide the authority to the BATF to ensure any regulatory effort actually works. Titus is one of several sponsors of legislation to that effect.\nU.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said in a statement she welcomes the new rule. However, Congress must act to make sure that the ban has the force of law and cannot be subject to repeal by judicial measures, or the actions of a future Administration.\nPassing a statutory ban on bump stocks is one of the most effective ways Congress can prevent these dangerous devices from ever coming back into use, said Congresswoman and Senator-elect Jacky Rosen, who co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to outlaw bump stocks in the House.\nThe new rule is a long overdue step in the right direction, said Governor-elect Steve Sisolak. But this ruling does not mean the work is done. I look forward to working with law enforcement, our congressional delegation, and our state legislators to ensure an effective bump stocks ban is in place in Nevada.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/wsb-tv-trump-ban-on-bump-stocks-to-face-immediate-legal-challenge", "WSB-TV: Trump ban on bump stocks' to face immediate legal challenge", "2018-12-19", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Hours after the Trump Administration signaled that it would administratively move to ban bump stocks,' which allow semi-automatic weapons to be fired at a much more rapid rate, lawmakers in both parties said it was time for the Congress to enact those regulations into law, as opponents of the decision vowed to immediately challenge the President's plan in court.\nWe will be filing our lawsuit very, very soon, the Gun Owners of America said in a written statement.\nAfter all, in the coming days, an estimated half a million bump stock owners will have the difficult decision of either destroying or surrendering their valuable property  or else risk felony prosecution, the group added.\nContent Continues Below\nAt the White House, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that is the plan, making clear that bump stocks will be illegal as of March 21, 2019.\n \n\tOn banning bump stocks, Sanders says people have until March 2019 to turn them in or have them destroyed. Says they fall under same guidelines as machine guns.\n\t Dana Brown Ritter (@danabrownritter) December 18, 2018 \nA 90 period now begins which persons in possession of bump stock type devices must turn those devices to an ATF field office, or destroy them by March 21, Sanders said at the White House briefing.\nJustice Department officials told reporters on Tuesday that bump stocks will be administratively banned by using language from a federal law which prohibits machine guns.\nThere was no immediate comment from the National Rifle Association on whether that group would join in legal action against bump stocks as well.\nIn Congress, lawmakers in both parties said while the President's step is overdue, the House and Senate should also vote to codify the bump stock ban.\nThis is good news, but it is just one small step toward stopping mass shootings, said Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH). We must do far more to prevent gun violence.\nThere's no justification for bump stocks that transform semi-automatic weapons into machine guns, said Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).\n \n\tA regulation - not a law - is finally being issued to ban bump stocks. This is welcome news. But the country shouldn't have had to wait a year+ after Vegas to get the most basic regulation. It's testament to how hard we'll need to fight to get the comprehensive gun safety we need https://t.co/LgjgBcAhxv\n\t Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) December 18, 2018 \nThe President seems to be more interested in making headlines than making progress,\" said Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV). We know that his proposal will likely be tied up in the courts. \n58 people were killed in Titus' district in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017, when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor concert, using bump stocks' to allow him to shoot more ammunition more quickly, in what was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States.\nFinally and should be codified, said Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), one of the few Republicans who has called for action on bump stocks in Congress.\nBut one GOP lawmaker in the House said the Trump plan could be unconstitutional.\n \n\tThis isn't the worst aspect of President Trump's bumpstock ban: but without compensation to owners who must now forfeit property, @realDonaldTrump's bumpstock ban seems like a violation of the takings clause of the 5th amendment. ATF says they didn't have any money for it! p.92\n\t Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 18, 2018 \n  \n\tRep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said the idea of people being forced to turn in their bump stocks, or destroy them, seems like a violation of the \"takings\" clause of the 5th amendment.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-statement-administration-s-bump-stock-rule", "ROSEN STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATIONS BUMP STOCK RULE", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice issuing its final rule to ban bump stock devices. Following 1 October, Rosen helped introduce the bipartisan Curbelo-Moulton bill to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of bump stocks. Rosen also co-sponsored The Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act, which prohibits the importation, manufacture, transfer, sale, or possession of bump stocks with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. While the Administration's decision to ban these deadly devices is long overdue, it's a step in the right direction,\" said Rosen. \"Our nation's gun violence epidemic continues to claim lives at a daily rate, and bump stocks have only caused more devastation as our community witnessed in Las Vegas. Passing a statutory ban on bump stocks is one of the most effective ways Congress can prevent these dangerous devices from ever coming back into use. We must continue to press for meaningful gun reform, and that includes banning the sale of military-style assault weapons and expanding background checks to all commercial gun sales.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/georgia-voice-congressional-democrats-introduce-bill-to-protect-lgbtq-people-worldwide", "Georgia Voice: Congressional Democrats Introduce Bill to Protect LGBTQ People Worldwide", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill establishing a State Department envoy who will track and respond to anti-LGBTQ abuses worldwide, reported Metro Weekly.\nThe Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act will enable the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples who will speak on the U.S. government's behalf to condemn foreign countries' efforts to criminalize or discriminate against LGBTQ communities.\nThe act will place sanctions on people responsible for human rights abuses carried out against LGBTQ individuals. Foreign nationals found responsible for such abuses can have their visas revoked, be deported from the country, and be declared ineligible for immigration rights or citizenship in the U.S.\nThe GLOBE Act will also create a Global Equality Fund that would accept donations from corporations, foundations, NGOs, and others to give money to groups or organizations dedicated to fighting against anti-LGBTQ abuses. LGBTQ indivuduals subjected to persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity would also be able to petition for asylum under the bill.\nLGBTI individuals continue to face violence, hatred, and discrimination around the globe, said U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, who was the lead sponsor of the bill. We in Congress will not stand idly by as the Administration fails to acknowledge and respond to the plight of vulnerable populations, including LGBTI people.\nThis bill sends a clear message that we all must protect the freedom and dignity of all human beings and to stand up against hatred and prejudice, U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel said in a statement announcing his cosponsorship of the act.\nThe bill has been sponsored by many, including U.S. Reps. David Cicilline, Alan Lowenthal, and Zoe Lofgren.\nMore than a dozen LGBTQ groups have supported the bill, including Amnesty International USA, OutRight International, Human Rights Watch, and the Human Rights Campaign.\nWhile Donald Trump and Mike Pence remain recklessly silent on anti-LGBTQ atrocities around the globe, it's crucial that the United States Congress fill the void and make clear LGBTQ rights are human rights, said David Stacy, HRC's government affairs director. Congress must send a powerful message that the United States will continue to be a global leader in advancing the human rights of all people  including LGBTQ people.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/news/floor-statements/rep-titus-recognizes-national-travel-and-tourism-week", "Rep. Titus Recognizes National Travel and Tourism Week", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Dina Titus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      \n    \n    \n  \n      \n\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  MENU\n\t\t\t\n      \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nAbout Dina Titus\nNevada's 1st District\nNews\nLegislation\nHow can I help you?\nStudents & Youth\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nContact\nEn Espaol\nMake An Appointment", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/news/floor-statements/rep-titus-speaks-on-anniversary-of-sandy-hook", "Rep. Titus Speaks on Anniversary of Sandy Hook", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Dina Titus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      \n    \n    \n  \n      \n\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  MENU\n\t\t\t\n      \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nAbout Dina Titus\nNevada's 1st District\nNews\nLegislation\nHow can I help you?\nStudents & Youth\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nContact\nEn Espaol\nMake An Appointment", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/news/floor-statements/rep-titus-speaks-on-faa-authorization-bill", "Rep. Titus Speaks on FAA Authorization Bill", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Dina Titus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      \n    \n    \n  \n      \n\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  MENU\n\t\t\t\n      \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nAbout Dina Titus\nNevada's 1st District\nNews\nLegislation\nHow can I help you?\nStudents & Youth\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nContact\nEn Espaol\nMake An Appointment", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/news/floor-statements/rep-titus-speaks-on-women-and-international-development", "Rep. Titus Speaks on Women and International Development", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Dina Titus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      \n    \n    \n  \n      \n\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  MENU\n\t\t\t\n      \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nAbout Dina Titus\nNevada's 1st District\nNews\nLegislation\nHow can I help you?\nStudents & Youth\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nContact\nEn Espaol\nMake An Appointment", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/news/floor-statements/rep-titus-speaks-out-against-failed-yucca-mountain-proposal", "Rep. Titus Speaks Out Against Failed Yucca Mountain Proposal", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Dina Titus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      \n    \n    \n  \n      \n\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  MENU\n\t\t\t\n      \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nAbout Dina Titus\nNevada's 1st District\nNews\nLegislation\nHow can I help you?\nStudents & Youth\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nContact\nEn Espaol\nMake An Appointment", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/news/floor-statements/titus-fights-for-consumer-protections-in-housing-market", "TITUS FIGHTS FOR CONSUMER PROTECTIONS IN HOUSING MARKET", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Dina Titus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t      \n    \n    \n  \n      \n\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n  MENU\n\t\t\t\n      \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nAbout Dina Titus\nNevada's 1st District\nNews\nLegislation\nHow can I help you?\nStudents & Youth\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t \nContact\nEn Espaol\nMake An Appointment", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/rep-titus-releases-statement-on-bump-stock-rule", "Rep. Titus Releases Statement on Bump Stock Rule", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 18, 2018\nLas Vegas, NV  Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District issued the following statement in response to the final rule released by the Department of Justice to ban bump stock devices under the National Firearms Act of 1934:\nThe President seems to be more interested in making headlines than making progress, said Representative Titus, a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. We know that his proposal will likely be tied up in the courts and that Congress has to step up and provide the authority to the BATF to ensure any regulatory effort actually works. That is why this Congress I joined my colleagues in introducing the bipartisan Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act. From background checks to bump stocks, Republican leaders have blocked every effort to take meaningful action on gun violence. I am committed to this fight and am working with my colleagues in introducing legislation that will ensure these efforts are not a vanity project. It is my hope the Administration will support our efforts to get this right.\nFollowing the tragedy of the 1 October massacre that killed 58 in the heart of the Nevada's First Congressional District, Representative Titus joined Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), and Rep. David Trott (R-MI) in introducing the Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act. In December of 2017, Rep. Titus filed an amendment with the House Rules Committee that would have provided the authority to the BATF to regulate bump stocks and similar devices. That amendment was blocked by Republicans on the Committee. \n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/titus-announces-300000-grant-for-maryland-parkway-transit-planning", "Titus Announces $300,000 Grant for Maryland Parkway Transit Planning", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 18, 2018\nLas Vegas, NV  Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District announced that the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada was awarded a $300,000 competitive grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transit-Oriented Development Pilot Planning Program. The funding will be used to support the planning for new transit services and redevelopment along an 8.7 mile stretch of Maryland Parkway.\nStretching from the airport to downtown, Maryland Parkway is vital to the economy of the Las Vegas Valley, said Representative Titus, a member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Investment in transit is essential to meeting current and future growth and these funds will help to develop a transit system to serve this major artery and revitalize the neighborhoods up and down Maryland. I look forward to partnering with the RTC, local officials, business groups, and neighborhood associations to help advance this proposal.\n\"We know that where communities implement high capacity transit, economic development follows,\" said Tina Quigley, RTC General Manager. \"This grant will help ensure that we have a strategic and collaborative plan in place so development occurs in a thoughtful manner that benefits everyone. It will allow us to maximize the opportunities that high capacity transit can potentially bring to Maryland Parkway, a vital corridor in our valley that is ripe for redevelopment and additional investment.\"\nFor more information on the Maryland Parkway project visit: http://www.rtcsnv.com/maryland-parkway/\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/titus-leads-call-for-investigation-into-painful-dog-testing-at-the-va", "Titus Leads Call for Investigation into Painful Dog Testing at the VA", "2018-12-18", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 18, 2018\n\nWashington, DC  Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District led a bipartisan letter to the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) calling for an investigation into the Agency's use of painful and outdated dog experiments. The letter requests that the IG investigate whether the VA moved forward with experiments on dogs without approval by the Secretary as required under current law.\n\nI spoke with Secretary Shulkin about this issue the very day the VA now claims he gave approval for these experiments, said Representative Titus. He has repeatedly said he never gave such approval, leading many to wonder if VA staff ignored federal law thinking no one would notice. These are serious questions about the administration of the VA and the stewardship of taxpayers' dollars, and they must be answered. Unfortunately, this lack of transparency is all too common in the Trump Administration.\n\nRepresentative Titus, a former Ranking Member on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, has long questioned the use of animals for testing by the federal government. She first questioned the use of dogs in experiments by the VA in 2016. \n\nWhile this investigation unfolds, I will continue to push for an outright ban on taxpayer-funded, painful experiments on dogs. Next Congress I will reintroduce the Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act. It is my hope that current VA Secretary Wilkie will recognize that this kind of cruel testing is no longer acceptable and that it is time for him to work with Congress to find more humane and efficient alternatives.\n\nRep. Titus was joined on the letter by Congressman Brat (R-VA), and service veterans Congressman Lieu (D-CA), Congressman Buchanan (R-FL), and Congressman Mast (R-FL).\n\nSee the full text of the letter:\n\nThe Honorable Michael J. Missal\nInspector General\nU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\n810 Vermont Avenue, NW\nWashington, DC 20420\n\nDear Inspector General Missal,\n\nWe write to request an immediate investigation into irregularities regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) use of painful and outdated dog experimentation. Recent media reports and correspondence with VA Secretary Robert Wilkie raise questions as to whether the VA secured the necessary approval from then-Secretary David Shulkin to continue nine ongoing dog studies at the VA. This is particularly concerning since purchases were made in support of these studies that could only have legally occurred with then-Secretary Shulkin's approval. The inconsistencies between the accounts of former-Secretary Shulkin and Secretary Wilkie regarding this approval underscore the VA's persistent lack of transparency and accountability in its use of this cruel practice.\n\nAs you may be aware, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 that was signed into law on March 23, 2018, included language defunding and restricting dog testing at the VA. Section 254 of the law makes clear that the Secretary of the VA must approve the use of such testing, stating in part, None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to conduct research using canines unlessthe study has been directly approved by the Secretary.[i]\n\nDocuments released via the Freedom of Information Act show that on March 28, 2018, less than a week after the enactment of the new omnibus restrictions, the Cleveland VA Medical Center initiated a $42,721 pre-order for seven shipments of canines to be used in research with delivery dates extending from June 2018 well into FY19.[ii] Concerned that these purchases were inconsistent with the FY18 funding restrictions, Members of Congress sent a letter on August 8, 2018, to the VA to request that the Agency provide a list of all dog experiments that had been approved by the Secretary and the Chief of Research and Development since March 2018.[iii]\n\nIn a September 27, 2018, response to Congress, Secretary Wilkie wrote that nine ongoing VA dog experiments  including the study at the Cleveland VA  were approved for continuation by then-Secretary David Shulkin on March 28, 2018, and that accordingly, any purchases to support those ongoing studies with FY2018 funds are fully compliant with the requirements of Section 254.[iv] A VA spokesperson claims that former-Secretary Shulkin gave verbal approval on March 28, 2018  the same day he was fired  for the continuation of the nine studies.\n\nFormer-Secretary Shulkin has rejected this assertion, however, telling USA Today on November 1, 2018, that he wasn't asked, nor did [he] request a review for an approval.[v] Furthermore, Dr. Shulkin stated in a November 9, 2018, news report that, I did not authorize a formal approval of continued studies and that if there was approval by the Secretary, there would have been a signature for approval.VA does not do things with verbal approvals in situations like this. [vi]\n\nGiven these conflicting accounts, we request that you investigate the following:\n1) Were the nine ongoing VA dog experiments directly approved by then-Secretary Shulkin, as required by federal law per VA spending bills enacted for FY18 and FY19?\na. If so, when? How was this approval documented?\n2) Were the aforementioned Cleveland VA Medical Center dog purchases initiated before the so-called verbal approval was secured from Dr. Shulkin?\n3) How much canine research did the VA conduct between March 28, 2018, and November 1, 2018, in possible violation of the FY18 and FY19 funding restrictions?\na. How many dogs were purchased and used?\nb. How much money was spent to conduct research using canines?\nc. Where did these projects take place, and what local officials approved them in the apparent absence of Secretary-level approval?\n4) Did any VA dog purchases employ sole source contracts? If so, what was the justification?\n5) For VA dog experiments that have continued into FY19, did Secretary Wilkie directly approve each of these projects as required by Section 247 of the FY19 MILCON-VA conference report?\na. If so, when and how was this approval given? His direct and personal approval for any projects to continue into FY19 would have been required by October 1, 2018.\n\nThank you for your attention to this matter. Should you have any questions, please contact Christine Godinez (Christine.Godinez@mail.house.gov) in the office of Congresswoman Dina Titus.     \n\nSincerely,\n\n\n\n_________________________\nDina Titus\nMember of Congress\n\n\n\n_________________________\nDave Brat\nMember of Congress\n\n\n_________________________\nTed Lieu\nMember of Congress\n\n\n_________________________\nVern Buchanan\nMember of Congress\n\n\n_________________________\nBrian J. Mast\nMember of Congress \n\nEnclosures:\n1) Freedom of Information Actdocuments obtained by the White Coat Waste Project on July 9, 2018\n2) August 8, 2018,letter from Congresswoman Dina Titus and Congressman Dave Brat to Secretary Wilkie\n3) September 27, 2018, letter from Secretary Wilkie to Congresswoman Dina Titus", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-statement-court-ruling-undermining-aca", "ROSEN STATEMENT ON COURT RULING UNDERMINING ACA", "2018-12-14", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement denouncing a federal judge's decision in Texas after he ruled the ACA unconstitutional. Rosen applauded House Democratic leaders for signaling plans to potentially bring up her resolution to defend the constitutionality of the ACA in court in the 116th Congress. Rosen's resolution, which has over 175 co-sponsors, would authorize the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives to intervene in the federal lawsuit to defend the constitutionality of the ACA's coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions.\nWe need to do everything possible to protect health care for millions of Americans, especially given this disastrous decision, said Rosen. This ruling could jeopardize health care for millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Nevadans with pre-existing conditions. We must fight, now more than ever, to protect our health care. That's why I introduced a resolution to intervene in this court case and am fighting to stop these partisan attacks.\n\n\tBACKGROUND: Rosen's resolution is co-sponsored by the Ranking Members of all House committees of jurisdiction in addition to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced a similar Senate resolution to authorize the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene in Texas vs. United States. The Trump Administration announced earlier this year that it would not defend the constitutionality of the ACA in this case, precipitating the need for Rosen's resolution.\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/hellenic-news-of-america-ahi-applauds-congressional-action-urging-secretary-pompeo-to", "Hellenic News of America: AHI Applauds Congressional Action Urging Secretary Pompeo To Lift Arms Prohibition on Cyprus", "2018-12-14", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) applauds bipartisan congressional action that urges the U.S. Department of State, under the aegis of Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, to eliminate the prohibition on the transfer of defense articles and services to the Republic of Cyprus under 22 CFR  126.1. Fourteen U.S. representatives signed the December 11, 2018 letter to Secretary Pompeo that also highlights Turkey's unlawful occupation of the Republic of Cyprus.AHI backed the letter which Congressional Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Rep. Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), spearheaded.\nWe thank Representatives Maloney and Bilirakis for their leadership on this issue and the fourteen members of Congress for standing-up for the United States' strategic partner, Cyprus. AHI President Nick Larigakis said. We contend the State Department has the legal authority to remedy what has been, for years, an unlawful prohibition on arms transfers to the Republic of Cyprus. It is in the best interests of the United States for the Republic of Cyprus to look to the United States, and not any other nation, to procure its defense materials.In addition to U.S. Reps. Bilirakis and Maloney, the U.S. representatives who supported the letter were: John Sarbanes (D-MD), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve King (R-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).\nCongressional Letter to Secretary Pompeo\nBackground\nIn August, AHI announced the publication of an Issue Brief on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) under which the United States has prohibited the sales of U.S. defense articles/services to the Republic of Cyprus since 1985.\nIn June, AHI discussed the issue with State Department officials and submitted a memorandum with the key points which are in the Issue Brief. AHI also submitted the memorandum to the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/metro-weekly-congressional-democrats-introduce-bill-to-combat-anti-lgbti-abuses-abroad", "Metro Weekly: Congressional Democrats Introduce Bill to Combat Anti-LGBTI Abuses Abroad", "2018-12-14", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressional Democrats have introduced a bill that will establish an envoy within the State Department who will be tasked with tracking and responding to human rights abuses committed against members of the LGBTI community across the globe.\nThe bill, known as the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act, seeks to enable the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples to speak on behalf of the U.S. government in condemning efforts by foreign nations to criminalize, discriminate against, or carry out state-sponsored violence against LGBTI communities.\nThe GLOBE Act puts in place sanctions on individuals who are deemed responsible for human rights abuses carried out against LGBTI people.\nForeign nationals found to be responsible for such crimes can have their visas revoked and be deported from the United States, and will be declared ineligible to immigrate or become citizens.\nThe GLOBE Act also creates a Global Equality Fund, which would be allowed to accept contributions or donations from major corporations, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and other entities dedicated to promoting LGBTI equality and funnel that money to groups or organizations that are fighting against anti-LGBTI human rights abuses.\nAdditionally, the bill would ensure that LGBTI individuals who have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in their home nations are able to petition for asylum. LGBTI individuals continue to face violence, hatred, and discrimination around the globe, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), the lead sponsor of the bill, said in a statement. We in Congress will not stand idly by as the Administration fails to acknowledge and respond to the plight of vulnerable populations, including LGBTI people.\nThe GLOBE Act builds on the accomplishments of the Obama Administration and the work of various members, groups, and coalitions to establish a broad set of directives to reinstate our leadership in advancing equality, Titus added.\nThe bill drops just days after the 70th anniversary of the United Nations' adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a 1948 resolution that affirms certain individual human rights.\nThe resolution has widely been credited with setting forth principles that have subsequently been adopted by various nations and incorporated into various international treaties, agreements, and even national constitutions.\nNo one should face murder, torture, detention, or discrimination because of who they are and whom they love, but sadly it happens far too often around the world, U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, the ranking member and soon-to-be Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement announcing his cosponsorship of the bill. This bill sends a clear message that we all must protect the freedom and dignity of all human beings and to stand up against hatred and prejudice.\nOther cosponsors of the act include U.S. Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.).\nMark Bromley, the chair of the Council for Global Equality, called the bill a fitting tribute to International Human Rights Day, which commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\nBromley said the bill affirms that countries that persecute their LGBTI citizens share neither our values nor the commitment to democratic principles that is in our country's strategic interests.\nMore than a dozen domestic and international LGBTQI groups have also announced their support for the bill, including but not limited to Amnesty International USA, OutRight International, Human Rights Watch, and the Human Rights Campaign.\nWhile Donald Trump and Mike Pence remain recklessly silent on anti-LGBTQ atrocities around the globe, it's crucial that the United States Congress fill the void and make clear LGBTQ rights are human rights, David Stacy, HRC's government affairs director, said in a statement. Congress must send a powerful message that the United States will continue to be a global leader in advancing the human rights of all people  including LGBTQ people.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/washington-blade-new-globe-act-asserts-us-opposition-to-anti-lgbt-abuses-overseas", "Washington Blade: New GLOBE Act asserts U.S. opposition to anti-LGBT abuses overseas", "2018-12-14", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "New comprehensive legislation introduced in the U.S. House Thursday seeks to enshrine into law U.S. policy against anti-LGBT human rights abuses overseas and the process by which LGBT people facing persecution can seek asylum in the United States.\nRep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) introduced the legislation, known as the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality, or GLOBE Act, on the heels of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a historic U.N. document affirming basic human rights for people across the globe.\nTitus in a statement billed the legislation as an attempt to codify into law Obama administration policies against anti-LGBT human rights abuses at a time when LGBTI individuals continue to face violence, hatred and discrimination around the globe amid perceived inaction from the Trump administration.\nWe in Congress will not stand idly by as the administration fails to acknowledge and respond to the plight of vulnerable populations, including LGBTI people, Titus said. The GLOBE Act builds on the accomplishments of the Obama administration and the work of various members, groups and coalitions to establish a broad set of directives to reinstate our leadership in advancing equality.\nThe findings of the legislation document continued anti-LGBT human rights abuses overseas, including laws criminalizing homosexuality in Uganda, Nigeria and Egypt and laws in at least eight countries punishing being gay with the death penalty. The bill also notes authorities in the Russian semi-autonomous Republic of Chechnya last year were reportedly complicit in the round-up, torture and murders of men perceived as gay.\nMeanwhile, President Trump infamously told the U.N. General Assembly in September the United States will honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs and traditions, which critics have interpreted to mean the country has abandoned its role in advocating for international human rights. Trump has also said nothing about the reported anti-gay human rights abuses in Chechnya, although an international report is expected next week on the atrocities.\nThe GLOBE Act breaks down its approach to combating anti-LGBT violence overseas in several ways for both documentation and response and is hailed as a vision bill that would provide a comprehensive roadmap for U.S. policy.\nMark Bromley, chair of the Council for Global Equality, said the GLOBE Act is a fitting tribute to International Human Rights Day and to the 70th anniversary of U.S. leadership in support of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It affirms that countries that persecute their LGBTI citizens share neither our values nor the commitment to democratic principles that is in our country's strategic interests, Bromley said. We applaud this effort and urge bipartisan support for this bill.\nFirst, with respect to documentation, the bill would codify the recording of anti-LGBT abuses in the annual State Department report on human rights in countries overseas. The GLOBE Act would also require the secretary of state, with the USAID administrator, to produce an annual strategic review of anti-gay criminalization laws.\nWith respect to response, the bill would also codify the U.S. LGBT international envoy position at the State Department, which has been vacant since Randy Berry, now U.S. ambassador to Nepal, left the position. The GLOBE Act would also establish an interagency group to respond to urgent threats directed at LGBT people, a process started during the Obama administration within the National Security Council.\nThe GLOBE Act would also codify the Global Equality Fund in the State Department and the LGBTI Global Development Partnership at USAID to assist human rights defenders overseas. The bill would also codify non-discrimination in service delivery for all programs and services funded by U.S. assistance through any foreign affairs agency, contractor or subcontractor.\nThe bill would also require the president to submit to Congress a list of foreign individuals responsible for or complicit in anti-LGBT human rights abuses. Individuals on the list would be ineligible for U.S. visas, making them ineligible for entry to the United States and subject to removal. Additionally, the bill expresses the sense of Congress individuals on the list should be considered for sanctions designations.\nThe GLOBE Act would require PEPFAR, a federal program that provides retroviral drugs globally to combat HIV/AIDS, to monitor those non-discrimination provisions as well as criminal sanctions overseas for the use of PEPFAR-funded communities, such as condoms. The bill would also overturn the Global Gag Rule and the Anti-Prostitution Pledge, widely criticized on U.S. assistance overseas implemented by the Trump administration.\nUnder the rubric of immigration reform, the legislation would codify LGBT people as a group eligible for asylum and refugee determinations under the Immigration & Nationality Act. The bill repeals a one-year filing deadline for all asylum cases and mandates equal treatment in all U.S. immigration proceedings for immigrants with unmarried same-sex partners who come from countries where same-sex marriage isn't legal.\nThe bill also expresses the sense of Congress the United States should engage with international organizations, including the United Nations and the World Bank, to protect international LGBT rights, and prioritize efforts within the State Department to ensure foreign governments don't impede assignment of LGBT U.S. citizens serving abroad and support visa requests for their partners.\nDavid Stacy, government affairs director for the Human Rights Campaign, said the positions articulated in the GLOBE Act stand in contrast to the silence from the Trump administration.\nWhile Donald Trump and Mike Pence remain recklessly silent on anti-LGBTQ atrocities around the globe, it's crucial that the United States Congress fill the void and make clear LGBTQ rights are human rights, Stacy said. Congress must send a powerful message that the United States will continue to be a global leader in advancing the human rights of all people  including LGBTQ people.\nIntroduced at the close of the 115th Congress, the legislation has six co-sponsors who are all Democrats: Reps. Eliot Engel (N.Y.), David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Alan Lowenthal (Calif.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) and Mark Takano (D-Calif.).\nThe Washington Blade has placed a request with the State Department seeking comment on the whether the Trump administration would support the GLOBE Act.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-house-passes-farm-bill-sparing-440k-nevadans-receiving-food-aid", "LVRJ: House passes farm bill sparing 440K Nevadans receiving food aid", "2018-12-13", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  A sweeping $867 billion farm bill that includes food assistance programs for roughly 440,000 Nevadans and promotes rural agriculture programs beneficial to the state's farmers and livestock producers was passed by the House on Wednesday following Senate approval earlier this week.\nPresident Donald Trump called the bill, approved by a 369-47 vote, a big win for the farmers and is expected to sign it into law.\nNevada's congressional delegation  Democrats Dina Titus, Jacky Rosen and Ruben Kihuen and Republican Rep. Mark Amodei  voted in favor of the bill.\nTitus called passage of the five-year authorizing legislation a victory for families, animals and the environment.\nSenators voted 87-13 on Tuesday to pass a compromise version of the legislation that stripped out a controversial House GOP measure requiring states to impose work requirements on food stamp recipients aged 18 to 59. The work requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was taken out of the final conference committee version of the bill to advance the legislation through the Senate.\nSen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., both voted to approve the conference bill.\nCortez Masto said the bipartisan bill preserves food assistance programs and includes provisions that prioritize the needs of tribal communities.\n440K Nevadans get food aid\nTitus said the conference committee that crafted the final bill rejected House Republicans' cruel cuts to SNAP and instead makes investments in farmers markets and food banks to boost nutrition among families and seniors.\nAbout 15 percent of Nevadans  or 440,000 people  received food assistance under SNAP in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That is higher than the roughly 12 percent national average.\nOf that total, about 1,300 Nevadans received SNAP benefits through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, or FDPIR.\nThe average monthly SNAP benefit for each household member in Nevada in 2017 was $118, according to USDA.\nRosen said protecting the programs was imperative for families and senior citizens who who rely on these benefits to make ends meet.\nA congressional non-partisan budget estimate projected 1.2 million people nationwide, or 4 percent of SNAP recipients, would have lost benefits under the original House GOP bill.\nAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said that while Congress missed an opportunity to improve work requirements for nutritional benefits, it would provide a strong safety net for farmers and ranchers.\nThe bill does tighten accountability of the food stamps with a program designed to prevent people receiving assistance from getting benefits from multiple states.\nHouse Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., praised measures in the bill to provide accountability to nutrition programs and provide training and educational assistance to put people back to work.\nThis legislation is about empowering the individual, Ryan said.\nRelief and certainty'\nRyan also said the legislation expands farm subsidies and provides stability for those producers growing crops and livestock that have been subjected to tariffs as a result of a trade dispute between the Trump administration and China.\nThe bill provides relief and certainty to guard against the volatility of the agriculture economy, Ryan said.\nAssociations and trade groups representing farmers, cattle and livestock producers hailed passage of the bill in the waning weeks of Congress and nearing a deadline for authorizing legislation to direct spending on programs for the next five fiscal years.\nRepublicans and Democrats sought expanded access for rural families to broadband, which remained in the bill. A measure to create a working group to look at regulatory barriers to Wi-Fi access to rural families was part of legislation introduced this year in the Senate by Cortez Masto.\nThe bill also legalizes hemp, a strain of cannabis without the levels of THC in marijuana and grown for products that are widely available in the United States in the form of clothing, oils and household goods.\nTitus has championed the lifting of restrictions on hemp, and also supported the final bipartisan compromise bill that removed language that she said would have weakened the Endangered Species Act and imperiled wildlife in Nevada by easing restrictions on pesticide use, dumping and vehicular traffic in protected habitat.\nThe bill also cracks down on organized dog fighting and cock fighting and bans the sale of dogs for the meat trade, according to the Los Angeles-based Animal Wellness Action group.\nThat nonprofit also praised inclusion in the bill of language co-sponsored by Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., that would create a grant program to allow domestic abuse shelters to accommodate pets with victims of family violence", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/rep-titus-statement-on-passage-of-farm-bill", "Rep. Titus Statement on Passage of Farm Bill", "2018-12-13", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 12, 2018\nWashington, DC  Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District released the following statement on approval of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, better known as the Farm Bill:\nThe final Farm Bill agreement is a victory for families, animals, and the environment. The legislation rejects House Republicans' cruel cuts to SNAP and instead makes investments in farmers markets and food banks to boost nutrition among families and seniors. The Farm Bill protects animals by incorporating a number of bills that I support to make killing cats and dogs for human consumption a crime, help survivors of domestic violence protect their pets, and extend the federal prohibition on animal fighting to all U.S. territories. In addition, the agreement removes dangerous attacks on the Endangered Species Act that would have imperiled wildlife in Nevada and across the country. Lastly, the legislation lifts restrictions on legalized hemp research and production, a breakthrough that I have long supported. I am proud of these hard-fought victories and pleased to vote in favor of the final agreement.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/titus-senior-democrats-introduce-international-lgbti-rights-bill", "Titus, Senior Democrats Introduce International LGBTI Rights Bill", "2018-12-13", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 13, 2018\nWashington, DC  Today, following the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District led a group of members in introducing the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act to outline a vision for U.S. leadership in the protection of the rights of LGBTI individuals around the world.\nLGBTI individuals continue to face violence, hatred, and discrimination around the globe, Congresswoman Titus, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said. We in Congress will not stand idly by as the Administration fails to acknowledge and respond to the plight of vulnerable populations, including LGBTI people. The GLOBE Act builds on the accomplishments of the Obama Administration and the work of various members, groups, and coalitions to establish a broad set of directives to reinstate our leadership in advancing equality.\nNo one should face murder, torture, detention or discrimination because of who they are and whom they love, but sadly it happens far too often around the world. This bill sends a clear message that we all must protect the freedom and dignity of all human beings and to stand up against hatred and prejudice. I am glad to join Representatives Titus, Cicilline, and Lowenthal in introducing this important bill that demonstrates our American values and leadership globally.-Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee\nI'm pleased to be joining Congresswoman Titus, Ranking Member Engel, and my other colleagues to introduce the GLOBE Act to ensure that the United States is leading the way in the fight for international LGBTI rights. The important measures in this legislation will help ensure that members of the LGBTI community around the world are able to live with dignity and freedom, and that those who commit violence against the LGBTI community receive the clear message that their actions won't be tolerated. At a time of rising authoritarianism and crackdowns against LGBTI communities around the world, the GLOBE Act is needed more than ever.- Congressman David Cicilline (RI-01)\nI am proud to work with Rep. Titus on this important legislation. We have accomplished a great deal toward full equality in the Unites States, and while we have much more to do, it has never been more critical that we serve as a beacon of hope for the rest of the world when it comes to protections for the LGBTQ community. It is the duty of Congress to take the lead to ensure that we as a nation are promoting equality across the globe, regardless of whether or not the Executive Branch steps forwardwhich it has not done. LGBTQ rights are human rights, and should be the concern of all humanity.  Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)\nCongress cannot stand by as LGBTI individuals around the world continue to face bigotry, hate, and intolerance on a daily basis,\" said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. For far too long our immigration laws have failed to adequately protect and recognize the rights of the LGBTI community. The GLOBE Act will go a long way towards restoring the United States position as a leader in offering safety and protection to vulnerable populations around the world.\nMark Bromley, Chair of the Council for Global Equality, noted that this bill is a fitting tribute to International Human Rights Day and to the 70th anniversary of U.S. leadership in support of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It affirms that countries that persecute their LGBTI citizens share neither our values nor the commitment to democratic principles that is in our country's strategic interests. We applaud this effort and urge bipartisan support for this bill.\n\"While Donald Trump and Mike Pence remain recklessly silent on anti-LGBTQ atrocities around the globe, it's crucial that the United States Congress fill the void and make clear LGBTQ rights are human rights, said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy. \"Congress must send a powerful message that the United States will continue to be a global leader in advancing the human rights of all people  including LGBTQ people. We thank Rep. Titus for her important leadership on this issue.\"\nThis legislation codifies Obama Administration tools aimed at promoting LGBTI equality globally, including LGBTI-specific reporting in human rights reports and filling the now-vacant Special Envoy for LGBTI Human Rights position at the State Department; endorses the selective use of existing sanctions to punish those responsible for egregious murders of and abuses directed at LGBTI populations; ensures that U.S. foreign assistance and global health programs are inclusive of LGBTI populations, and, therefore, effectively reach most-at-risk populations; makes decriminalization of LGBTI status a goal in U.S. rule-of-law programs abroad; ensures fair access to asylum and refugee programs for LGBTI persons who face persecution because of their orientation or identities; calls for U.S. government leadership in multilateral consideration of these issues; and underscores that the State Department should deepen efforts to ensure that LGBTI diplomatic personnel and their families are world-wide available in the same manner that their straight colleagues are.\nThe GLOBE Act is endorsed by Human Rights Campaign, the Council for Global Equality, Human Rights First, Center for American Progress, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), Amnesty International USA, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, OutRight International, GLAAD, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), National Center for Lesbian Rights, Church World Service, Immigration Equality Action Fund, and Human Rights Watch.\nA section-by-section summary and text of the bill are attached.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/ktnv-rtc-of-southern-nevada-receives-53-million-grant", "KTNV: RTC of Southern Nevada receives $5.3 million grant", "2018-12-12", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada recently received a $5.3 million grant.\nThe grant is for the implementation of the Las Vegas Medical District Automated Circulator and Connected Pedestrian Safety Project. The RTC received the funds under the competitive Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.\nIn July of this year, Representative Dina Titus wrote U.S. DOT Secretary Elaine Chao to advocate for the Southern Nevada application.\nThe Las Vegas Medical District is an integral part of the economic future of Las Vegas, said Representative Titus, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This project not only addresses the growing transit needs of the region but does so through an innovative and technology-focused approach. Las Vegas is on the forefront of smart infrastructure and the GoMed project cements the region as a leader in addressing the transportation needs of all modes with a focus on safety. I am excited to work with RTC and the City to see this project advance.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-las-vegas-nonprofit-converts-shipping-containers-into-homes-for-vets", "LVRJ: Las Vegas nonprofit converts shipping containers into homes for vets", "2018-12-12", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "In lieu of a ribbon-cutting, Rick Rainey went to work on a 20-by-8-foot shipping container with a cutting torch.\nThe Builders United project manager proceeded to slice a window in the side of the steel container, the first step toward converting it into a rectangular home for a military veteran.\nThe demonstration Tuesday at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas set in motion the first phase of a project focused on housing veterans closely together. Ten shipping containers will be converted into prototype homes on the 4-acre Veterans Village No. 2 site on North 21st Street.\nThe nonprofit Veterans Village hopes to expand the project on a different downtown site to include 100 of the no-frills residences.\nOther cities, including Reno and Seattle, have adopted similar strategies to use tiny homes to address homelessness.\nYou can't solve a homeless problem, ladies and gentleman, without building homes, Arnold Stalk, founder of Veterans Village, said at the ceremony. This is setting a precedent.\nThe materials and labor needed to convert the containers have been donated by the private sector  something Stalk says is necessary in order to tackle homelessness in Southern Nevada.\nDo it Vegas style'\nPeter Guzman, the president of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, described the project as the cure to the cancer of homelessness.\nStalk, 64, the son of a World War II Navy veteran, said he has been planning the project since at least 2007. Before his father died, he told his son: Do this, do it right, and do it Vegas style.\nThis is a place of peace, Stalk said. This is a place of service, it's a place of humility. It's a place where we honor our veterans every single day.\nConstruction of The Village by Sands Cares, named for the major contributor to the project, is expected to be completed in March. Veterans Village will soon start accepting applications from its residents, who live in apartment units, to move in.\nStalk said he will lease the units, which will be compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, to low-income veterans for no more than $650 a month, with utilities and campus services included. With federal housing subsidies, veterans should pay no more than $200 out of pocket a month, he said.\nThe new containers were donated and shipped from China, he said.\nOn Tuesday, Stalk was also presented with congressional certificates of appreciation from U.S. Rep. Dina Titus and U.S. Sen.-elect Jacky Rosen. Laborers Local 872 also pledged to donate $25,000 to the project.\nRon Reese, a spokesman for Las Vegas Sands Corp., said Veterans Village has succeeded by taking chances.\nWe view this as an investment, not a charitable donation . an investment in an important cause: our veterans, he said.\nBetter than barracks\nLas Vegas City Councilman Steve Seroka also attended the groundbreaking.\nSeroka, a former Air Force colonel and fighter pilot, gestured to a nearby model shipping container with hardwood floors and painted drywall that fits a bedroom, kitchenette, living room, bathroom and shower. He said the setup compared favorably with some military quarters.\nFor some that served in the Middle East, this looks a little bit familiar, but what we lived in was not quite as nice, he joked. This says a lot about the commitment of the community to our veterans and our homeless across the board.\nIn addition to providing housing alternatives, Las Vegas has a duty to assist veterans and their families as they transition out of the service and into the community, Seroka said.\nHe said he plans to start a veterans coalition in City Hall to work with Veterans Village, and a policy committee to help tear down the barriers that our veterans and our military spouses face every day.\nWe can take care of the next generation to prevent them from needing this kind of housing by reaching out to them the moment they leave the service, he said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-rosen-backed-legislation-aimed-addressing-maternal-mortality-rate", "HOUSE PASSES ROSEN-BACKED LEGISLATION AIMED AT ADDRESSING THE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE", "2018-12-11", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) announced that the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act (H.R. 1318), which she co-sponsored last year, has passed the House. This bill would direct The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to partner with States to design a strategy to combat maternal mortality, including creating recommendations to improve practices for expectant mothers struggling with substance abuse or mental health disorders. The bill is now heading to the Senate and awaits further action.  I'm glad to see the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pass the House and get one step closer to becoming law, said Rosen. Despite major advancements in treatments and medical technology, our nation is facing a maternal and infant health crisis unlike any other developed nation in the world. I will continue to sound the alarm around the number of mothers and infants dying from preventable, pregnancy-related causes. Congress must make this issue a priority and work to make quality, affordable health care accessible for women everywhere. BACKGROUND: Rosen, a member of the Democratic Women's Working Group, has supported numerous legislative efforts to protect and expand reproductive health rights and health care for women, such as: \n \n\t\tThe EACH Woman Act (H.R. 771), which would repeal the Hyde Amendment, lifting the ban on insurance coverage for abortion services for women in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Indian Health Service, and for female federal employees and low-income women in DC. \n\t\n\t\n\t\tThe Women's Health Protection Act (H.R. 1322), a bill to prohibit states from imposing arbitrary restrictions on women's access to abortion providers. \n\t\n\t\n\t\tThe Global HER Act (H.R. 671), which reverses the Trump Administration's global gag rule barring international organizations that receive U.S. financial aid from talking about abortions to patients by physicians.  \n\t\n\t\n\t\tThe Protect Access to Birth Control Act (H.R. 4082), which would repeal the Trump Administration's rule allowing virtually any employer or insurance company to deny contraception coverage based on general religious exceptions.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tThe Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act (H.R. 2180), which would ensure that all servicemembers and their dependents who rely on the military for health care have access to birth control coverage. \n\t\n\t\n\t\tThe Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMA) Act (H.R. 5977) would extend Medicaid access for maternal health care for a full year after delivery and also direct the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to work with states to collect data on official maternal mortality rates, data which is not currently collected in the United States.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tThe Ending Maternal Mortality Act (H.R. 5761) would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to design and implement a strategy to cut preventable maternal deaths in half over the next decade. This legislation would support the establishment of maternal mortality review committees in states that do not have them, such as Nevada.\n\t\n ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-sandoval-urges-lawmakers-not-to-allocate-funds-for-yucca-mountain", "LVRJ: Sandoval urges lawmakers not to allocate funds for Yucca Mountain", "2018-12-11", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval urged congressional leaders to ignore last-minute pleas to place language and funding in a year-end spending bill that could revive the license application process for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The governor again registered his opposition to the project and appealed to congressional leaders that Nevada should be viewed by the federal government as a valued partner in decisions about nuclear storage, an ideal that often is not realized. Sandoval is the latest Nevada official to sound the alarm on 11th-hour efforts to secure some funding for the Yucca Mountain project after money was stripped out of an appropriations bill passed earlier this year for energy programs and projects. A final spending bill has become a vehicle for various pieces of legislation that lawmakers and President Donald Trump want to use to fund projects and priorities before a new Congress is sworn-in next year. Trump is expected to meet with Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer of New York and House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at the White House on Tuesday to discuss legislative issues. The president has threatened a partial government shutdown could occur if lawmakers do not include his $5 billion request to begin building a wall along the Mexico border.  \n\t  \n\tSchumer said the spending bill includes $1.6 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to secure the border, an amount that was negotiated by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. He said Democrats would not renegotiate, saying any responsibility for a government shutdown would be on the president's back. Averting a shutdown Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said there is bipartisan support in the Senate to get a final spending bill before next week's deadline and to avert a shutdown. The only one who is going to hold this up at all is the president, Cortez Masto said. She said a shutdown, even a partial closure, is unlikely to occur because lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle see it as harmful. The only person talking about it is the president, Cortez Masto said. Meanwhile, Pelosi and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have urged that language be included in the final spending bill to protect the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign and ties to the Trump campaign. Pelosi said House Democrats backed the measure after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan blocked separate legislation to protect Robert Mueller, saying such a stand-alone bill is not necessary. Lawmakers who support reviving the licensing procedure for the Department of Energy's application to develop Yucca Mountain are asking for funds and language to be tucked into the final spending bill. That has drawn the ire of Cortez Masto and Sen.-elect Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., as well as Democratic Rep. Dina Titus of Las Vegas who first sounded the alarm last month that a move was afoot to include money in the bill despite a rejection of funding by the Senate earlier this year. Sandoval weighed in Friday, with a letter dated Dec. 7 to McConnell, Schumer, Ryan and Pelosi urging that no funds be included in a final spending bill. In his letter, Sandoval also urged lawmakers not to include language pertaining to licensing or permitting at the Yucca Mountain site. House support for Yucca The House voted overwhelmingly this year on legislation that would streamline the application process for Yucca Mountain and increase the capacity for nuclear waste at the location, which was designated by Congress in 1987 as the site for permanent storage. Hearings on the license application by the DOE stopped after the Obama administration cut funding for the process. The Trump administration has sought to revive the licensing process, even though Trump said during a campaign event this year that he agrees with Nevada's opposition to the project. Only the state's rural counties, including Nye where Yucca Mountain is located, support continued licensing hearings on the application. Supporters of opening the Yucca Mountain site are trying to get funding in the bill to restart the licensing process after eight years. As the Dec. 21 deadline to pass the spending bill nears, some Republicans are eyeing the legislation as the last option to pass legislation before the Democrats take control of the House. But even GOP leaders, like McConnell, are trying to beat back last-minute add-ons to the bill, such as a bipartisan criminal justice bill that has opposition in the Senate. Republican senators also see the bill as an avenue to pass legislation to crack down on the Saudi government with sanctions for its involvement in the murder of a journalist. The Trump administration has balked at punishing the Saudis despite reports from U.S. intelligence that the government under the crown prince was directly involved in the journalist's death.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/rep-titus-announces-53-million-transportation-grant-for-las-vegas", "Rep. Titus Announces $5.3 Million Transportation Grant for Las Vegas", "2018-12-11", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 11, 2018\nWashington, DC  Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District announced that the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada was awarded a $5.3 million dollar grant for the implementation of the Las Vegas Medical District Automated Circulator and Connected Pedestrian Safety Project. The RTC received the funds under the competitive Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. In July of this year, Representative Titus wrote U.S. DOT Secretary Elaine Chao to advocate for the Southern Nevada application.\nThe Las Vegas Medical District is an integral part of the economic future of Las Vegas, said Representative Titus, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This project not only addresses the growing transit needs of the region but does so through an innovative and technology-focused approach. Las Vegas is on the forefront of smart infrastructure and the GoMed project cements the region as a leader in addressing the transportation needs of all modes with a focus on safety. I am excited to work with RTC and the City to see this project advance. \nWe are thrilled to be a recipient of this forward-thinking grant that will help accelerate mobility and advanced technology in Southern Nevada, said RTC General Manager Tina Quigley. We embrace innovative technologies that enhance safety and the quality of life for our residents. This project will provide us with data to better connect our residents to employment, education, healthcare and other vital services. This is a remarkable opportunity for the RTC and the City of Las Vegas to continue our momentum of building the foundation for a smart community.\nBACKGROUND:\nThe RTC of Southern Nevada filed the BUILD Grant application on behalf of the RTC and the City of Las Vegas. The BUILD Transportation discretionary grant program replaced the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program.\nGrant Amount:      $ 5,319,838.00\nDescription:        This project will provide autonomous and connected vehicle service, pedestrian safety devices, and smart transit shelters to the Las Vegas Medical District. The project includes approximately 4 autonomous shuttles, 100 connected vehicle onboard units, signalization improvements at 20 intersections, and 23 smart transit shelters. ITS improvements include pedestrian detection software at intersections, GOVegas app improvements which will extend green light time for pedestrians and Wi-Fi enhancements throughout the project area.\n###\nBelow is the text of the letter submitted to U.S. DOT by Representative Titus.\nJuly 12, 2018\n  \n\tThe Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary  \n\tU.S. Department of Transportation  \n\t1200 New Jersey Ave, SE  \n\tWashington, DC 20590\nDear Secretary Chao,\nI am writing in support of the application filed by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant to complete the design and full implementation of the Las Vegas Medical District Automated Circulator and Connected Pedestrian Safety Project. This project, commonly referred to as GoMed, is a collaboration between the City of Las Vegas and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC).\nThe Las Vegas Medical District (LVMD) is growing rapidly and preparing for a future of heightened travel demand. This growth includes a soon-to-be-opened University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Medicine, a full, four-year allopathic medical school. The linkage between Downtown Las Vegas and the LVMD is underdeveloped and provides a barrier to transit and pedestrian users, forcing inefficient and expensive auto trips and high parking demands. The LVMD's already robust internal circulation traffic, by car, by foot, and by wheelchair, is poised to grow with the District, bringing greater safety concerns as it does.\nTo address these concerns, the GoMed project will provide increased connectivity to employment, education, services and other opportunities, in addition to improving mobility and safety, particularly for persons with visible and hidden disabilities and elderly individuals. GoMed includes two autonomous shuttles, one linking the downtown and its Bonneville Transit Center with the LVMD, the other providing circulation in and around the District itself. Pedestrian detection will be installed at uncontrolled crosswalk locations on and near the AV routes, as well as signalized intersections, coupled with intelligent intersection analytics that prioritize pedestrian safety. This will greatly improve access for patients, medical professionals, nearby businesses, and residents of the area. I appreciate your attention to this important application.\nSincerely,\nDina Titus  \n\tMember of Congress", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-led-house-resolution-defend-constitutionality-pre-existing-conditions", "ROSEN-LED HOUSE RESOLUTION TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS PROTECTIONS IN FEDERAL COURT REACHES 150 CO-SPONSORS", "2018-12-10", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement announcing that 150 Members of the House of Representatives have signed onto her Resolution in the House to defend the constitutionality of the ACA's pre-existing conditions provisions. Rosen's resolution, which she introduced in July, would authorize the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives to intervene in an ongoing federal lawsuit on behalf of the House to defend the constitutionality of the ACA's coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The Republican lawsuit jeopardizes the health care of millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Nevadans. The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress are actively trying to sabotage our nation's healthcare and have put thousands of Nevadans' lives at risk by refusing to defend key components of the ACA that protect those with pre-existing conditions, said Rosen. No one wants to go back to a time when big insurance companies could deny coverage just for having pre-existing condition and this resolution would prevent Republicans from turning back the clock. I'll continue to make progress on this issue and will keep fighting to make Nevadans' access to quality, affordable health care a priority in Congress. BACKGROUND: Rosen's resolution is co-sponsored by the Ranking Members of all House committees of jurisdiction in addition to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced a similar Senate resolution to authorize the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene in Texas vs. United States.\n\nSPANISH TRANSLATION:  \n\t\nLA RESOLUCIN DE ROSEN PARA DEFENDER LA CONSTITUCIONALIDAD DE LAS CONDICIONES PRE-EXISTENTES EN LA CORTE FEDERAL ALCANZA 150 COPATROCINADORES\n  WASHINGTON, DC - Hoy, la Congresista Jacky Rosen (NV-03) emiti la siguiente declaracin anunciando que 150 miembros de la Cmara de Representantes han firmado su Resolucin en la Cmara para defender la constitucionalidad de las provisiones protegidas para condiciones preexistentes bajo la Ley de Proteccin al Paciente y Cuidado de Salud Asequible (ACA, por sus siglas en Ingls). La Resolucin de Rosen, que ella present en julio, autorizara a la Oficina del Consejo General de la Cmara de Representantes de EE.UU. a intervenir en una demanda federal pendiente en nombre de la Cmara para defender la constitucionalidad de las protecciones de cobertura del ACA para personas con condiciones preexistentes. La demanda republicana pone en peligro el cuidado de la salud de millones de estadounidenses, incluyendo cientos de miles de Nevadenses. La Administracin de Trump y los republicanos en el Congreso estn intentando activamente en sabotear la atencin mdica de nuestra nacin y han puesto en riesgo la vida de miles de habitantes de Nevada al negarse a defender componentes clave del ACA que protegen a las personas con condiciones preexistentes, dijo Rosen. Nadie quiere volver a un momento en que las compaas de seguros podian negar la cobertura solo por tener una condicin preexistente y esta Resolucin evitar que los republicanos le den marcha atrs al reloj. Continuar avanzando en este tema y seguir luchando para que el acceso de los habitantes de Nevada a una atencin mdica de calidad y asequible sea una prioridad en el Congreso. ANTECEDENTES: La Resolucin de Rosen est copatrocinada por los Miembros de Clasificacin de todos los comits de jurisdiccin de la Cmara, adems de la Lder Demcrata Nancy Pelosi y el Ltigo Demcrata Steny Hoyer. Los Senadores Joe Manchin (D-WV) y Claire McCaskill (D-MO) presentaron una Resolucin similar en el Senado para autorizar al Consejo Legal del Senado a intervenir en Texas vs. Estados Unidos. \n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-trump-administration-s-rule-to-ban-bump-stocks-languishes", "LVRJ: Trump administrations rule to ban bump stocks languishes", "2018-12-10", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Despite a report last month that the Trump administration would announce a ban on bump stocks in the coming days, a rule that would make it illegal to own the type of device used in the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas continues to languish without any official explanation. On Nov. 28, CNN cited anonymous sources in its report that the administration was just days away from announcing a long-anticipated rule officially banning bump stocks  devices that accelerate a gun's firing rate with a single pull of the trigger. The CNN report, which the Review-Journal could not confirm, came two months after the White House told the Review-Journal shortly before the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2017, attack that the Department of Justice would act soon. In the days since the CNN report, however, administration officials have rebuffed repeated requests by the Review-Journal for comment on the status of the rule. The revelation that the gunman had used bump stocks to accelerate his rate of fire in the shooting that left 58 concertgoers dead and hundreds injured triggered calls from Democrats and some Republicans to ban the devices. Even gun rights groups, which generally march in lockstep in opposing new limits on firearms, split on the issue. The Gun Owners of America came out against a ban, fearing it could be expanded to ban AR-15s and other semiautomatic firearms. But in a departure from its usual resistance to compromise, the National Rifle Association said that it backed tougher regulation of bump stocks.  \n\t  \n\tProgress, then silence White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at the time that President Donald Trump was very open to regulation of the devices, which had been approved by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2010, under President Barack Obama. And Trump has said that the administration is working on a ban and that congressional action is not needed because we can do that with an executive order. Much of the work to put a ban in place through regulatory changes already has been done. The Department of Justice proposed a rule change in March that would define bump stocks and other devices that accelerate the rate of fire with a single pull of the trigger as machine guns under the 1934 National Firearms Act. Its language in that draft did not grandfather devices purchased before implementation. Instead, after a 90-day period to give the public time to comply, possession of bump stocks would constitute a felony. First there was a public comment period that ended on June 27. Then the ATF had to review some 94,000 comments. According to Trace, a nonprofit newsroom that covers gun violence, 73 percent of the comments received after the March announcement supported regulating bump stocks. In September, Sanders told the Review-Journal that the Department of Justice had drafted regulations and forwarded them to the Office of Management and Budget for review. Since, there has been only silence from the administration, supporters and critics of the ban have engaged in finger-pointing about the process and whether a rule change is the best way to address the issue. David Chipman, a former ATF agent who now advises the gun-control group Giffords  founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., after she was shot by a gunman in 2011  said he is shocked he has not seen the public-safety urgency he expected after the Las Vegas massacre. Hopefully (the devices) won't be used in another mass attack, said Chipman, who describes the Las Vegas attack as the 9/11 of mass shootings. Legislation or regulation? Chipman maintains that the fastest and surest way to ban the devices would be for Congress to pass legislation. That also would make it harder for opponents to argue that the feds had misinterpreted the law, he said. But Ken Klukowski, a senior fellow with the conservative American Civil Rights Union who has participated in Supreme Court litigation on the Second Amendment, said the Giffords group has it precisely backward. Regulations can often  be implemented more quickly than statutory changes, he noted, adding that the Giffords group is just trying to find fault with the current administration for crass partisan political reasons, not the policy itself. While Congress moved to ban the devices, early signs of bipartisanship on the issue led nowhere. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., author of the Closing the Bump-Stock Loophole Act, said she plans to introduce another bill next year, when Democrats take control of the House. However, it is not clear whether such a bill, if it were to pass the House, would receive the 60 votes needed in the GOP-controlled Senate. Titus and fellow Democrat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto both say legislation is the best way to ensure that the devices are taken out of circulation. Our current gun laws do not provide the regulatory authority to the (ATF) to take action, Titus said in a statement. But Klukowski told the Review-Journal that he believes the proposed regulation would stand up to any legal challenges as well as any new law on the books. And he warned that efforts to craft a ban could fail because Democrats likely would turn any legislation into a Christmas tree that would impose numerous new limits on Americans' Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Chipman has different concerns, fearing any new regulation put forth by the Trump administration would be caught up in the courts for years to come. That was the political calculation in pushing for a regulatory change, rather than putting a new law on the books, he said. At this point, though, he isn't sure the administration will go forward with the proposed ban, as he does not see a good reason for a delay. He also took issue with Trump's comments on the anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting indicating that he had acted to eliminate bump stocks. No, you didn't, Chipman said in a belated rejoinder.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-meets-green-valley-high-school-student-coders-discusses-her-efforts-pass", "ROSEN MEETS WITH GREEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CODERS, DISCUSSES HER EFFORTS TO PASS BIPARTISAN STEM LEGISLATION", "2018-12-07", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Jacky Rosen (NV-03) visits Green Valley High Schools student coders, discusses bipartisan STEM bills to strengthen STEM education\n\nHENDERSON, NV -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, the STEM Education Caucus, and the Congressional STEAM Caucus, visited Green Valley High School and met with female student coders. Rosen discussed her bipartisan STEM education bills, which passed the House unanimously and now await action in the Senate. Rosen met with young coders in Nevada's 3rd Congressional district last year had recently passed the House of Representatives. A strong STEM education is vital if we want to see more of our students succeed in a 21st century economy. I was happy to visit with these students today and see their passion for science and tech firsthand. I'll continue working to improve STEM education so that we can prepare Nevada's students for the future. BACKGROUND: The bipartisan Building Blocks of STEM Act (H.R. 3397), introduced by Reps. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Steve Knight (R-CA), would direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to more equitably distribute funding for early childhood education in its Discovery Research PreK-12 program, which seeks to enhance the learning and teaching of STEM and address the immediate challenges that are facing PreK-12 STEM education. Currently, the Discovery Research PreK-12 program focuses the majority of its research on students in middle school and older. H.R. 3397 came to the House floor after unanimously passing out of the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee, of which Reps. Rosen and Knight are Members. In committee, the text of Rep. Rosen's other bipartisan STEM bill -- the Code Like a Girl Act (H.R. 3316) -- was added to H.R. 3397. Introduced alongside Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the Code Like a Girl Act would create two NSF grant programs to encourage young girls to pursue computer science: one to understand what contributes to the participation of young girls under 11 in STEM and computer science, and one to develop and evaluate interventions in Pre-K and elementary school classrooms, with the goal of increasing girls' participation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-applauds-300000-federal-grant-awarded-startupnv", "ROSEN APPLAUDS $300,000 FEDERAL GRANT AWARDED TO STARTUPNV", "2018-12-06", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), a member of the Congressional Research and Development Caucus, released the following statement applauding news of an Economic Development Administration grant totaling $300,000 awarded to StartUpNV for their Seed Fund Support Grant: This grant will go a long way to strengthen Nevada startup business community by increasing awareness, education, and funding for entrepreneurs, said Rosen. I'm proud of the work StartUpNV has done for the state of Nevada in educating, mentoring, and helping Nevada's startups secure the necessary funding to succeed. I will continue to be an advocate for innovative, pro-growth policies that support Nevada's business community. BACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Rosen joined 70 of her House colleagues in urging the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to include at least $276 million in funding for the Economic Development Administration, and agency that President Trump's FY2019 Budget proposed cutting by 98 percent. Rosen has urged House appropriators to fund a number of programs to benefit startups and other small businesses in the Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations bill, including those listed below:  \n\t\n \n\t\tSmall Business Administration's (SBA) Entrepreneurial Development Program: SBA's Entrepreneurial Development Programs offer training, counseling, and technical assistance to entrepreneurs and small business owners.\n\t\n  \n\t\tSmall Business Development Centers (SBDCs): SBDCs provide free or low-cost assistance to small businesses using programs customized to local conditions. SBDCs support small business in marketing and business strategy, finance, technology transfer, government contracting, management, manufacturing, engineering, sales, accounting, exporting, and other subjects. In 2017, Nevada SBDC counseled 1,546 clients, helped create/retain 497 jobs, and helped start 148 new businesses.\n\t\n\t\n\t\t21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC): 21st CCLC supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children (afterschool and summer programs), particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. In Fiscal Year 2017, 9,410 students in Nevada were enrolled in a 21st CCLC program.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tIndustry partnerships to improve apprenticeships to close the skills gap: In order to expand and improve apprenticeships and work-based learning programs, we need coordinated multi-employer apprenticeship programs and strong local partnerships that respond to local workforce needs. This letter asks for report language to strengthen investments in work-based learning programs that respond to local industry demand.\n\t\n \n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/gaming-today-proposed-federal-bill-would-require-states-to-receive-approval", "Gaming Today: Proposed federal bill would require states to receive approval", "2018-12-06", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "A proposed federal bill would require states to receive approval from the U.S. Attorney General before implementing legalized sports wagering.\nSome details of the bill were released by Senator Orrin Hatch, a soon-to-retire Republican from Utah, who told GamingCompliance, I think we would like to pass it. It's got some real reasons for existence.\nThe American Gaming Association, a trade group that represents the casino industry, has maintained all along that states don't need federal interference in dealing with sports-betting issues. The AGA reacted predictably to Hatch's proposal.\nSince the Supreme Court's ruling in May, the American Gaming Association has consistently maintained that federal legislation regarding sports betting is not necessary, Chris Cylke, vice president of government relations for AGA, said in a statement. That underlying position remains unchanged.\nAt the same time, we remain committed to maintaining an open and constructive dialogue with policymakers considering sports betting legislation at any level of government.\nDemocrat Dina Titus, a U.S. Representative from Las Vegas, also expressed concern.\nThis draft bill raises serious questions about the treatment of states like Nevada that already successfully regulate sports betting, Titus told CDC Gaming Reports. The Supreme Court's decision overturning PASPA was not an invitation for the federal government to repress states that have led the way. I'll continue to fight for Nevada's best interests in these discussions.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-announces-nv-03-winners-2018-congressional-app-challenge", "ROSEN ANNOUNCES NV-03 WINNERS OF 2018 CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE", "2018-12-05", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Rosen meets with the 2018 Congressional App Challenge winners from Nevada's 3rd Congressional District\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, the STEM Education Caucus, and the Congressional STEAM Caucus, announced Nevada's 3rd Congressional District winners of the 2018 Congressional App Challenge. Rosen met with Mia Lorenzo, Gaelan Chen, Daniel Kyong, and Thomas Kyong from Coronado and Clark High Schools and congratulated the students for creating the Chroma Calendar app to increase the accessibility of technology for people with color blindness.  The team's winning app will be eligible to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol, along with other winning entries from around the country, and featured on the House of Representatives' website. The team will also receive $250 in Amazon Web Services and be invited to the #HouseOfCode Capitol Hill Reception in Washington, DC.  The Congressional App Challenge, now in its third year, is a nationwide high school competition designed to encourage students to create an app for a mobile phone, tablet, or computer and to motivate them to participate in STEM education fields.  I was thrilled to meet with this year's Congressional App Challenge winners from my district and congratulate them on designing their creative breakthrough technology, said Rosen. STEM and computer science are at the forefront of our country's innovation, economic growth, and employment, and it's why I'm working to improve access to STEM education for Nevada children. My bipartisan STEM education bills, which passed the House and now await action in the Senate, would increase funding for early childhood STEM education, introducing our kids to careers that are focused on solving some of our nation's biggest challenges. BACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Rosen's two bipartisan bills to improve STEM education unanimously passed the House of Representatives as one combined bill. The Building Blocks of STEM Act, H.R. 3397, directs the National Science Foundation to more equitably allocate funding for research in the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program to studies with a focus on early childhood. The Code Like a Girl Act, H.R. 3316, creates two National Science Foundation grants to research and fund computer science programs that encourage early childhood education in STEM for girls under the age of 11. The combined bill is now awaiting action in the U.S. Senate.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/cdc-gaming-reports-inc-response-to-proposed-federal-sports-betting-oversight-legislation", "CDC Gaming Reports Inc: Response to proposed federal sports betting oversight: Legislation not necessary", "2018-12-05", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Reaction Tuesday to a proposed federal sports wagering bill  that would require states to seek Department of Justice approval before legalizing sports gaming  was met with a thud.\nA 37-page discussion draft of the legislation was circulated for feedback and first uncovered by Legal Sports Report. Among the proposals included states having to submit an application to the U.S. Attorney General before legalizing sports wagering and a ban on betting on amateur events.\nThe Supreme Court ruled in May that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was unconstitutional, opening the U.S. to legal sports betting. Six states  Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island  legalized sports betting at casinos and racetracks. New Mexico allowed an Indian casino to open a sports book. Before the ruling, Nevada had been the only state with full-scale regulated sports betting.\nThis draft bill raises serious questions about the treatment of states like Nevada that already successfully regulate sports betting, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said of the proposed legislation. The Supreme Court's decision overturning PASPA was not an invitation for the federal government to repress states that have led the way. I'll continue to fight for Nevada's best interests in these discussions.\nThe Washington D.C.-based American Gaming Association, which supported New Jersey's years-long court battle to legalize sports betting, opposes the federal government stepping into the mix.\nSince the Supreme Court's ruling in May, the American Gaming Association has consistently maintained that federal legislation regarding sports betting is not necessary, said Chris Cylke, AGA's vice president of government relations. That underlying position remains unchanged. At the same time, we remain committed to maintaining an open and constructive dialogue with policymakers considering sports betting legislation at any level of government.\nIn August, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said a few days apart from each other that Congress should come up with a federal framework governing the nation's growing legal sports betting market.\nI'd like to say upfront that I am not a fan of sports betting, Hatch said on the Senate floor on August 23. I have grave concerns about gambling in general, and sports betting in particular.\nSources said Hatch's office circulated the draft proposal for suggestions. Hatch is from one of two states without any form of legalized gambling. He is also retiring this year, choosing not to seek re-election.\nSchumer is from New York City, home to the major professional sports leagues' headquarters. Leaders of the NBA and Major League Baseball have expressed a desire for integrity fees as compensation for the perceived increase in security because of sports gambling.\nAs a New York sports fan  and a senator, my priority  is making sure the integrity of the games we love is preserved, that young people and those suffering from gambling addiction are not taken advantage of, and that consumers that choose to engage in sports betting are appropriately protected, Schumer said in a statement on Aug. 29.\nThe draft legislation also moves to amend and clarify the federal Wire Act to allow for some amount of sports betting information to flow across state lines and mandates use of official league data by sports betting operators from sports leagues (or their proxies) through 2022.\nThe bill also addresses the existing federal excise tax on sports wagering, which taxes handle  not revenue  at a rate of .25 percent. The money would be placed in a wagering trust fund for deployment on sports betting matters.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nv-independent-nevada-comes-out-punching-in-lawsuit-to-stop-doe-plan-to-ship-plutonium", "NV Independent: Nevada comes out punching in lawsuit to stop DOE plan to ship plutonium for storage", "2018-12-05", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Citing violation of federal environmental law and the threat posed to its citizens, Nevada has sued the Department of Energy (DOE) in order to stop the agency from implementing a plan to store one metric ton of plutonium from South Carolina in the state.\nThe legal move underlines the state's standing concerns that the federal government is trying to open the door to new waste coming into Nevada in order to clear the way to establishing the state as a repository for nuclear waste, including at Yucca Mountain, where the federal government has long sought to build a facility. It also marks the unraveling of what the state had previously seen as good-faith negotiations with the DOE to come up with an alternative storage solution for the plutonium.\nAs I have made clear throughout my tenure as Governor, Nevada will not stand for anything that could potentially harm the health, safety and/or welfare of our citizens, Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a statement. So long as I am Governor of the Silver State, Nevada will fight this issue at every level.\nDOE declined to discuss the suit, citing its policy not to comment on pending litigation. DOE also would not discuss whether a shipment has been made because the operation, which is handled by the DOE's Office Nuclear Transportation, and is classified for security concerns.\nThe agency may have already shipped some of the toxic cargo, according to Robert Halstead, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects.\nWe're going to be really pissed off if it turns out they snuck a shipment in here while they were engaged in what we thought were good faith negotiations, Halstead said in an interview Tuesday, reiterating that the governor's office has been ongoing discussions with DOE to find a solution. But those talks were not fruitful.\nFrankly DOE thumbed their nose at us, and that's why we are hitting them hard now, Halstead said, adding he did not know for certain that DOE had shipped any material.\nWe just don't know, he said citing the agency's unwillingness to share information with the state due to the need for secrecy to safely and securely transport dangerous material.\nThe attorney general's office wanted to file a legal response on Nevada Day, Oct. 26, in a symbolic effort to show the state would not be bullied, Halstead said. The office also wanted to file out of concern that DOE might even try to start shipping the plutonium, which as a whole would require about 10 truckloads.\nBut after hearing from outside counsel and other members of the state's team that trying to work with DOE directly would strengthen a possible case against the agency in the event an agreement could not be reached, Halstead helped urge the state to hold off and let the governor's talks with DOE play out.\nThe parties last met at the end of October in Washington, D.C., but with no resolution in sight the state decided to forgo the talks and move forward with its lawsuit, which it filed Friday.\nIn its motion for preliminary injunction, the state argued that the DOE proposal would violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 by relying on an environmental review that was premised on previous analyses and decisions, and which did not take into account indefinitely storing up to one metric ton of plutonium at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).\nThe critical legal question is whether NEPA requires the earlier statements to be supplemented in order for the new proposed action to be supported by an adequate environmental review, the state's motion said.\nIn the suit, the state also raised concerns that one ton of waste could be just the beginning. Up to six tons of weapons-grade plutonium that have been moved to the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina over the last decade and a half could potentially fall under the May 2018 court order that prompted DOE to devise the plan to ship the one ton to Nevada in the first place. That May order was driven in part by the DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) failure to meet a deadline to complete construction at the SRS, which is intended to repurpose excess plutonium into fuel for nuclear reactors. A federal district court in May ordered that one metric ton of plutonium be removed from the site.\nNevada is concerned that allowing one ton of the waste would set a bad precedent, especially as the U.S. has a standing agreement with Russia to destroy 34 metric tons of its surplus, weapons-grade plutonium, which could then also find its way to Nevada.\nClearly, there is no reasonably foreseeable final resting place or disposal option for these 34 metric tons of surplus, weapons-grade plutonium, the state's filing said. Nevada is rightly concerned that the one metric ton of plutonium, which is the subject of the [supplemental analysis (SA) conducted by DOE], is merely the first step in a series of connected actions that will result in the transportation of the entire plutonium surplus to the NNSS in Nevada. The [DOE analysis] is deficient for failing to mention this possibility, let alone refer to any previous EIS where these cumulative impacts are evaluated.\nNevada also laid out its concerns for the safety of its population in the filing, citing possible contamination of the water supply. The NNSS sits about 90 miles from Las Vegas.\nI believe the DOE/NNSA's proposed action will result in increased radiation doses to Nevada citizens and would, in some circumstances, lead to contamination of the lands and the groundwater of Nevada with radioactive materials, court documents said. Nevada's sovereign interests are injured because, under Nevada law, all water, both surface and underground, is owned by the people of Nevada and administered by the State of Nevada.\nSome members of the state's congressional delegation also weighed in Tuesday, including Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat.\nI stand with Governor Sandoval and a bipartisan majority of Nevadans against any attempt at storing nuclear materials in our backyards, she said in a statement. The proposal considered by the Department of Energy is nothing more than a back door attempt at Yucca that would keep nuclear materials near the sensitive Nevada National Security Site. The supplemental analysis conducted on this plan lacked detail and flies in the face of the principles of consent-based siting. I will continue to stand with Governor Sandoval and the entire congressional delegation against any attempt at forcing the storage of nuclear materials in Nevada without our consent.\nDemocratic Rep. Jacky Rosen, who will be the state's junior senator beginning in January, said she too supports the state in its dealings with Energy Secretary Rick Perry.\nSecretary Perry owes Nevadans answers, including a proper assessment of the impact that transporting and storing this plutonium could have on Nevadans' health and safety, Rosen said in a statement. I'll continue to call on DOE to conduct a full environmental analysis that outlines the risks that this project would pose to our communities and Nevada's military installations.\nRep. Dina Titus, also a Democrat, reiterated her concern about the issue.\nThe Trump Dept. of Energy is using Nevada to fix its plutonium problems in South Carolina. The case filed by the State raises some serious questions about the Administration's lack of due diligence with this decision, she tweeted.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-applauds-doj-grant-award-support-1-october-victims", "ROSEN APPLAUDS DOJ FOR GRANT AWARD TO SUPPORT 1 OCTOBER VICTIMS", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement applauding the Department of Justice (DOJ) for recently awarding $16.7 million from the Department's Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program to support victims and survivors of 1 October. The grant will provide funds to cover the costs of trauma counseling and therapy for the more than 600 victims affected by 1 October. I thank all our local and state authorities for working diligently with the DOJ in helping our community receive this much needed award, said Rosen. 1 October forever changed the lives of countless families in Las Vegas and across the country. This grant will provide much needed funding to support victims and survivors so they can get access to counseling, therapy, vocational rehabilitation, trauma recovery, and much needed legal aid. I will continue to do everything in my power to help our community heal.\n\n\tBACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Rosen signed on to a letter urging the DOJ to accept Nevada's application for this grant through the DOJ's Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program.\n\t\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-cortez-masto-send-letter-urging-senate-appropriators-not-fund-yucca", "ROSEN, CORTEZ MASTO SEND LETTER URGING SENATE APPROPRIATORS TO NOT FUND YUCCA IN OMNIBUS", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in sending the following letter to Senate Appropriators requesting that no funds be appropriated for Yucca Mountain in the FY 2019 omnibus legislation. The State of Nevada, the Nevada Congressional Delegation, and the majority of Nevadans are adamantly opposed to the storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste in our state. The development of Yucca Mountain is also opposed by Southern Nevada's prominent travel and entertainment industries, SEIU-Nevada and UNITE HERE, as well as several conservation groups, including the League of Conservation Voters, NRDC, Sierra Club, and others, wrote the Members.  We strongly oppose the construction of a repository at Yucca Mountain because it threatens the health and safety of Nevadans, putting at risk those residents that live near the site and in the 44 states that the transportation routes would travel through by train or highway. The massive amount of infrastructure required for the safe operation of this facility is non-existent. The costly 300 miles of new railroad track and 42 miles of tunnels to accommodate nuclear material and its infrastructure only infringes upon and further endangers the livelihoods of Nevada's residents and businesses, concluded the Members. \nRead the text of the letter below: LETTER TEXT Dear Leader Schumer, Vice Chairman Leahy, and Ranking Member Feinstein: As the Senate works with the House to craft an FY19 Appropriations Omnibus, we respectfully ask you to oppose any efforts and funding requests to restart the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project in our home state of Nevada. Considering the FY19 Energy & Water Appropriations bill has already been signed into law, we see no reason to include funding for Yucca Mountain in an omnibus package. The State of Nevada, the Nevada Congressional Delegation, and the majority of Nevadans are adamantly opposed to the storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste in our state. The development of Yucca Mountain is also opposed by Southern Nevada's prominent travel and entertainment industries, SEIU-Nevada and UNITE HERE, as well as several conservation groups, including the League of Conservation Voters, NRDC, Sierra Club, and others. In 1987, Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and targeted Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the sole site for our nation's geological repository. The State of Nevada and local communities have repeatedly and consistently opposed this site recommendation. Nevadans have never given their consent to such a facility. To otherwise force Nevada to store nuclear waste would infringe upon Nevada's right to protect and ensure the safety of its residents as it chooses. Furthermore, the State of Nevada stands ready to fully adjudicate the nearly 300 legal contentions should this process move forward  further halting any progress on resolving the nation's nuclear waste disposal dilemma for years to come.  We strongly oppose the construction of a repository at Yucca Mountain because it threatens the health and safety of Nevadans, putting at risk those residents that live near the site and in the 44 states that the transportation routes would travel through by train or highway. The massive amount of infrastructure required for the safe operation of this facility is non-existent. The costly 300 miles of new railroad track and 42 miles of tunnels to accommodate nuclear material and its infrastructure only infringes upon and further endangers the livelihoods of Nevada's residents and businesses.  Importantly, the Yucca Mountain project is also a threat to our national security and the readiness of our Air Force, because there is no transportation route to Yucca Mountain that would not impact testing and training at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Yucca Mountain sits directly adjacent to the Range, which provides the largest air and ground military training space in the contiguous US, and is home to 75 percent of stateside Air Force live fire exercises and munitions training. Furthermore, numerous scientific studies show that Yucca Mountain's geology and location make it unsafe for nuclear waste disposal. The Yucca Mountain site is seismically and volcanically active and contains faults and fractures that over time could move groundwater and any radioactive waste through to the aquifer beneath the site. \nIn its 2013 final report, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future recommended that any plan to address nuclear waste storage must be based on scientific analysis as well as consent from affected parties. Yucca Mountain does not have that kind of consensus. The majority of Nevadans agree that storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain is not a viable or sustainable solution. Consent must be at the center of any conversation related to depositing nuclear waste.\nIf Yucca has taught us anything, it is that forcing a repository on an unwilling state only gets the nation further away from a workable and safe solution. As such, we respectfully request that you reject any effort to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project, now and in the future.  Thank you for your consideration of this very important matter. \n  Sincerely,\n      ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-statement-commemorating-native-american-heritage-month", "ROSEN STATEMENT COMMEMORATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement to commemorate Native American Heritage Month, which is observed every November. This month, Congresswoman Rosen helped introduce a House Resolution (H.Res. 1163) recognizing National Native American Heritage Month. During National Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate and acknowledge the important contributions of Native Americans in Nevada and across the country, said Rosen. For generations, Native Americans have served our country in more ways than one, whether in the Armed Forces and now in the halls of Congress. I'm proud to represent such a rich and diverse state and honored to be able to celebrate the cultures and heritages of Native Americans. \n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-titus-urges-house-leaders-to-block-any-effort-to-revive-yucca-mountain", "LVRJ: Titus urges House leaders to block any effort to revive Yucca Mountain", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  A Nevada lawmaker urged House leaders not to allow any last-minute funding requests to be slipped into a final spending bill that would revive the licensing process for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.\n\nRep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., sent a letter dated Nov. 28, to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the top Republican and Democratic lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee asking them to turn away any 11th-hour funding requests by supporters of the Yucca Mountain project.\n\nThe Nevada congresswoman did not cite any specific request being made, and noted that a spending bill for the Department of Energy without money for Yucca Mountain passed the House and Senate and was signed into law earlier this year by President Donald Trump.\n\nThe Trump administration and the House sought money to restart the licensing process on DOE's application to build a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, but the Senate stripped the funds from that spending bill.\n\nAny funding put towards the Yucca Mountain licensing process is a waste of resources, Titus said in the letter.\n\nYucca Mountain was designated by Congress in 1987 as the site for permanent nuclear waste storage created by power plants.\n\nThe licensing process was defunded under President Barack Obama at the behest of then-Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.\n\nNevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, the entire congressional delegation and Las Vegas business leaders are opposed to federal efforts to develop a permanent nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain.\n\nNye County, where Yucca Mountain is located, and other rural counties support the licensing process to determine if the location is safe for nuclear waste storage. Supporters say development of a nuclear waste facility could bring high-paying federal jobs, contractors and tax revenue to the region.\n\nBut opponents claim that transporting nuclear waste through the state and storing it in an active seismic area just 90 miles from Las Vegas would put the state's largest population center at risk and cripple the gaming and tourism industry.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/washington-examiner-democrats-push-to-expand-school-lunch-to-weekends-holidays", "Washington Examiner: Democrats push to expand school lunch to weekends, holidays", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "House Democrats proposed legislation this week aimed at expanding the school lunch program to help feed students over the weekend, a sign they will be looking to pass the bill when they control the House next year.\nRep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., introduced the Weekends Without Hunger Act, along with 28 other Democrats.\nThe bill would set up a five-year pilot program to provide commodities to eligible groups like schools and food banks, to help keep kids fed over the summer, weekends, and school holidays. Titus says a significant percentage of kids in her district rely on reduced-price school meals, and need help when school is out. \"When they're not in school, far too many students across the United States go hungry over the summer, on weekends, and on school holidays,\" she said in a statement Wednesday. \"This legislation will fill a gap in federal programming to ensure that a vacation from school doesn't mean hunger for our children.\"\nOne of the groups that could be eligible for the program, Three Square, distributed thousand of \"weekend bags\" of food for students in the last school year. The group's president and CEO, Brian Burton, said he supports the bill as an attempt to \"bridge the hunger gap\" many kids face when not in school.\nThe bill doesn't include a cost estimate, and while it's unlikely to go anywhere in the House this year, Titus' office hinted it could move next year. \"The congresswoman wants to lay a marker down for the next Congress,\" Ben Rosenbaum, Titus' legislative director, told the Nevada Current.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/titus-announces-167-million-grant-to-state-of-nevada-in-response-to-1-october", "Titus Announces $16.7 Million Grant to State of Nevada in Response to 1 October Massacre", "2018-11-30", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC  Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District announced today that the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Child and Family Services has received a $16.7 million Victims of Crime Grant through the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program. Titus led a letter, signed by every member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation, to the DOJ in support of the State of Nevada's application for funds.\n\nMore than a year after the worst mass shooting in modern history, which occurred in District 1, our community continues to face challenges responding to the needs of those directly and indirectly affected by the events of that horrific night, said Rep. Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District. Survivors, victims, their families, and first responders who put themselves at risk to save lives all need support, and I thank the DOJ for approving this request and helping Nevada meet their needs.\n\nThe grant will provide reimbursement to Clark County and agencies that responded to the tragedy with victim-related assistance. The grant will also fund the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center, victim and first responder support services, and the State VOCA Compensation Program for Route 91 Victim claims.\n\nGrants under the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program have been awarded to states where past mass tragedies occurred, including to Florida after the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016, to California after the San Bernardino shooting in 2015, to Oregon after the Umpqua Community College shooting in 2015, to South Carolina after the Charleston shooting in 2015, to Massachusetts after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, and after the shootings in Newtown in 2012, Aurora in 2012, and Virginia Tech in 2007.\n\nText of the letter:\n\nDear Attorney General Sessions,\n\nWe write in strong support of the State of Nevada's grant application for a Victims of Crime Grant through the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program.\n\nThe 1 October tragedy that occurred in Las Vegas was the worst mass shooting in modern history. People attending a music festival with friends and family for a night of fun were suddenly faced with a massacre that at best left people traumatized and mentally shaken and at worst took the lives of family, friends, and community members. First responders ran into harm's way to bring calm to a chaotic situation and save lives while risking their own.\n\nAs survivors face physical and emotional recoveries and loved ones of victims cope with painful loss, we must do everything in our power to ease the burdens associated with this tragedy. A family having to bury a loved one should not also have to worry about funeral costs, medical bills, or accessing mental health services; and a survivor should be solely focused on recovery rather than how quickly he or she can get back to work to earn a paycheck. \n\nWe have great confidence that the Nevada's Department of Health and Human Services Division of Child and Family Services will be a steadfast steward of this grant funding to help the victims and our community heal. With this grant, our community will be able to bolster Clark County's Vegas Strong Resiliency Center and provide support to victims, first responders, and their families. This grant will assuage some of Nevada's costs associated with victim advocacy and education; vocational rehabilitation; legal assistance; funding for first responders; and a proactive, ongoing media campaign and outreach to victims.\n\nHundreds of people involved in the massacre have already sought financial assistance from the state, and our community faces an additional challenge of reaching the thousands of victims who came from across the United States and around the world to make sure they know how to access the services and financial support available to them. We respectfully request your swift approval to ensure people can get the counseling, rehabilitation, and financial assistance they desperately need. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.\n\nSincerely,\n\n\n______________________________\nDina Titus\nMember of Congress \n\n\n______________________________\nCatherine Cortez Masto\nU.S. Senator\n\n\n______________________________\nDean Heller\nU.S. Senator \n\n\n______________________________\nMark E. Amodei\nMember of Congress\n\n\n______________________________\nJacky Rosen\nMember of Congress \n\n\n______________________________\nRuben J. Kihuen\nMember of Congress\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nevada-current-titus-goes-to-bat-again-for-hungry-kids", "Nevada Current: Titus goes to bat again for hungry kids", "2018-11-29", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For close to two-thirds of Clark County students, the free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches they receive at school may be the most nutritious meals, or even their primary source of food, throughout the week.\nThat's more than 203,000 students who face hunger at home and come to school unprepared to learn, says Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas. When they're not in school, far too many students across the United States go hungry over the summer, on weekends, and on school holidays.\nAt 44 Clark County schools, 100 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Statewide, 58 percent or 254,892 students qualify for the meals, according to the state.\nTitus is once again asking Congress to bridge the hunger gap for students by supporting the Weekends Without Hunger Act.\nThis legislation will fill a gap in federal programming to ensure that a vacation from school doesn't mean hunger for our children, Titus said in a release Wednesday.\nThe bill would establish a five-year pilot program that provides commodities to schools and food banks.\nThree Square is extremely fortunate to have the support of Congresswoman Titus who advocates for policy that positively affects hunger relief efforts in Southern Nevada, said Brian Burton, President and CEO of Three Square Food Bank. If passed the Weekends Without Hunger Act will provide children with the food they need most to bridge the hunger gap when they are not in school.\nThree Square distributed more than 168,000 weekend bags during the 2017-18 school year. The program would be evaluated by the Secretary of Agriculture.\nThis is the fourth time Titus has introduced the measure. It passed the House once, a decade ago when Democrats controlled the House. But the legislation has gone nowhere since.\nThe latest iteration of the legislation is currently without a price tag, according to Titus's legislative director Ben Rosenbaum.\nThe bill would expand eligible institutions to include summer food service programs as well as child and adult care food programs. It would also define an at-risk school child as one who is eligible to participate in the school lunch or breakfast program.\nWhy not wait for the 116th session and a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives?\nThe Congresswoman wants to lay a marker down for the next Congress, Rosenbaum told the Current.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nevada-public-radio-blm-to-roundup-wild-horses-in-eastern-nevada", "Nevada Public Radio: BLM To Roundup Wild Horses In Eastern Nevada", "2018-11-28", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Bureau of Land Management will commence with a controversial roundup of wild horses in eastern Nevada.\nThe roundup is expected to last up to 21 days and is meant to reduce the population of wild horses northwest of Caliente from more than 1,200 to less than 250.\nThe BLM says the reduction is needed to maintain wildlife and livestock habitat and reduce wildlife degradation of public lands.\nBut similar roundups have drawn opposition not only from wild horse advocates but federal delegation such as Representative Dina Titus, who say the federal government should be using other methods of population control.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/titus-introduces-weekends-without-hunger-act-1", "Titus Introduces Weekends Without Hunger Act", "2018-11-28", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "November 28, 2018\nWashington, DC  Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District announced today that she will reintroduce the Weekends Without Hunger Act, legislation to help prevent at-risk children from going hungry when they are not in school.\nIn the Clark County School District, over 62 percent of our school children rely on free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch programs as their main source of food throughout the week. That's more than 203,000 students who face hunger at home and come to school unprepared to learn, Congresswoman Titus said. When they're not in school, far too many students across the United States go hungry over the summer, on weekends, and on school holidays. This legislation will fill a gap in federal programming to ensure that a vacation from school doesn't mean hunger for our children.\nThree Square is extremely fortunate to have the support of Congresswoman Titus who advocates for policy that positively affects hunger relief efforts in Southern Nevada, said Brian Burton, President and CEO of Three Square Food Bank. The reintroduction of the Weekends Without Hunger Act will provide children with the food they need most to bridge the hunger gap when they are not in school.\nThe Weekends Without Hunger Act establishes a five-year pilot program that provides commodities to eligible institutions, such as schools and food banks, to carry out projects that offer nutritious food to at-risk school children over the summer, weekends, and school holidays throughout the year. Organizations such as Three Square, which distributed more than 168,000 weekend bags of nutritious food during the 2017-18 school year, would be eligible for the pilot program. To ensure the federal funds are well spent, the bill would require an interim and final evaluation of the program by the Secretary of Agriculture.\nThe bill is supported by Three Square Food Bank, the American Commodity Distribution Association (ACDA), No Kid Hungry, and Feeding America.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-critics-attack-plan-to-round-up-wild-horses-in-nevada", "LVRJ: Critics attack plan to round up wild horses in Nevada", "2018-11-26", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  A federal helicopter roundup of wild horses in eastern Nevada that will begin Monday is one of many that have drawn criticism in recent years by lawmakers who advocate for other means to reduce the number of the iconic animals on public lands in the West.\nThat bipartisan opposition could increase in the new Congress when Democrats take control of the House next year and challenge Trump administration proposals on the wild horse program.\nThe roundup in Nevada will be conducted by the Bureau of Land Management Ely District on sagebrush plateaus south of Ely and northwest of Caliente.\nIt is expected to last up to 21 days and is meant to reduce the population of wild horses in the Silver King Herd Management Area from 1,244 to 244. The reduction is needed to maintain wildlife and livestock habitat and reduce wildlife degradation of public lands, according to a BLM advisory.\nRecent roundups by the BLM and the federal process to reduce wild horse herds have drawn opposition from Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and other critics, who charge that the federal government is wasting money rounding up and holding the horses instead of using more effective birth control programs.\nThe federal government spends about $81 million each year on the wild horse program. In a Jan. 4 letter to the BLM, Titus urged a reassessment of fiscal priorities, noting that only 1 percent of the money was spent on fertility programs, while 67 percent was spent on roundups and removals.\nIn a Sept. 18 letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Titus also questioned whether the Trump administration was making it easier for buyers of the horses to violate a prohibition on resale of the animals to slaughterhouses.\nShe cited an Inspector General's report that found that one buyer purchased 1,794 horses from the BLM between 2008 and 2012 and sold them to slaughterhouses in Mexico, despite the prohibition.\nThe BLM concluded that it had no recourse because of the ineffectual language of its contract with the buyer, according to the report.\nThe public deserves to know what is happening to these icons of our Western heritage, Titus told Zinke in her September letter. We urge you to uphold your obligation to ensure their humane treatment.\nIn its last two fiscal budgets, the Trump administration has sought to remove prohibitions on horse slaughter. Congress rejected the proposal for fiscal 2019, which began Oct. 1.\nZinke told the House Appropriations Committee in April that despite the BLM's spending $81 million a year, nothing has been done to address the problem of growing herds.\nHe also said holding wild horses in captivity is inhumane, and he favors birth control, but he blamed Congress for the annual tug-of-war over the slaughter issue.\nZinke told the panel he remains an advocate of the roundups to reduce the herds, as well as neutering and spaying programs.\nRep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, called the birth control inoculations ineffective, and he urged more permanent spaying and neutering.\nLivestock groups have urged the Trump administration to soften the ban on horse slaughter. But a bipartisan group of lawmakers has placed riders in spending bills to prevent the BLM from using tax money to kill unadopted horses. And BLM officials said they are prohibited from doing so by law.\nTrump administration changes to the law could make it easier for buyers to resell the animals for commercial slaughter, according to the Humane Society and other animal rights groups.\nThe animals are protected under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which authorizes the BLM to manage the herds.\nRoundup open to public\nThe horse roundup Monday is being conducted under that law and is open to public inspection or view. The BLM said the public is welcome to view the operation, and it will escort those interested to observation sites.\nHorses removed from the Silver King area will be transported to the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corrals in Fallon, where they will be checked by a veterinarian and readied for the adoption program, according to the BLM Ely District.\nA roundup of wild horses this year in the Fish Springs region of the Pine Nut Mountain Herd Area drew complaints from thousands of citizens who opposed the removal and advocated the use of a birth control vaccine provided by private resources.\nTitus told Zinke then that the alternative would humanely maintain the herd population, support the ecotourism of the industry and protect the welfare of these iconic denizens of the range.\nWith Democrats taking control of the House, Congress may place more scrutiny on the wild horse program and the BLM's handling of the herds in Southwest states.\nRep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., is expected to chair the House Natural Resources Committee, which has oversight over federal lands, the Interior Department and its agencies.\nGrijalva pressed Zinke in September about a change in policy that allowed a buyer to purchase 24 horses passed over for adoption without special permission, a waiting period or justification.\nPrevious BLM policy limited a single buyer's purchases to no more than four wild horses or burros every six months.\nGrijalva said Zinke's policy changes raise concerns about the department's commitment to this long-standing prohibition.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nevada-current-qa-with-dina-titus-we-can-t-just-investigate-we-ve-also-got-to-legislate", "Nevada Current: Q&A with Dina Titus: We cant just investigate, weve also got to legislate", "2018-11-26", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "This year Dina Titus was reelected to her fourth term representing Nevada's 1st congressional district ,which includes Las Vegas and the Strip. In a wide-ranging interview with the Current a few days before Thanksgiving, Titus talked about newly empowered Democrats investigating Donald Trump and trying to hold him accountable  including from her new perch in the next Congress as chair of a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee. Titus also talked about the outlook for compromising with Trump, particularly on infrastructure, the fool's errand of impeachment, the rubber stamp Republican-controlled Senate, her long alliance with Governor-elect Steve Sisolak, and several other issues and subjects. Below are extended excerpts from the interview.\n***\nQ: What do you see as the consequences of the restoration of checks and balances in Washington D.C.?\nTitus: Well of course I'm enthusiastic about it. I'm excited about it. I think it was, despite what other people say, a great victory for the Democrats. We are now a backstop against things that Donald Trump wants to do. We can now provide oversight for the administration, which we haven't had any of in quite a long time.\nAnd I'll get to have a gavel. Right now I'm the ranking member of the (Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management) subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.\nQ: You mentioned oversight. Let's start with Foreign Affairs (Titus is also on the Foreign Affairs Committee). The Democrat who will be chairing that committee (Elliot Engel, D-NY) has talked about launching investigations into Trump's business dealings abroad, how Trump has leveraged the presidency for his own income How do you envision those investigations going, and once the investigations are completed, and you find out that there are nasty things that have happened, then what do you do? What are the consequences?\nTitus: I think the fact that you have the investigation is important to start with because there's been no real investigation until now. He (Engel) wants to look at Russian collusion, business in foreign countries, use of the presidential power that supersedes what Congress has done in terms of war powers  look at Yemen. So I think that's important to start.\nThe second thing is, up until now, whenever we have a hearing, they just send over think tank people We've got to have the administration there to answer questions. And when you shine a light on things, that's always helpful, if you're talking about no consequence other than the 2020 election. That's a pretty big consequence.\nQ: What would you like to ask about, say, North Korea?\nTitus: I think you want to have some meetings from the minutes that occurred. We haven't ever seen any kind of minutes or report from those behind-closed-door meetings that they had, when supposedly a deal was struck. I think that would be at a minimum to start with.\nQ: And you don't have those from the Helsinki meeting (between Trump and Putin in July) either.\nTitus: No.\nQ: So are you guys in a position to demand those, and actually get them?\nTitus: Well, we can demand them. Whether we get them or not, I don't know. But that just goes further to show the secrecy of this administration. But you do have subpoena power, so that's something that you can use if you have to.\nQ: And just to clarify, if you get the minutes, let's say from North Korea, what is it that we don't know that you would hope to find out?\nTitus: I don't think we know much of anything about this president's foreign policy. Now, part of that is, he doesn't really have a foreign policy. You know, what's our policy in Syria? What's our policy in Iraq? We don't have a policy, but maybe we could find something out about that.\nAnd just what commitments have been made? What has he committed this government to, that we don't know about, much of which would ordinarily require congressional approval.\nQ: Same thing with Iran. What kind of questions do you feel the administration hasn't answered about Iran and the U.S. exit from the nuclear deal?\nTitus: We don't know what's happensing with the nuclear deal since we pulled out. What have been the consequences? I was opposed to pulling out. I voted for the nuclear deal. Has (withdrawing) given us the results that we want? Who are we sanctioning now?\nQ: The business relationships, whether they be with Russian oligarchs, or with India, and sending Don Jr.'s or whatever the other son's name is\nTitus:and son-in-law.\nQ: yeah, and apparently enriching the company, enriching Trump's holdings, as a result. Again, what kind of consequences do you think you can envision, or that we can hope for, as a result of going through these investigations, actually having some part of the federal government say something about these things? What kind of consequence can we get?\nTitus: We have the courts. Admittedly he controls the Supreme Court. But you can start in lower courts. Right now you've got some cases against the president. There's an emoluments case. You talk about emoluments, the general public doesn't know exactly what that means. But if you put it in just everyday terms, about using taxpayer dollars to enrich himself, then it becomes pretty clear.\nIt's not just Foreign Affairs. One of the things under my committee are all the public buildings, like the post office that is now (Trump's) hotel. We understand he's not been paying the rent based on the agreement that was made. Plus the whole FBI building. That investigation will come under my subcommittee  all public buildings, all of that comes under by subcommittee.\nQ: What you going to do?\nTitus: We will ask some questions and try to get some answers. And it's been pretty clear  just how much he intervened in a decision that had been ongoing for a long time to create something that will cost more money, be more difficult, take longer, but of course removes any competition from his current hotel.\nQ: We get George W. Bush, and say, oh well, it can't get any worse.' And then the next thing you know we elect a game show host. And who knows what's going to come next? So if nothing else as a result of these investigations, should there be specific types of legislation to make sure that these kinds of things are illegal in the future.\nTitus: There's legislation now. Just because he gets around it, and just because he fights in the courts. The emoluments clause is in the Constitution.\nQ. But the emoluments clause is kind of loosy-goosy as to whether it applies or not. It's the kind of thing that you can be, that you can skate around in a court. But in terms of, let's say, the lack of a blind trust for instance\nTitus: Or having to give up your income tax return. I'm a co-sponsor of legislation to do that now. And the blind trust, I would support that. If you want to make the emoluments clause more specific, I would support that. The problem is you may have to just hope for political consequences, not legal ones. Because you've got a Senate that is still controlled by Republicans who are nothing but a rubber stamp for the president.\nIt is shocking to me that the Senate under (Majority Leader Mitch) McConnell has just become his (Trump's) Senate. You heard him (Trump) say, well if the Democrats investigate me, my Senate will investigate them, and we're better at it than the Democrats are.' In the past, no Senate, under any party, against any president, would have allowed itself to be put in that kind of position. They would see themselves as a powerful check. That's not true now.\nSo you can't do impeachment because they're not going to convict and remove. We need two thirds. So what you can hope for is, the more exposure there is, possibly getting a few Republicans, the worse it gets, to sign on to some of this legislation, and let the pubic see what's there so that in 2020, you can get rid of him.\nQ: As I'm watching, again, one worst president after another come down the pike\nTitus: And see I go back to Nixon, what could be worse than Nixon? Oh it was Reagan. What could be worse than Reagan? Oh it was Bush junior, what could be worse all of them look benign compared to what we have now.\nQ: Nixon seems masterful in retrospect.\nTitus: Especially if you look at the legislation he passed.\nQ: The environmental president. People forget that. But people from both parties have complained of the imperial presidency. That the presidency has become too powerful. And then you get someone like the situation we've got now. Do you feel there are specific things that Congress should do to try to reassert its status as a truly co-equal branch of government?\nTitus: I think the president has become more powerful over the years, and it's not just the Congress giving up power, or unwilling to assert power. It's things like social media. It's things like the growth of the bureaucracy. Just the fact that the focus is always on the one person, not the 435 members of Congress.\nBut on the other hand, Congress has given away power. They gave away power in the War Powers Act. They've said get the monkey off my back and let the president do it. So yeah I think we could reassert ourselves.\nWhat could we do? Internal improvements and reforms with the committee system so we don't concentrate power at the top, with the leadership loyal to the person in the presidency, might help.\nRight now most of the power comes from the (Senate Majority) Leader and the Speaker (of the House), and then it's handed down. In the past, probably twenty years ago, committee chairmen were much more powerful, in setting their own agendas, in setting their own calendars, and passing legislation up, as opposed to it passing down. And now you just don't see that. And it's hard to roll back the clock.\nQ: The executive order. of course Obama came under fire for it, Trump has come under fire for ones that he's done, and ones that he thinks he can do\nTitus: And ones that don't mean anything.\nQ: Is that an area where you think Congress needs to rein in the presidency?\nTitus: Well that's always been a power of the president that's an assumed power. It doesn't say anything about it in the Constitution, it's just been an assumed power. I think we've looked at trying to rein that in, and requiring more things to have congressional consent. But just look at the (2001 Authorization of the Use of Force). Now they've used that to justify every single war in the Middle East, and Congress hasn't pulled that back. We tried to with the Yemen resolution, but that went nowhere.\nQ: Let's move on to infrastructure  your committee. That is the one area, so the kids say, where there might be some kind of agreement with the Trump administration. What are your thoughts about that.\nTitus: I would like to think so, because everybody likes to cut a ribbon and hand out a check. You saw that after the stimulus package. Trump came in promising, what, $3 trillion? And then that fizzled away, because it was a few toll roads and a little bonding, and moving money from state and local government to the federal government. But if there's anything that should be non-ideological, it should be roads and bridges. So hopefully we can come to something.\nThe question, like everything, is how do you pay for it? And are these Republicans going to be willing to look at the gas tax, look at miles traveled, look at some other alternatives, and then get a real investement, not just a pretend one?\nQ: There is a school of thought that the Trump administration is setting an infrastructure trap, that they are happy to go along and let you build I-11 and do some airport upgrades, and let somebody else do something in their state a trillion-dollar pork bill, if you will. And members of Congress presumably will all be happy, because they can go back and, as you say, cut a ribbon and hand out a check. But that also allows Trump to go around and say look at how wonderfully I worked with the Democrats. See, I'm the deal maker. Told ya.' And it's actually a trap for Democrats going forward to 2020. What's your reaction to that general spooky think.\nTitus: I think, well, it's a little bit of conspiracy theory and paranoia. But it's not just infrastructure. It's also cutting the price of drugs. Are we going to do that? Are we going to get a DACA fix? I think the big question is how much do you compromise and how much are you willing to give him a victory, for 2020?\nQ: All right, let's take DACA. How much are you willing to give him a victory?\nTitus: If you tie DACA to the wall, that's going to be a tough one. I'll have to talk to the people in my community to see it that's worth it to them. I won't want to make that decision alone.\nQ: This is one of several areas that raises the question about the value of passing things For instance, the House going ahead and passing a competent, comprehensive immigration reform bill, and sending it over to McConnell, if for no other reason  and you can do the same thing with health care, you can do the same thing with guns, any number of issues  throw them over to McConnell to let him bury them or whatever he wants to do, but to let the public know, this is what you'd get if Republicans were out of power.\nTitus: I think that's important. And that goes back to the investigations. We can't just investigate, we've also got to legislate. And even if they don't have a chance in the Senate, I think you have to put them out there, because the base that elected us is demanding that. And if we don't respond to it, there's no reason for us to be there either.\nI think you've got to have some kind of gun safety measure. Background checks and bump stocks is where I'd start. You've got to protect DREAMERs, that'd be another first bill that we should have out of the chute. And, who knows? The Republicans on the Senate side may start to feel the pressure and you might get something passed. You have to try.\nQ: To go back to infrastructure, I just want to reiterate this business of making a deal with Trump. For instance, if you can get whatever you want in this district, whether it's  I know it's not really in your district but I know you've talked about rural broadband, and the need for that  but also I-11, airport, etc If there is legislation that provides the money you want for those things, but is not, for instance, a comprehensive bill that tackles, say, the massive backlog of wastewater infrastructure funding, the least sexy issue that you can possibly think of and yet it's incredibly urgent, or just drinking water in places like Flint If the infrastructure bill doesn't have that kind of larger, overarching, national impact, but it's got stuff in your district, then are you OK with it?\nTitus: I'm not going to say I'm OK with it. But I'd vote for it. You have to pick your battles. What are those old sayings you can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. And if you can deliver some things, that leaves you to fight another day for other things. So you can't just wait for the perfect bill. You've got to get what you can.\nQ: What do you think about the blue wave?\nTitus: I think it was a blue wave. Look how many seats we took. You had candidates who may not have won but certainly caught the world's attention  Beto, and Abrams in Georgia, Gillum in Florida. And even if they lost, they helped others beneath them win legislative and congressional seats. That was certainly true in Georgia and Texas.\nQ: What do you think was the biggest, most decisive issue, particularly in Nevada.\nTitus: I think it was the same as nationally. It was health care. And the irony of this is it was health care that caused us to lose the majority (in 2010), and health care helped us to win the majority. And once you give somebody something, then it's impossible to take it away. And the Republicans tried to take it away, specifically benefits for (patients with) preexisting conditions. And we harped on that in every single race, every single place, and it worked.\nQ: What about Trump? You don't think that was the decisive issue?\nTitus: I think that if you compared Trump to Pelosi, Trump helped us more than Pelosi helped them. And they've always campaigned against her, because her image is so bad. This time it didn't work, it was old news, she hadn't been in the majority. And their leader was so much worse than our leader. (Titus recently signed a letter with other women House members supporting Pelosi's selection as Speaker). Yeah, I think Trump was a factor in getting people energized, and maybe turning out. But I think the issue was health care, and then in a lot of the swing districts where we won, in those suburban districts, they didn't focus on Trump as much as they focused on policy.\nQ: I thought that too. But this reminded me of 2006, which you probably remember not as fondly as some other Democrats nationwide. That year, the issue was the Iraq War. I mean, that was the issue. But that's not what Democrats campaigned on. I can't remember what they campaigned on, something\nTitus: Social Security.\nQ: Oh that's right. Don't privatize Social Security. But the issue was the Iraq War. And I can't help but feel that there's a parallel here, that yes there was campaigning on preexisting conditions, but the issue, and as you say, the turnout driver, was Trump, and the desire to have some kind of check and balance.\nTitus: I won't argue with that. Certainly not in my district. You don't have a lot of Trump fans in my district. So it never hurt me to go out there and say Trump, we're taking it to ya. Other people were more cautious than that. And the leadership certainly didn't want to talk about impeachment, and still doesn't want to.\nQ: And you think that's right?\nTitus: I voted for (Rep. Al) Green's bill to study impeachment, and I wouldn't hesitate to do it. But I don't want to go on a fool's errand. If you don't have a chance to get two-thirds in the Senate, and you don't have strong Mueller investigation findings, then you're not going to win that. So let's find something we can win.\nQ: You and Governor-elect Sisolak go back a long, long way. Of course some people were not surprised but still a little disappointed when you endorsed him instead of Chris (Giunchigiliani) in the primary, but in any case\nTitus: It was tough.\nQ: So what are your thoughts about him being elected governor?\nTitus: I thought that was really the critical race in Nevada, because you have (Adam) Laxalt  I mean that would have been awful.\nSteve I've known for I tried to recruit him to run for the state Senate back in '92. When I ran for governor against the chosen one by Senator Reid (Titus is referring to her 2006 Democratic primary victory over former Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson, now a Clark County Commissioner) he was the only person who stood with me. And you don't forget that kind of loyalty. And I thought his behavior during the October 1 incident showed leadership and compassion and ability to get things done. And I appreciated that.\nQ: You talked about the chosen one by Senator Reid'  About Jacky Rosen  do you regret not having run for Senate, and if you did do you think you would have won?\nTitus: I regret it. I've said I regret it every day. I think I would be a good senator, and yes I do think I would have won. But I'm like Joe Biden when they ask him if he regrets not running for president. He regrets its. But he knows it was the right decision. And I absolutely know it was the right decision not to run.\nLook, I've gained 53 spots in seniority. I'm going to chair a committee. I'm in the majority. I have a fabulous district. I'm the dean of the delegation. If I'd have gone to the Senate I'd have been number 100, and you just have to start all over.\nQ: You mentioned the Democratic Socialists earlier. You are one of the sponsors of the Medicare for All bill\nTitus: The only one in Nevada.\nQ: A) Do you think there's a chance of your caucus getting that through the House and sending it over to McConnell, and B) Do you think that that's strategically a good idea?\nTitus: I think it's a good idea. I think the public supports it. And I think we need to start moving in that direction. Do I think we can get it passed in the next two years? No.\nQ: Not through the Senate certainly\nTitus: No I'm talking about in the House, too. There's just so much groundwork to do. You've got to figure out how you're going to pay for it. How much is it going to cost? How you're going to make it work with the existing Obamacare? How do you do that without eroding Obamacare until you can bring it all in to place? Good policy takes a lot of work. But I think that work should start. A little of it already has. And then in the next administration, a lot of the people who are running for president have already said they support it too. So I think if we take the White House, then we can see it happen.\nNow, I don't have any problem with the Democratic Socialists. They're talking about the green agenda. I'm on all those bills. I have been  my record goes back since they were born. So the issues that they care about are the issues that I care about, and that my district cares about. It's new messengers, but not really a new message.\nQ: Do you want to declare yourself part of the Democratic Socialist caucus?\nTitus: (Laughs) I don't think they even have a caucus. I think there are two of them.\n(Titus staffer Mike Naft says time's about up.)\nQ: All right. What do you want to finish this with  any observations, or things that people need to know?\nTitus: Well I'm looking forward to the next two years, and the role that I'll play within the delegation. Also I'm looking forward to Steve being governor, and working with him on some things for Nevada.\nI want to do a bill on Yucca Mountain that puts us on the offensive, not the defensive, and that will center around consent-based, but will include an interim storage part. I think that will get us some votes.\nI want to see my role as chair of the Travel and Tourism Caucus expanded, because my co-chair, the Republican, is Gus Bilirakus from Florida, and it hasn't done much.\nSame with gaming. You know, I'm kind of the gaming person back there. And as we move into marijuana and gaming, and sports betting, I think there will be a lot happening in that field where I can take some leadership.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nv-independent-nevada-house-democrat-likely-gains-subcommittee-chairmanship-after", "NV Independent: Nevada House Democrat likely gains subcommittee chairmanship after midterms", "2018-11-26", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "With the passing of the election comes a reorganization of Congress and Nevada's congressional delegation will see its fortunes rise in the House, where Democrats will be in control, but will lose some clout in the Republican-run Senate after losing its only member in the majority.\nNevada Democrats held onto the four House seats they had before the midterms. The one House Republican, Rep. Mark Amodei, held on to his seat, and will be in the minority.\nRep. Dina Titus, one of the four House Democrats and the longest-serving member of the delegation, is expected to become the chairman of one of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee subcommittees, putting her in a prime spot if Congress takes up an infrastructure bill. President Donald Trump named an infrastructure package as a possible area of agreement with Democrats following the midterm elections following the shift in power in the House.\nIn the Senate, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who has been named chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is angling for a seat on the Finance Committee. Republican Sen. Dean Heller has served on the panel, and Cortez Masto hopes to keep Nevada represented on the tax panel with in the wake of Heller losing to Rep. Jacky Rosen.\nThe Nevada Independent talked with Nevada's congressional members and their offices about the committees on which they want to serve for the 116th Congress, the two-year legislative session that begins in January.\nSen. Catherine Cortez Masto\nThe Nevada Democrat has served on six committees in her first Congress, which is two more than any of the Democratic freshmen also elected in 2016, giving her a broad portfolio of issues over which she has jurisdiction.\nEvery single one of them, I am fortunate to be on to fight for issues that are important to Nevada, she said recently.\nBut she wants a spot on the Finance Committee, which would allow her, among other things, to be at the table to help develop a plan to raise tax revenue to pay for any infrastructure bill.\nThat was on the top of my wish list when I first became a United States senator, Cortez Masto said of joining the committee.\nWhile there are two openings on the Democratic side of the panel created by the departures of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, who lost their races, she was unsure whether she would win a slot given all the jockeying among senators for the position. She also has little seniority in the Senate, having only arrived in 2017.\nThe downside if she joins the panel is that she may have to give up a seat on one of the top committees on which she currently sits, including the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, or the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.\nShe also serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, an important panel for the state due to its oversight of energy resources and development, nuclear energy, public lands and surface mining.\nAs a member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committees, she helps oversee federal elections, Senate procedures, rules, and buildings, and assists in the planning of the presidential inauguration.\nShe also sits on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Aging.\nTwo years ago, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced committee assignments in late December.\nSen.-elect Jacky Rosen\nRosen, a Democrat, has requested posts on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.\nI want to continue the work I've been doing in the House as a Member of the House Armed Services and Space, Science and Technology Committees, and I hope to continue serving on the Senate committees with similar jurisdiction, Rosen said in a statement provided by her office. It's my hope that I will be able to sit on committees where I can be an effective advocate for Nevada's servicemembers and military bases, and for critical investments in clean energy jobs and STEM [short for Science Technology, Engineering and Math] education for our kids.\nRosen also said that she is working with leadership to find other committees where she can be most effective for the state. Possibilities include the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions [HELP] Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to her office.\nSitting on the HELP Committee would give Rosen a seat at the table as Congress looks to address health care and mandatory coverage by insurance companies of pre-existing conditions, an issue on which she campaigned heavily.\nA post on Appropriations would allow her to look after the funding interests of the state, such as the budget for the Department of Interior, which sets policy on federal lands.\nRep. Dina Titus\nThe dean of the delegation, Titus is expected to be the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee.\nThe Nevada Democrat said recently that the panel has jurisdiction over the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is important to the state as climate change and resulting wildfires threaten Nevada.\nThat will be fun to have a gavel there, she said, adding that the committee will play a key role in crafting any infrastructure bill, which could help advance Interstate 11, the proposed highway connecting Las Vegas to Phoenix. Titus is a co-chair of the I-11 Caucus.\nShe also serves on the Aviation, Highways, and Transit Subcommittee, and the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee.\nShe said she has no interest in moving off of any of the committees on which she serves because of the seniority she's built up.\nIf you start over at another committee, you start over at the bottom, Titus said.\nShe is also a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she sits on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee, and the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee.\nTitus said she really likes serving on the panel as a political scientist, a subject she taught at UNLV. But she noted that Las Vegas has an international and diverse population that hosts people from all over the world. So serving on the committee, as well as the transportation panel makes sense.\nWe're an international city, Titus said of Las Vegas.\nShe is also a member of the Senior Whip Team and she expects to keep her position on the Steering and Policy Committee, which makes decisions on chairmanships that are recommended to the full caucus. That's expected to take place in January.\nTitus plans to support Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi for speaker. Pelosi is fighting an effort to deny her the votes need to win the speakership on the House floor, an election that is expected to take place in January.\nRep. Mark Amodei\nThe state's lone House Republican, Amodei, expects to stay on the Appropriations Committee, where he has served since late 2013.\nThat's going to be my request, Amodei said recently.\nUnder House GOP rules, members who serve on the panel typically don't sit on other committees. When he joined the spending panel, Amodei left his posts on the Natural Resources Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Veterans Affairs Committee.\nThere can be exceptions to that rule, though, and he is considering possibly requesting to join the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with an eye to getting a seat on the panel's Interior, Energy and Environment Subcommittee.\nI still have the door a little bit open for maybe asking to do that, Amodei said, but he added that he is reluctant because he doesn't want to gain a seat if someone has to leave the panel. I don't think I am going to ask for it, but I want to give it a little more thought.\nThere is one opening. Florida Republican Rep. Dennis Ross, a member of the panel, did not seek re-election.\nFailing that, Amodei believes he still has direct access to the Interior Departmentan important agency for Nevada because of its regulation of public landsby virtue of his position on the Appropriations Committee. He sits on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee, which writes the agency's budget every year.\nHe also serves on the Financial Services and General Government and Legislative Branch subcommittees.\nRep.-elect Susie Lee\nNewly elected Lee, a Democrat, is exploring her options for committee assignments.\nI am sort of in flux right now, she said recently, deferring to other members of the delegation.\nShe said serving on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is on her wish list, but with Titus on the committee she does not think she'll get it.\nShe has asked to join the House Education and the Workforce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Education and labor issues including pensions, wages, civil rights and equal opportunity.\nStudent debt is a big issue for me, so I hope I can make some change on Education and Workforce on that, she said.\nShe's also interested in the Armed Services Committee, which writes the annual defense policy bill. The House Veterans Affairs Committee is also on her list.\nLooking ahead, Lee said she eventually wants to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a much sought-after committee with a broad portfolio that includes health care, technology, the environment and an has its own investigation and oversight subcommittee.\nLee said she also looks forward to working on campaign finance reform, gun safety and immigration reform.\nLee has not said whether she would support Pelosi's bid for speaker.\nRep.-elect Steven Horsford\nIn 2018, Horsford, a Democrat, won his seat back in a rematch from the 2014 election.\nHe retains the seniority from the committees he served on in his previous stint in Congress.\nFortunately, I have seniority from my prior service, Horsford said recently, though he left open the possibility that he may try for a committee on which he did not previously serve.\nWhatever I serve on, it's going to be to help my district and the people in Nevada, he added.\nHe previously served on the House Homeland Security Committee, the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.\nA year into his first term, though, he won a spot on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees banking, insurance and related industries. In order to move to financial services, he had to give up the natural resources and homeland security slots.\nAt a minimum, I hope to go back to the committees I was on; there are other opportunities too, he said, declining to name what those are.\nThe financial services panel could be an attractive option given its jurisdiction over Wall Street. The oversight panel could also be desirable given that it is poised to conduct a raft of investigations into President Donald Trump's administration and businesses.\nIn his previous term, Horsford also served as an assistant whip, and said he would be interested in doing it again. He declined to say whether he would support Pelosi's bid for speaker.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-urges-nevadans-support-small-businesses-saturday-ahead-holiday-season", "ROSEN URGES NEVADANS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THIS SATURDAY AHEAD OF HOLIDAY SEASON", "2018-11-23", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement ahead of this year's Small Business Saturday, urging shoppers to support Nevada's local small businesses. According to the Small Business Administration, over 400,000 workers are employed by small businesses in Nevada. Nevada's small businesses play a pivotal role in creating jobs and growing our local economy, said Rosen. As we kick off the holiday season, I encourage Nevadans to shop local on Small Business Saturday. I'll continue to champion policies that are pro-business and give local entrepreneurs the resources they need as we move forward in building a strong local economy. BACKGROUND: Congresswoman Rosen has been a champion for small businesses and is an original co-sponsor of the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017, which passed the House last year. H.R. 2105 would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to work with other federal agencies to create and make available clear and concise resources to help small businesses identify, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risks. Rosen is also a co-sponsor of the Small Business Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation that would create a loan guarantee program for small businesses to cover the costs of acquisition and installation of cybersecurity technology and services. In May, Rosen submitted requests to House appropriators to support Nevada entrepreneurs and workers. Rosen requested appropriations for the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Entrepreneurial Development Program, Small Business Development Centers that give free or low-cost assistance, 21st Century Community Learning Centers that provide academic enrichment, and industry partnerships to improve apprenticeship programs. Earlier this year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded Rosen its Spirit of Enterprise Award for her support for pro-growth policies in the first session of the 115th Congress. Rosen was one of only 13 Democrats in Congress to receive the award this year.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/los-alamos-daily-post-udall-grijalva-lead-118-members-of-congress-on-bicameral-amicus", "Los Alamos Daily Post: Udall, Grijalva Lead 118 Members Of Congress On Bicameral Amicus Brief To Protect National Monuments", "2018-11-21", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Ral M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) have led 26 Senators and 92 House members to submit an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in five cases before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that challenge the Trump administration's decision to significantly diminish the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah. In the brief, the lawmakers argue that under the Constitution, no president has the power to shrink or reduce national monuments since that power resides with Congress alone  a case that members of Congress are uniquely positioned to make. Under the Antiquities Act, Congress has granted presidents the authority to designate national monumentsnot reduce or abolish them, and the amicus is being filed now to defend Congress's prerogatives as a federal court is weighing challenges to the Trump administration's attempt to dramatically reduce previously established monuments.  \n\t  \n\tThe full text of the amicus brief is available HERE. The full text of the motion to file is available HERE. A summary is available HERE.  \n\t  \n\tUdall is the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Grijalva is the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee.  \n\t  \n\tAt issue in these cases is whether any president, including President Donald Trump, has the legal authority to reduce or abolish national monuments.  \n\t  \n\tAccording to the plaintiffs, which include Native American Tribes, scientific groups, businesses and conservation organizations, the Trump administration's actions violate both the Constitution and the Antiquities Act of 1906. President Trump's order attempts to slash more than 2 million acres of protected land  reducing the size of Bears Ears from 1.35 million acres to approximately 200,000 acres and Grand Staircase-Escalante from 1.9 million acres to approximately 1 million acres  the largest ever elimination of public land protection in the country's history.  \n\t  \n\tFor more than a century, the Antiquities Act has empowered presidents  Republican and Democrat alike  to safeguard iconic landscapes and vulnerable cultural treasures, in New Mexico and across the country. These national monuments protect some of our most spectacular wilderness and breathtaking lands  what President Teddy Roosevelt called the most glorious heritage a people ever received,' said Udall. By revoking protections for millions of acres of public lands, President Trump has overstepped the authority delegated to presidents by Congress, putting cherished national monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante on the chopping block in an egregious giveaway to big corporations. This is a direct affront to the Native American Tribes who advocated for years to designate Bears Ears, the sacred ground that is their ancestral home, as well as the small businesses, outdoor enthusiasts, and local communities that rely on our thriving $887 billion recreation economy to attract jobs and tourism. With this action, President Trump would give away America's national crown jewels and flout Congress's constitutional control over public lands. Our system of checks and balances can only function if we enforce the separation of powers, and we must respect Congress's constitutional role as the sole steward of our public lands.  \n\t  \n\tPresident Trump and his enablers don't seem to care what laws stand in the way of their anti-environmental agenda, and they need to be stopped here and now, said Grijalva. These monument reductions are illegal and open the door to presidents ignoring Congress whenever they feel like it. This case is a test of our basic separation of powers, and Republicans cheering on the president today may feel very differently if he wins the battle only to have a Democrat follow him in the White House.  \n\t  \n\tThe amicus brief makes the following core arguments:  \n\tFirst, under the Constitution, Congress has absolute control over federal lands. The Constitution grants broad authority to Congress alone over any public lands owned by the federal government. In the Antiquities Act, Congress delegates to the president the limited power to establish national monuments  but not to abolish or diminish existing monuments. The Trump administration's actions are a clear overreach of the executive branch's powers that cut against the intent of the law as well as the text of the Constitution.  \n\tSecond, interpreting the Antiquities Act to prohibit presidents from reducing the size of national monuments serves the Act's purpose, which is to safeguard vulnerable national treasures. With the Antiquities Act, Congress gives the president a limited delegation of its power to protect places at risk. Giving presidents a discretionary power to prevent these national treasures from being damaged, without waiting for the passage of legislation, helps ensure that important landmarks and objects will not be destroyed before Congress has an opportunity to act. By contrast, the decision to reduce or eliminate an existing monument does not involve the same urgency, so it was equally sensible for Congress to reserve that power to the slower and more deliberative legislative process. This interpretation is supported by the circumstances that led to the Act's passagea concern that newly discovered American archeological sites and artifacts were being looted.  \n\tThird, Congress has not implicitly granted presidents the power to diminish national monuments simply because it did not object to previous reductions to monuments made by presidents in the twentieth century. Congress's lack of objection in these instances does not mean that it has relinquished its Constitutional duties to the executive branch. The brief makes a clear distinction between where there is legislative granting of authority versus where the court must interpret Constitutional authority. In the Antiquities Act, Congress has spoken precisely to the president's power regarding national monuments  and limited that power to the designation of new monuments.  \n\t  \n\tIn addition to Udall and Grijalva, the amicus brief was signed by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jeffrey A. Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), along with Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Nanette Diaz Barragn (D-Calif.), Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Ben Ray Lujn (D-N.M.), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), Grace F. Napolitano (D-Calif.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Paul D. Tonko (D-N.Y.), Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), Susan A. Davis (D-Calif.), Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Jos E. Serrano (D-N.Y.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Mo.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-Northern Marina Islands), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), Ruben J. Kihuen (D-Nev.), Nydia M. Velzquez (D-N.Y.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Henry C. Hank Johnson, Jr. (D-Ga.), Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Mike Doyle (D-Penn.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Mark Desaulnier (D-Calif.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Ron Kind (D-Wis.), Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Ted W. Lieu (D-Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-Va.), Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Robert C. \"Bobby\" Scott (D-Va.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), David E. Price (D-N.C.), Albio Sires (D-N.J.), Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), Alma S. Adams, Ph.D (D-N.C.), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.), and Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas).  \n\t  \n\tIt is also supported by a wide coalition of Native American Tribes, environmental groups, conservation organizations, businesses, scientific organizations, and outdoor recreation interests.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/business-insider-the-fda-is-taking-steps-to-reduce-testing-on-dogs-while-the-va-doubles", "Business Insider: The FDA is taking steps to reduce testing on dogs while the VA doubles down on its harmful experiments", "2018-11-19", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The FDA announced Friday it will begin research with the aim of reducing  and potentially eliminating  animal research using dogs.\nThe agency plans on a study that will establish \"one non-animal based model,\" which if successful will eliminate the need to conduct invasive blood sampling, which sometimes results in the need to euthanize the canine test subject.\n\"The agency is optimistic that cultivating these types of new research approaches can help continue to reduce the need for animal testing,\" wrote Scott Gottlieb, FDA commissioner.\nThe announcement comes on the heels of a controversial decision by Robert Wilkie, secretary of Veterans Affairs, that the agency will continue the practice. The VA decision sparked outrage by veterans groups and animal rights activists, who along with lawmakers have increased pressure on the agency to stop harmful tests on dogs.\nSpeaking at the National Press Club, Wilkie defended the experiments, saying the practice could lead to medical breakthroughs that will help veterans. Wilkie said that inventions such as cardiac pacemakers, the first successful liver transplant and cardiac ablation were breakthroughs borne out of canine research and testing.\n\"We have an opportunity to change the lives of men and women who have been terribly hurt, and until somebody tells me that that research does not help in that outcome, then I'll continue,\" Wilkie told the press.\nJustin Goodman, vice president of advocacy and public policy for the watchdog group White Coat Waste Project, says the VA's canine testing is not only a waste of public resources, but that it also breaks from trends in the research industry, which for decades has taken steps to reduce harmful procedures.\nSince 1986 any agency in the United Kingdom wishing to conduct testing on canines must hold a special license, and reports show that in 2017, canine testing dropped as much as 22 percent from the year before.\nCanada ended mandatory year-long pesticide studies with dogs in 2016, amid \"strong, growing consensus\" that the studies are unnecessary, according to CBC.\nOne of the organizations within that consensus is the US Environmental Protection Agency, which eliminated the same one-year study as early as 2007.\nIf successful, the FDA's new study may provide an alternative research method for agencies, like the VA, that do not include harming animals.\nNevada Rep. Dina Titus, who introduced legislation aimed at ending harmful canine research procedures at the VA, praised the announcement Friday as a new standard for the industry to follow.\n\"This progressive move stands in stark contrast to the VA's insistence on continuing outdated dog testing,\" Titus said in a statement.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nv-independent-indy-dc-download-house-and-senate-slowly-start-the-lame-duck-session", "NV Independent: Indy DC Download: House and Senate slowly start the lame duck session", "2018-11-19", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "With the election over, Congress was back for a few days this week with the Senate advancing a bill reauthorizing the Coast Guard, while the House approved a bill to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list.\nThe congressional session after an election is known as a lame duck session because it requires the existing Congress, including members who were defeated, to finish work on legislation that must be addressed before the beginning of the next session in January.\nIncluded on the lame-duck Congress's to-do list is approving the remaining seven of the 12 annual appropriations bills. Lawmakers have through Dec. 7, which is when the existing stopgap funding measure expires, in order to avoid a partial government shutdown. The federal fiscal year ended Oct. 30.\nAlso on the list is passing a new farm bill, renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and extending a raft of tax breaks that expire at the end of the year. But action on those items won't come until after next week. The Senate and House will be off the week of Thanksgiving.\nBoth Republican Sen. Dean Heller and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto voted for the Coast Guard bill, which had been held up over concerns about the possibility of spreading invasive species in discharged ballast water used by boats for balance. They split on the nomination of Michelle Bowman to join the Federal Reserve Board with Heller supporting her nomination and Cortez Masto opposing.\nCortez Masto's office said she was uncertain whether Bowman would push back against any effort by President Donald Trump to influence the board.\nSenator Cortez Masto had concerns about Ms. Bowman's independence as well as the nominee's ability to be a check on the Trump Administration's continued political interference with the Federal Reserve, her spokesman said. The Senator felt the nominee lacked the strong supervisory experience and commitment to consumer protection necessary for service on the Board of the Federal Reserve.\nThe votes came as Cortez Masto was appointed chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Thursday, making her the first Latina and only the second woman to head the Senate Democrats' campaign arm.\nIn an interview with The Nevada Independent, she said she sees Democratic successes in Nevada as a model for reaching out to voters around the nation. From the wins that we gained in 2016 to the wins we gained just now, there's a blueprint, she said.\nMeanwhile, the state's House delegation split along party lines on the bill that would remove gray wolves from the list of endangered species, which gives them and their habitat special protections.\nRep. Dina Titus, a Democrat who often advocates for animal welfare in Congress, was critical of House Republicans for taking up the bill given the litany of must-pass measures Congress must consider before ending the session, including reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which uses money from offshore oil and gas leasing for public-lands conservation.\nWith just weeks to go before this Congress adjourns we have many major issues pending; #VAWA, #LWCF, #FarmBill, keeping the federal government funded after Dec 7, but what are we doing this week on the floor? Voting on a bill to kill wolves. #GOPagenda, Titus tweeted.\nFresh off her midterm victory against Heller, Rep. Jacky Rosen issued a release urging Nevadans to sign up for health care under the state's exchange. She indicated that access to health care will be among her priorities in the Senate, which stands to reason, given that she campaigned heavily on the issue. No issue is more important to families than protecting their access to health care. I'll continue to do everything I can in Congress to defend protections for Nevadans with pre-existing conditions while working to lower health-care costs and stabilize our markets, she said.\nNew Democratic members Susie Lee and Steven Horsford were also in D.C. this week for freshman orientation.\nHorsford will replace Rep. Ruben Kihuen who decided not to seek re-election after being accused of sexual harassment by female colleagues. He maintains his innocence, but the House Ethics Committee Friday concluded that he violated House rules in a report that included a myriad of damning details in the case.\nKihuen apologized in a statement, but said he disagreed with parts of the report.\nLastly, Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson, wife of GOP megadonor and Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson. Together they gave more than $113 million to Republicans during the 2018 election cycle, according to the Center for Public Integrity.\nA medical doctor, Miriam has dedicated her life to fighting addiction, Trump said at the ceremony.\nTrump also praised their philanthropy and their support for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-reminds-nevadans-get-covered-during-open-enrollment-period-nevada", "ROSEN REMINDS NEVADANS TO GET COVERED DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD IN NEVADA", "2018-11-15", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement to remind Nevadans to sign up for health coverage during the current open enrollment period which runs from November 1 through December 15. Nevada residents interested in learning more about their health coverage options can do so by visiting www.nevadahealthlink.com. Open enrollment occurs only once per year and individuals and families are encouraged to complete their applications to enroll in a Qualified Health Plan by December 15 in order to receive coverage by January 1, 2019. Now that open enrollment is here, I encourage Nevadans to explore their options and complete their application through the Nevada Health Marketplace by December 15 to ensure they will be adequately covered in 2019, said Rosen. No issue is more important to families than protecting their access to health care. I'll continue to do everything I can in Congress to defend protections for Nevadans with pre-existing conditions while working to lower health care costs and stabilize our markets.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/fox-5-faa-investigates-incapacitated-air-traffic-controller-at-mccarran-airport", "Fox 5: FAA investigates 'incapacitated' air traffic controller at McCarran Airport", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating why an air traffic controller started slurring her speech, then went silent, while working alone at McCarran Airport Wednesday night.\nThe incident caused confusion among pilots, who were trying to navigate their planes with hundreds of passengers on board.\nFOX5 obtained a copy of the audio recording from that night. The incident happened during an overnight shift.\nThe FAA said the air traffic controller became incapacitated while on duty.\nLanding at possible... into Las Vegas... an air traffic controller said in an audio recording.\nAt one point, a pilot asked the control tower, Is there somebody else that knows what they're doing?\nThe controller replied, her speech still slurring. The pilot clarified that the controller gave him incorrect instructions.\nAbout 10 minutes later, another pilot chimed in and asked if there's anyone to talk to in the tower:\nController: \"Sorry, I'm choking a little bit.\"\nPilot: \"I guess somebody is checking with the tower up there. Anybody else in operations? Is there something going on up there?\"\nTower: \"Our ramp controller just advised everybody to call their respective companies to find out what's going on.\"\nPilot: \"Thanks.\"\nPilot: \"It should like someone walked in to ask her if she was okay.\"\nTower: \"Everybody, just standby. I'm taking over now. I'll be right back with you.\"\nThe conversation spanned about three minutes. At one point, the controller didn't answer at all. Instead, she can be heard coughing and clearing her throat.\nOfficials said another controller who was on break was called in to take over operations while paramedics responded.\nCongresswoman Dina Titus was briefed on the incident, due to having a seat in the House Subcommittee of Aviation. Titus called the initial reports deeply disturbing.\nI've been briefed on the incident that occurred at the air traffic control tower at McCarran and am awaiting further details, but I find the initial reports deeply disturbing,\" Titus said in a statement. \"The safety of travelers is of paramount concern and I will work the FAA and McCarran as this investigation continues to unfold.\nOfficials have not released more details about the controller's condition, but she is on administrative leave.\nThe agency now requires two controllers to be in the tower during busy hours", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-incapacitated-las-vegas-air-traffic-controller-no-longer-with-faa", "LVRJ: Incapacitated Las Vegas air traffic controller no longer with FAA", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "An air traffic controller who became incapacitated while on duty at the McCarran International Airport tower last week is no longer employed by the Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nA representative of the agency didn't say Monday whether the controller resigned or was fired nor whether its investigation of the incident has been concluded, citing privacy concerns.\n\nThe FAA said Friday there were no safety events or losses of required separation between aircraft during the incident between 11:09 and 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, when the female controller began slurring words, gave incoherent commands to pilots, began coughing, then went silent.\n\nFAA officials declined to comment on whether they believed the controller suffered a medical emergency, but paramedics were dispatched to the tower when the incident was initially reported.\n\nThe incident got the attention of Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., a member of the House subcommittee on aviation, who said she was briefed about the matter and called it deeply disturbing.\n\nThe FAA placed the controller, a woman who they didn't identify, on administrative leave pending an investigation. Her performance appeared to degrade at 11:09 p.m. and became impaired at 11:24 p.m. She then appeared unresponsive at 11:47 p.m. A second controller entered the tower cab at about 11:50 p.m. and began handling air traffic at 11:54 p.m.\n\nA recording of tower communications between the tower and airline pilots at the time of the incident from LiveATC.net includes some exchanges with pilots asking the controller to repeat her instructions after giving them.\n\nAt one point, a pilot said he was checking on the tower, something's going on up there.\n\nLater in the recording, the controller's microphone appears to be open and the controller can be heard coughing several times. A distant male voice asked, Are you all right?\n\nSome pilots started radioing each other and indicated they were going to stay in place until there was a resolution to the incident. Eventually, a new voice began giving pilots instructions from the tower control.\n\nThe nation's air traffic control system is interdependent with multiple redundancies of systems to prevent accidents and reduce risks, according to the FAA. Pilots are trained not to land unless they have landing clearance.\n\nThe LiveATC.net recording indicates some pilots opted not to depart or communicated with other aircraft on a common radio frequency. Aircraft on the ground either held their position or proceeded cautiously while questioning the controller and communicating with each other.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-veteran-graduates-from-veterans-treatment-court-in-las-vegas", "LVRJ: Veteran graduates from Veterans Treatment Court in Las Vegas", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Four veterans were meant to graduate from Veterans Treatment Court during a ceremony Friday, but Navy veteran Edward Smith sat by himself in the front row.\n\nThe 63-year-old, dressed in a gray suit, was the only graduate who attended and received his recognition.\n\nIt has been over a year since the Las Vegas veteran started the one-year program, over a year since the night he was arrested for domestic battery, and he was ready to start fresh.\n\nWe made some sacrifices for our country, he said. This makes me feel worthy.\n\nThe graduation at the Regional Justice Center was the culmination of the four-part Las Vegas Justice Court program, which provides an alternative to incarceration and offers veterans treatment, accountability and structure while connecting them to services and benefits.\n\nThis is an especially significant graduation, as you all know, as it coincides with the upcoming Veterans Day, Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia said. Each of our veterans that are being honored today fought for our freedom, and I sincerely thank you all for being here today for theirs.\n\nAt the graduation, 14 other veterans were promoted to different stages of the program, which was created to help offset the complications of the some 700,000 veterans in the criminal justice system nationwide, many of them arrested on charges directly related to trauma, addiction or mental illness.\n\nLeft untreated, the issues make it difficult for veterans to adjust to everyday life and can lead to unemployment, homelessness and arrest.\n\nTo progress and graduate, the veterans must attend treatment sessions, counseling and appointments, develop goals for their future, obtain housing, be financially stable, and be drug- and alcohol-free for a minimum of 90 days before graduation.\n\nThe Las Vegas Justice Court program currently has about 30 members in the program, Letizia said, adding that the program has a 96 percent success rate, and that only 4 percent of graduates re-offend.\n\nIn nonviolent cases, the charges are dropped, and the court records are sealed, she said.\n\nArmy veteran and state Sen. Pat Spearman said that the program gives the criminal justice system a chance to look at extenuating circumstances in a veteran's case.\n\nThis is what we owe our veterans when we ask them to serve, she said. It's only very recently that we acknowledged PTSD and how it plays a part in how a veteran begins to look at the world.\n\nAfter Smith accepted his certificates from U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and U.S. Reps. Dina Titus and Jacky Rosen and The Armed Forces Chamber of Commerce Foundation, he was given a quilt from Quilts of Valor representative Jarenie Trachier.\n\nWe wrap you with our love, she said as she covered his shoulders with the red, white and blue quilt, sewn with patches of stars and fireworks.\n\nRichard Forbus, a Marine veteran and Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief of the detention services division, commended the veterans.\n\nIt takes a lot of guts to look in the mirror and decide to change yourself. Look what you've done for your family, your friends, and your loved ones,  he said. Don't forget the way you feel today, don't forget the way you felt in these steps, because this is not an easy program.\n\nSmith said that during the program he found that both the prosecution and the defense were on his team and wanted him to succeed. And, he said, I learned to be true to myself.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/news3-salvation-army-opens-new-veterans-facility-in-las-vegas", "News3: Salvation Army opens new veterans facility in Las Vegas", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "LAS VEGAS (KSNV)  The Salvation Army opened a new facility for homeless veterans on Friday at its Las Vegas campus.\nU.S. Rep. Dina Titus and other dignitaries took part in a ribbon cutting for the building, which will add housing for up to 42 veterans.\nThe addition brings the total number of beds available for homeless veterans across various programs to 95, according to the Salvation Army.\nThe building at 37 W. Owens Ave. will provide transitional housing and case management for veterans.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nv-independent-investigation-underway-after-vegas-air-traffic-controller-became", "NV Independent: Investigation underway after Vegas air traffic controller became incapacitated on duty", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Authorities are investigating after an air traffic controller at McCarran International Airport became incapacitated for a period of time earlier this week while her co-controller was on a break.\nFederal Aviation Administration officials say there were no safety events, losses of required separation between aircraft or conflicts between the airfield and the aircraft during that period, which happened after 11 p.m. on Nov. 7. But the agency has restricted the controller from working and is investigating the incident, which attracted the attention of Nevada Rep. Dina Titus.\nI've been briefed on the incident that occurred at the air traffic control tower at McCarran and am awaiting further details, but I find the initial reports deeply disturbing, Titus, a member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, said in a statement on Friday. The safety of travelers is of paramount concern and I will work with the FAA and McCarran as this investigation continues to unfold.\nFAA officials declined to elaborate on how the controller became incapacitated or answer whether there was a medical episode, intoxication, or sleep issue involved, citing the controller's privacy. They said the controller's performance appeared to degrade at 11:09 p.m., about an hour into her shift, before becoming impaired at 11:24 p.m. and unresponsive at 11:47 p.m.\nA second controller entered the cab atop the tower where controllers sit at 11:50 p.m. and took over air traffic duties at 11:54 p.m.\nFAA officials said pilots contacted controllers at the Las Vegas approach control at the base of the tower, who notified the controller who was on a break about the situation.\nThe agency said some pilots opted not to take off or communicated directly with other aircraft via radio while the controller was unable to complete the task. Ground aircraft held their position or proceeded with caution while trying to talk with the controller and communicating with each other, according to the FAA.\nThe FAA is deeply concerned by the incident, is thoroughly investigating what occurred, and is taking immediate steps to modify its overnight shift staffing policies, the agency said in a statement.\nWhile controllers are allowed to take breaks, the agency said it is implementing a policy effective Friday requiring two controllers to be in the cab until a certain time based on traffic levels and shift periods.\nNational Air Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi said the union will cooperate with the FAA as they investigate.\nIt is important to remember the outstanding work that that is done every day by the thousands of men and women who keep the National Airspace System safe. Our air traffic controllers in Las Vegas and around the country do an exceptional job day in and day out and demonstrate the highest professional standards, Rinaldi said in a statement. Our top concern is the safety of the National Aviation System. We are proud of our safety record both in Las Vegas and at every facility and will continue to work to keep our airspace system the world's safest.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/plant-based-news-us-government-to-carry-out-controversial-experiments-on-dogs-despite", "Plant Based News: US Government To Carry Out Controversial Experiments On Dogs - Despite Criticism", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The US Government will carry out experiments on dogs - despite them being branded cruel and unnecessary by critics.\nThe experiments will see the animals have parts of their brains removed, their spinal cords severed, and pacemakers implanted to trigger abnormal heart rhythms. They will then all be killed.\nThe Department for Veterans Affairs (VA) says the experiments will help medics find methods of treating wounded soldiers, with a VA spokesperson reportedly saying that dogs are 'the only viable model' for the tests.\nAnimal experiments  \n\tBut not all veterans' groups support the experiments, with a spokesperson for Paralysed Veterans of America telling USA Today: \"We no longer oppose efforts to end VA fatal medical research on dogs.\"\nAnother critic is Democrat Dina Titus, who said: \"It's not economically sound, they could be looking at new technologies, and morally people just don't support testing on puppies.\"\nAccording to the VA, the most recent breakthrough discoveries made as a result of canine experiments date back to the 1960s.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/rep-dina-titus-statement-on-veterans-day", "Rep. Dina Titus Statement on Veterans Day", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Las Vegas, NV  Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District released the following statement in advance of Veterans Day:\nOn Veterans Day we pause to honor the brave Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who have served our country in the armed forces. Their sacrifice and commitment to American ideals have helped shape our democracy and remind us of what unites us.\nOur veterans of all war eras, men and women, LGBT, and of diverse backgrounds, deserve our deepest gratitude. We can never fully repay them for their service and sacrifice; but we can do more to help our veterans in their transition to civilian life through access to quality education, careers, and more effective post-service care. During my time in Congress, I have worked to give our veterans and their families those opportunities, and I will continue to fight to ensure they receive the resources, benefits, and care they deserve.\nI hope you will join me in taking a moment this Veterans Day to reflect on the family member, friend, or stranger who answered the call to service. They deserve our thanks every day.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/rep-titus-statement-on-atc-incident-at-mccarran", "Rep. Titus Statement on ATC Incident at McCarran", "2018-11-13", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Las Vegas, NV  Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District released the following statement regarding the incident that occurred at the air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport on the evening of Wednesday, November 7.\nI've been briefed on the incident that occurred at the air traffic control tower at McCarran and am awaiting further details, but I find the initial reports deeply disturbing, said Representative Dina Titus a member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation. The safety of travelers is of paramount concern and I will work with the FAA and McCarran as this investigation continues to unfold.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-thanks-veterans-and-their-families-veterans-day-ceremony-boulder-city", "ROSEN THANKS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT VETERANS DAY CEREMONY IN BOULDER CITY", "2018-11-11", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Jacky Rosen (NV-03) addresses Nevada veterans at Boulder City's Veterans Day ceremony.\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, attended a Veterans Day ceremony in Boulder City honoring the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.\nI'm forever grateful to the brave men and women who have courageously served in our military and sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms and values, said Rosen. I'm honored to fight for the more than 200,000 veterans who call Nevada home, and we must continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in Washington to ensure we support them and their families in every possible way.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/care-2-va-continues-cruel-dog-experiments-despite-defunding-threat", "Care 2: VA Continues Cruel Dog Experiments Despite Defunding Threat", "2018-11-09", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "In horrific experiments, researchers at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities around the country implanted dogs' stomachs with electrodes that made them vomit repeatedly. They placed pacemakers and catheters in dogs' hearts, which forced the dogs to have heart attacks. When the experiments ended, so did the dogs' suffering. They killed them all. While the VA has argued that these cruel experiments help lead the way to cures for veterans' health ailments, Congress, veterans and anyone who cares about animals disagreesespecially Americans whose taxes fund the research, to the tune of $15 billion every year.\nIn July 2017, the bipartisan PUPPERS (Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species) Act, which would end federal funding for research that causes pain or distress to dogs, was introduced in Congress by Rep. Dave Brat, a Republican, and Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat. The bill unanimously passed the House but stalled in the Senate, thanks to the VA's campaign to kill it.\nMeanwhile, the VA has continued to conduct these experiments, according to disturbing documentation obtained by USA TODAY. Nine experiments are currently being conducted at four VA facilities.\nIn Milwaukee, they're removing sections of dogs' brains to test neurons that control breathing. In Cleveland, they place electrodes on dogs' spinal cordsand then sever their spinal cordsto measure cough reflexes before and after. They will kill all of the dogs afterward.\nThings were looking up in March, when Donald Trump signed the Omnibus Bill, which included a section requiring dog experiments to be directly approved by the VA secretary in order to receive funding from Congress.  \n\t  \n\tFive days later, on March 28the same day Trump fired himVA Secretary David Shulkin allegedly approved more experiments. Shulkin, who has since done a 180 and now opposes these experiments, told USA TODAY he wasn't asked, nor did I request a review for an approval. However, VA spokesman Curt Cashour said Shulkin orally approved the experiments during a meeting that morning. The new law does not require the VA secretary's approval to be in writing.\nOn April 5, the VA ordered dozens of dogs to be used in medical research, WRIC reported at the time. The watchdog group, White Coat Waste Project, obtained the invoices.\nDuring the last eight months, the McGuire VA Medical Center in Virginia purchased eight hounds, including two puppies, for research, WRIC reports. They've already killed four of those dogs.\nAccording to USA TODAY, these horrible experiments will continue under the new VA secretary, Robert Wilkie, who was sworn in three months ago.\nMichael Vick spent time in prison doing pretty much the same thing the VA is doing now  torturing and killing the same animals that wounded vets use as service dogs and families have for pets, said Sherman Gillums, Jr., the chief strategy officer for AMVETS (American Veterans), on the organization's Facebook page. Just because it's government sanctioned doesn't make it any different.\nWhy there's this commitment to it, I don't know because it doesn't yield any results, Titus, co-sponsor of the PUPPERS Act, told USA TODAY. It's not economically sound, they could be looking at new technologies, and morally people just don't support testing on puppies.\nCashour told USA TODAY that the agency uses dogs in experiments only when no other species would provide meaningful results and the work is ethically sound. They use rats and mice most of the time.\nWhat could possibly be considered ethically sound about using any animals at all in cruel experiments in the 21st century? Humane, high-tech alternatives are available nowadays, such as synthetic dogs that have amazing, lifelike tissue and functioning body systems.\nThe VA recently paid the National Academy of Sciences $1.3 million for a study to assess the department's care and use of dogs in experiments. This is important to ensure that the debate surrounding this issue is grounded in careful analysis that takes into account the full context of the issue, Cashour told USA TODAY.\nIn the meantime, Titus and Brat will continue to push to end funding for VA dog experiments, as will Rep. Brian Mast, (R-Fla.), a member of the House VA Committee. Mast is a veteran who lost both legs while serving in Afghanistan. We haven't executed what we wanted as intent, he told USA TODAY, which was to bring this to an end in its entirety.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-women-minorities-to-shape-new-congress-and-nevada-delegation", "LVRJ: Women, minorities to shape new Congress and Nevada delegation", "2018-11-09", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Nevada's new congressional delegation mirrors the new face of Congress following the election of an historic number of women and minorities in the House and Senate.\n\nJust two years ago, Nevada elected the first Latina to serve in the Senate.\n\nThis week, the state doubled down and voted to promote Jacky Rosen of Las Vegas from the House to join Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., to represent Nevada in the august chamber.\n\nWe will now have not one, but two women representing Nevada in the United States Senate, Rosen told her supporters following a hard-fought win over Republican incumbent Sen. Dean Heller of Smith Valley.\n\nAnd for the first time in Nevada history, we will now have a majority female congressional delegation, Rosen said.\n\nNevada elected Susie Lee, a Democrat, to replace Rosen in the House.  \n\t\nAnd Las Vegas Democrat Rep. Dina Titus, the dean of the state's congressional delegation, was re-elected.\n\nTitus moves up the Democratic leadership ladder by about 50 spots, and will likely chair the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on economic development.\n\nTitus said the full committee is important for her Las Vegas district, with authorization over funding for airport expansion and efforts to build Interstate 11 connecting the city to Phoenix and the southern border.\n\nAs a member of the Democratic House Steering and Policy Committee, Titus will advise party leaders on legislative and policy positions and tactics.\n\nIn addition to the delegation's four women members, Rep. Mark Amodei, the Carson City Republican, was easily re-elected and will remain on the House Appropriations Committee, which controls all federal spending.\n\nNevada voters also elected former Rep. Steven Horsford, a Las Vegas Democrat, to an open congressional seat he first was was elected to in 2012. The district represents North Las Vegas, Pahrump and Mesquite.\n\nHorsford will give the delegation a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus.\n\nThe diverse Nevada delegation mirrors the national results that saw historic firsts of women and minorities elected to Congress.\n\nMore than 100 women, overwhelmingly Democrat, were elected, including two Muslim-American women and the first openly transgender and Native American woman to serve in the House.\n\nWomen led the way to victory, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told a Capitol Hill news conference.\n\nShe said the record number of women serving in the House would lead a bipartisan charge to address issues important to America's working class families and seniors, like lower prescription drug prices and health care protections that Republicans have sought to repeal.\n\nThose issues prompted the record number of women to run for office and to vote for Democrats to take control of the House and serve as a check and balance on the Trump administration.\n\nHealth care was on the ballot yesterday, and health care won, Pelosi said.\n\nLee, the new congressional freshman from Henderson, said her election was a clear message from Southern Nevada voters.\n\nThey want leaders in Washington who will work to find common ground and bring people together, Lee said, adding that now is the time to come together, Democrats and Republicans, and move forward as one country.\n\nPresident Donald Trump, in a White House news conference, congratulated Pelosi on the win and said he, too, would like to work in a bipartisan manner on legislative priorities that both parties agree on.\n\nBut the midterm election was a referendum on Trump, and many of the candidates were energized to stop administration priorities on health care and tax cuts.\n\nA slate of 20 candidates who won Tuesday were backed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and touted Medicare for all, or a Medicare option for all.\n\nDemocrats in the liberal wing of the party also have called for impeachment proceedings on Trump over the Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election  a proposal that many centrist Democratic leaders say is premature until a special counsel concludes an investigation into the matter.\n\nBut a slew of subpoenas are expected for White House aides and Cabinet secretaries when Democrats take control over powerful committees with oversight authority rarely used in the Republican-controlled House.\n\nConservatives have already warned of a Democratic overreach in the House that would lead to GOP gains in the 2020 presidential election.\n\nJenny Beth Martin with the Tea Party Patriots said Trump and the GOP majority in the Senate will hold the Democrats in check, and we expect a decisive backlash to the House Democrats' extremism two years from now.\n\nPelosi, though, said she would allow House committees to conduct proper oversight of the administration, but noted clearly that Democrats would not push for impeachment of the president without bipartisan support, or without evidence to take such a step.\n\nTitus agreed, and said Democrats should not do anything that would disrupt or undercut the current special counsel investigation into Russian meddling.\n\nStill, Titus is one of several Democrats on the Transportation Committee who have questioned Trump's involvement in an FBI decision not to move its headquarters in Washington to a suburban area and allow the property near the Trump International Hotel to be sold to private developers.\n\nWe will be asking some questions, Titus said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/roll-call-newly-empowered-house-democrats-vow-to-act-after-latest-mass-shooting", "Roll Call: Newly Empowered House Democrats Vow to Act After Latest Mass Shooting", "2018-11-09", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "A mass shooting in California has again reignited the debate over guns in America and Congress.\nA gunman opened fire at a bar hosting a college night in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday night, killing 12 people and injuring many more, according media reports. Among the dead was a sheriff's sergeant who charged into the bar to confront the shooter.\nWith a new majority in the House, Democrats say they're emboldened to make changes once they take control in January.\nHere's how Democrats reacted to the shooting and said what they'll do in the new Congress:\nFlorida Rep. Ted Deutch previewed legislation to create a National Gun Safety Administration. Deutch's district includes the Parkland school where 17 children and adults were shot and killed nine months ago.\n \n\tThere are always people who complain that we don't blame cars for traffic deaths. And they say it's people not guns.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a federal agency whose mission is, Save lives, prevent injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes.\"\n\t Rep. Ted Deutch (@RepTedDeutch) November 8, 2018 \nNevada Rep. Dina Titus has gotten little traction on her proposals to reform gun laws, but vowed, that will change come January. Titus represents a district that encompasses most of Las Vegas, which saw the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history when a gunman used bump stocks to kill 58 concertgoers from a hotel window last year.\n \n\tI've introduced and supported numerous pieces of common sense legislation to address gun violence, yet the Republican-controlled Congress has refused to even consider them. That will change come January.\n\t Dina Titus (@repdinatitus) November 8, 2018 \nI worry that we've become desensitized to this, Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes told CNN. Himes called for Congress to take up some of the measures that have been implemented in Connecticut like an assault weapons ban, but acknowledged the divided Congress makes the likelihood of any legislation becoming law much more remote.\n \n\tDemocratic @RepJAHimes reacts to the California shooting: \"I'm embarrassed to say ... my first thought was 'Here we go again: It's this week's mass shooting'\" https://t.co/2WYS34tLcF pic.twitter.com/KnaM9WJdRu\n\t New Day (@NewDay) November 8, 2018 \nRep. Julia Brownley, who represents the California district that includes Thousand Oaks, told the families of the victims who were shot and killed Wednesday night, our community is here for you.\n \n\tI am deeply, deeply saddened by the horrific news of a mass shooting at Borderline Bar in Thousand Oaks. To the families of the 11 victims and Sgt. Ron Helus  I cannot even begin to fathom the pain you are experiencing, but please know that our community is here for you.\n\t Congresswoman Julia Brownley (@JuliaBrownley26) November 8, 2018 \nSome Republicans extended their condolences to the victims' families, but did not join Democrats in suggesting policy solutions. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that the shooting will strengthen our resolve to heal the wounds in our society and move forward.\n \n\tMy prayers go out to the victims and grieving families of the horrific mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA. These acts of violence test our unity as a nation. But they will only strengthen our resolve to heal the wounds in our society and move forward.\n\t Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) November 8, 2018 \nAnother Republican in the California delegation, Rep. Ed Royce, praised law enforcement on the scene in his first statement about the tragedy.\n \n\tMarie and I mourn for the victims of Thousand Oaks and the Ventura County Sheriff's Department who lost family and friends. In the face of overwhelming tragedy, we lift up the heroes and first responders who bravely sacrificed everything to save others.\n\t Ed Royce (@RepEdRoyce) November 8, 2018 \nOn the Senate side, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said tragedies like the one in Thousand Oaks are depressingly pervasive and called on her Republican colleagues to vote on bills to ban military-style assault weapons, outlaw bump stocks and close the gun show loophole. She blamed the inertia on the issue to a lack of intestinal fortitude among Congressional Republicans.\n \n\tThese mass murders are depressingly pervasive. Schools. Theaters. Malls. Offices. Synagogues. Grocery stores. Bars. Concerts. Churches. They're inspired by racism, revenge, terrorism or just pure hatred. The one common attribute: easy access to guns. pic.twitter.com/cuA7K34ZqM\n\t Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) November 8, 2018", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/independent-us-government-to-go-ahead-with-fatal-experiments-on-dogs", "Independent: US government to go ahead with fatal experiments on dogs", "2018-11-05", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The US government has decided to press ahead with controversial experiments on dogs, despite critics in congress and elsewhere attacking them as cruel and unnecessary.\nThe department for veterans affairs (VA) has approved the continuation of the testing, which it says will help doctors find new ways to treat wounded soldiers, according to USA Today.\nResearchers running the experiments will remove sections of the dogs' brains that control breathing, sever spinal cords to test cough reflexes and implant pacemakers before triggering abnormal heart rhythms. All the dogs involved will ultimately be euthanised. But a row is brewing over how exactly the vivisections were approved. When the testing was first exposed by an anti-animal testing group last year  White Coat Waste Project  congress passed a law prohibiting the VA department from conducting them without its secretary's direct approval.\nA spokesman for the department told USA Today that the former VA secretary David Shulkin signed off on continuing the experiments on the day he was fired by Donald Trump in March.\nBut Mr Shulkin, who lost his job amid allegations he had misspent taxpayer funds on a trip to Europe his wife took in 2017, told the newspaper he had never been asked to restart the dog tests. Documents seen by the paper show the VA is currently carrying out nine experiments on dogs, at four different facilities.\nOne of the lawmakers who is trying to pass a bill which would ban the testing, Democrat Dina Titus, said: It's not economically sound, they could be looking at new technologies, and morally people just don't support testing on puppies. But a review launched by Mr Shulkin before he was fired - on the medical necessity for using canines - has found that dogs are the only viable model for the specific experiments, the VA spokesman said.\nNevertheless, the department has also commissioned the National Academy of Sciences to spend $1.3m to run another study investigating if dogs are really needed for this research. Justin Goodman, the vice president of advocacy and public policy for the White Coat Waste Project, said: I think it calls into question the integrity of the VA's intentions if it is going to continue funding and conducting dog experiments that it has just paid an organisation over a million dollars to scrutinise.\nVeterans' groups are divided on whether the experiments should continue. The founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America organisation said that as long as the research was done ethically it could lead to medical breakthroughs.\nBut Paralysed Veterans of America, which was initially in favour of the VA dog testing, has now changed its mind and told USA Today it did not oppose efforts to stop the dogs being experimented on and killed. The VA, which said that more than 99 per cent of its animal testing involved rats or mice, insisted that dogs remained a necessary part of its research.\nBut when asked what medical progress had come about because of dog testing, the agency's spokesman could only point to breakthroughs which date back to the 1960s.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/new-york-timesnew-email-raises-questions-about-cost-of-fbi-building-project", "New York Times:New Email Raises Questions About Cost of F.B.I. Building Project", "2018-11-05", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  An email message released Friday shows the Trump administration bracing for scrutiny over the cost of its plan to build a new downtown headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation instead of moving the agency to Maryland or Virginia.\nThe email raises questions about the White House's explanation for President Trump's desire to keep the F.B.I. in Washington. Last month, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said that Mr. Trump wanted to save the government money.\nThe Trump administration has faced questions from congressional Democrats after it abandoned a long-discussed plan to build a campus for the F.B.I. in the Washington suburbs while turning over the bureau's existing headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue for commercial development. In February, the administration presented lawmakers with a new plan: It would seek to demolish the existing headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, and rebuild on that site.\nMr. Trump has taken an unusual interest in the F.B.I. building, including taking part himself in at least one meeting about the headquarters project before the new plan was announced. The Hoover building is a block from the Trump International Hotel, and the plan to build a new F.B.I. headquarters on the existing site will keep the property out of the hands of a commercial developer. The newly revealed email is from Feb. 13, the day after the Trump administration presented a Senate committee with its plan to keep the F.B.I. on Pennsylvania Avenue. Officials from the General Services Administration, which handles real estate for the federal government, testified later that week in front of a House subcommittee.\nIn the email, Andrew Abrams, an official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, provided what he described as the hardest-hitting FBI HQ question we could come up with.\nThe email said that the new plan proposes a less secure facility and has a higher per seat cost. It concluded with the question, How is this a good deal for FBI or taxpayers?\nThe email was released Friday by five House Democrats, including Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. Last month, they released emails that shed light on Mr. Trump's involvement in the F.B.I. project; in response, Ms. Sanders said that the president had wanted to save money.\nOn Friday, the lawmakers sent a letter to the White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, seeking documents regarding the F.B.I. project and taking issue with Ms. Sanders's statement. In addition to Mr. Cummings, the letter was signed by Representatives Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia, Peter A. DeFazio of Oregon, Mike Quigley of Illinois and Dina Titus of Nevada. The White House should not be issuing false claims to justify or conceal President Trump's conflicts of interest on this matter, the lawmakers wrote.\nThe White House was reviewing the letter from the lawmakers, a spokeswoman said on Friday.\nThe cost of the plan to build a new F.B.I. headquarters in downtown Washington, rather than in the suburbs, had previously been in dispute. The new downtown headquarters would house about 8,300 employees, while the planned suburban campus would have housed about 10,600 employees.\nWhen the Trump administration presented its plan to the Senate this year, it listed a price tag of $3.3 billion, compared with $3.6 billion for the plan to build a suburban campus. A report released in August by the inspector general for the General Services Administration challenged that comparison, saying that the new plan would actually be more expensive.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nv-independent-reno-va-director-heller-boasted-about-firing-still-employed-at-agency", "NV Independent: Reno VA director Heller boasted about firing still employed at agency", "2018-11-05", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "On the campaign trail, Republican Sen. Dean Heller has often touted his advocacy for veterans and attempts to hold the Veterans Administration accountable  most notably by firing the head of the Reno VA after the local office made headlines for nation-high backlogs of unprocessed claims.\nThough Heller claimed he shook things up and fired the former director of the Reno VA in interviews and in campaign ads, the truth is a bit more complicated  the fired Reno administrator was placed in another position at the VA and, by all accounts, is still drawing a salary from the federal agency. Heller's campaign didn't return an email seeking comment on Friday.\nFormer Reno's Veterans Affairs Regional Office director Ed Russell was the subject of intense scrutiny in 2014 following reports that the VARO he managed was one of the worst in the country in terms of processing claims.\nThe story found that the VA hospital in Reno had an average wait time of 44.3 days, 10th highest out of 140 cities surveyed by USA Today and far above the VA's target of 14 days. A follow-up audit of Reno's regional VA office conducted in June 2014 found the department did not accurately process 36 of 71 disability claims reviewed and were untimely or late in processing other claims.\nRussell was heavily criticized by both Heller and Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, each members of their respective chambers' Committee on Veterans Affairs. Heller even called on Russell to resign or for the VA to take steps to remove him from his post.\nBut Russell was never actually fired from his job, instead being placed on paid administrative leave before being relocated to Washington, D.C. There, still employed by the V.A., he began working remotely in a job created specifically for him, all while still being paid his old salary of about $150,000 per year, according to federal payment records databases.\nThe arrangement was highlighted in 2015 by some media organizations, including a critical Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial that acknowledged while Russell was ousted from his position atop the Reno office, he was a year later given a made-just-for-him, work-from-home position in Reno after spending a year on administrative leave.\nThe issue with Russell's relocation has to do with his status as a General Schedule or GS employee, specifically a highest-level GS-15 employee. At that level, there are a number of rules and regulations that protect federal employees from being fired or relocated. Overall, federal employees are rarely fired for poor performance  a 2017 survey estimated that only around 10,000 of the federal government's 2017 workforce was fired for poor performance.\nDuring a 2015 House Veterans Affairs Committee meeting, Veterans Benefits Administration Principal Deputy Undersecretary Danny Pummill said to Titus that Russell's situation was unique and part of a court settlement that restricted what the department could say about his position, but that GS rules made it almost impossible to do anything with his employment situation.\nWe try to do the right thing. In Mr. Russell's case, I can assure you that he is performing GS-15 work, he is being held accountable on a daily basis. But it was a very strange situation that we had to do to get him that job, he said during the hearing.\nRussell was replaced by Sheila Jackson as head of the Reno VA Regional Office in June 2015.\nSeveral public databases of federal employee pay indicate that Russell was still being paid as of the 2017 fiscal year and working for the VA with a listed job title of Miscellaneous Administration And Program. His 2017 base salary was $151,097 and his location was listed in Reno.\nA spokesperson for the VA didn't return an email seeking comment on Russell's employment status, but congressional sources say he appears to still be working for the agency.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nv-indy-reno-va-director-heller-boasted-about-firing-still-employed-at-agency", "NV Indy: Reno VA director Heller boasted about firing still employed at agency", "2018-11-05", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "On the campaign trail, Republican Sen. Dean Heller has often touted his advocacy for veterans and attempts to hold the Veterans Administration accountable  most notably by firing the head of the Reno VA after the local office made headlines for nation-high backlogs of unprocessed claims.\nThough Heller claimed he shook things up and fired the former director of the Reno VA in interviews and in campaign ads, the truth is a bit more complicated  the fired Reno administrator was placed in another position at the VA and, by all accounts, is still drawing a salary from the federal agency. Heller's campaign didn't return an email seeking comment on Friday.\nFormer Reno's Veterans Affairs Regional Office director Ed Russell was the subject of intense scrutiny in 2014 following reports that the VARO he managed was one of the worst in the country in terms of processing claims.\nThe story found that the VA hospital in Reno had an average wait time of 44.3 days, 10th highest out of 140 cities surveyed by USA Today and far above the VA's target of 14 days. A follow-up audit of Reno's regional VA office conducted in June 2014 found the department did not accurately process 36 of 71 disability claims reviewed and were untimely or late in processing other claims.\nRussell was heavily criticized by both Heller and Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, each members of their respective chambers' Committee on Veterans Affairs. Heller even called on Russell to resign or for the VA to take steps to remove him from his post.\nBut Russell was never actually fired from his job, instead being placed on paid administrative leave before being relocated to Washington, D.C. There, still employed by the V.A., he began working remotely in a job created specifically for him, all while still being paid his old salary of about $150,000 per year, according to federal payment records databases.\nThe arrangement was highlighted in 2015 by some media organizations, including a critical Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial that acknowledged while Russell was ousted from his position atop the Reno office, he was a year later given a made-just-for-him, work-from-home position in Reno after spending a year on administrative leave.\nThe issue with Russell's relocation has to do with his status as a General Schedule or GS employee, specifically a highest-level GS-15 employee. At that level, there are a number of rules and regulations that protect federal employees from being fired or relocated. Overall, federal employees are rarely fired for poor performance  a 2017 survey estimated that only around 10,000 of the federal government's 2017 workforce was fired for poor performance.\nDuring a 2015 House Veterans Affairs Committee meeting, Veterans Benefits Administration Principal Deputy Undersecretary Danny Pummill said to Titus that Russell's situation was unique and part of a court settlement that restricted what the department could say about his position, but that GS rules made it almost impossible to do anything with his employment situation.\nWe try to do the right thing. In Mr. Russell's case, I can assure you that he is performing GS-15 work, he is being held accountable on a daily basis. But it was a very strange situation that we had to do to get him that job, he said during the hearing.\nRussell was replaced by Sheila Jackson as head of the Reno VA Regional Office in June 2015.\nSeveral public databases of federal employee pay indicate that Russell was still being paid as of the 2017 fiscal year and working for the VA with a listed job title of Miscellaneous Administration And Program. His 2017 base salary was $151,097 and his location was listed in Reno.\nA spokesperson for the VA didn't return an email seeking comment on Russell's employment status, but congressional sources say he appears to still be working for the agency.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-applauds-hhs-grant-improve-access-preventive-health-care-nevada-families", "ROSEN APPLAUDS HHS GRANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR NEVADA FAMILIES", "2018-11-02", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) applauded an announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding $3.7 million in funding awarded to Health Insight. The grant is aimed at improving quality of care for people residing in long-term care facilities by reducing avoidable hospitalizations. Investing in preventive health measures is key to building stronger and healthier communities, and I'm committed to fighting for these kinds of resources for our state, said Rosen. This grant will help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and cut exorbitant health care costs for hardworking Nevada families.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-applauds-usda-awarding-grant-improve-telemedicine-patients-rural-nevada", "ROSEN APPLAUDS USDA FOR AWARDING GRANT TO IMPROVE TELEMEDICINE FOR PATIENTS IN RURAL NEVADA", "2018-11-02", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Earlier this year, Rosen requested robust funding for USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement applauding the United States Department of Agriculture for recently awarding $164,137 through its Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program to Valley Health System for improving telemedicine for patients in Nevada, including communities in Clark, Elko, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine counties. With this funding, Valley Health System will offer a variety of health services ranging from emergency-related treatments to psychiatric care and opioid treatments. Expanding access to telemedicine is one of the best ways we can work to improve health care for Nevada's rural communities, said Rosen. This grant will help thousands of Nevadans living in rural towns obtain access to critical health services such as treatment for opioid dependency, and I'm proud to support funding that helps us expand access to health care for Nevada families. BACKGROUND: Congresswoman Rosen has advocated for additional funding for telemedicine programs that serve rural communities. In March, Rosen led a bipartisan letter with Congressman Sean Duffy (WI-07) to House appropriators requesting robust funding for USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program, which helps rural communities invest in telecom equipment and technologies to assist its residents in accessing educational and health care services. Previously, the Nevada System of Higher Education received a DLT grant to provide video conferencing equipment for students in rural colleges throughout the state.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/ktnv-planet-13-opens-to-public-on-nov-1", "KTNV: Planet 13 opens to public on Nov. 1", "2018-11-02", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The owners of Planet 13 are calling it the world's largest marijuana dispensary.\nThe 40,000-square-foot dispensary is located near Desert Inn and Sammy Davis Jr. Drive. Planet 13 is scheduled to open to the public at 9 a.m. Nov. 1.\nA ribbon-cutting ceremony will be attended by several elected officials including Congresswoman Dina Titus and Sen. Tick Segerblom, who will be honorary first customer. Customers will be treated to food trucks and giveaways throughout the day.\nTommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame will make an appearance between 11:30 a.m. and noon.\nA special event was held for VIPs on Tuesday night. VIPs were able to check out some of the unique features of the store which included a glowing aerial orbs, sensory-activated LED flooring, interactive laser graffiti and more.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/nevada-current-trump-s-hate-mongering-race-baiting-closing-argument", "Nevada Current: Trumps hate-mongering, race-baiting closing argument", "2018-11-02", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "President Donald Trump is escalating his anti-immigrant rhetoric just days before the election, warning of an invasion of migrants and threatening to change the rules for asylum seekers. The afternoon announcement comes as Democrats and Republicans are calling out Trump for releasing what they call a divisive and racist video just days before the midterm elections.\nLuis Bracamontes repeatedly entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico. He received the death penalty for murdering two Sacramento County sheriff's deputies in 2014.\nIllegal immigrant, Luis Bracamontes, killed our people! says the on-screen message, followed by the words, Democrats let him stay. The video does not cite the specific law or policy by which Democrats would have been responsible for Bracamontes or his crimes.\nThe video, an official White House statement, goes on to feature interviews with Americans fearful of the caravan of Central American citizens seeking asylum in America. It then shows throngs of people, supposedly migrants, breaking through a gate. The on-screen text asks who else will Democrats let in?\nInstead of working to unite the country, President Trump and Republicans in Washington keep trying to use the politics of fear and false attacks to divide Americans so we'll look the other way while they hand out tax breaks to Wall Street and Big Oil, sabotage our health care system, and jeopardize Social Security and Medicare, said U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen (D), who is attempting to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller.  Nevadans are not going to fall for it.\nSome Republicans are reportedly attempting to distance themselves from Trump. CNN is reporting candidates in Arizona and Nevada have asked Trump to stay away in the final days of the campaign.\nThe hard-press on immigration includes the president's order to send thousands of troops to the Mexican border in advance of the arrival of the asylum-seekers. He's also threatening executive action to repeal the 14th amendment's guarantee of citizenship to babies born in the U.S.\nTrump appears to be attempting to turn attention in the final days of voting from the synagogue shooting that killed eleven people and the explosive devices sent to Democratic leaders and news media last week. Critics have blamed Trump's rhetoric for inciting both incidents.\nThis is yet another example of the President's hate-mongering, race-baiting style at a time when words matter more than ever, said U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D).\nWhile the President relentlessly divides our nation with his racist and incendiary rhetoric, the Nevada Dems will continue working hard to elect Democrats who will focus on improving the lives of all Nevadans, said spokeswoman Helen Kalla of the state Democratic party.\nThe campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak did not respond to a request for comment. Spokespersons for Heller and Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who is running against Sisolak, also did not respond to requests for comment.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/usa-today-va-fatal-dog-experiments-moving-ahead-despite-criticism-from-congress-veterans", "USA Today: VA: Fatal dog experiments moving ahead despite criticism from Congress, veterans groups", "2018-11-02", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing forward with invasive and ultimately fatal experiments on dogs as part of the VA's medical research program, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.\nThe controversial procedures previously sparked outrage and opposition from some veterans' advocates and prompted strict restrictions from Congress. The VA says the studies could produce discoveries that may help veterans suffering from spinal cord or breathing problems.\nIn Milwaukee, the experiments call for researchers to remove sections of dogs' brains to test neurons that control breathing before the animals are killed by lethal injection, research records show.\nIn Cleveland, tests involve using electrodes on dogs' spinal cords to measure cough reflexes before and after severing the cords.\nIn Richmond, Virginia, experiments include implanting pacemakers in dogs, then inducing abnormal heart rhythms and running the animals on treadmills to test cardiac function before euthanizing them by injection or draining their blood. VA spokesman Curt Cashour said former secretary David Shulkin approved the continuation of the experiments on March 28, the same day he was fired by President Donald Trump.\nBut Shulkin told USA TODAY on Monday that he wasn't asked, nor did I request a review for an approval, of the ongoing dog experiments. He said he delegated that responsibility to the agency's research specialists.\nWhether he  or his successor  signed off on them is important because a law Trump signed on March 23 requires that dog experiments be directly approved by the VA secretary to receive agency funding. It doesn't specify written permission. Cashour said Shulkin gave the go-ahead orally in an early-afternoon meeting March 28 with five other top VA executives.\nRevelations that the tests are set to continue under new VA Secretary Robert Wilkie are sure to trigger a fresh round of debate. The records reviewed by USA TODAY show there are nine active experiments at four VA facilities, and more are likely in the future. An investigation uncovering surgery failures and deaths in VA experiments on dogs has led to more scrutiny from the agency's chiefs and Congress, but that's not stopping tests involving pain for dogs. USA TODAY\nVA: Ethically sound'  \n\tVA officials contend the research could lead to discoveries that may help veterans with heart conditions or breathing problems, which can accompany paralysis. Cashour said researchers use dogs only when no other species would provide meaningful results and the work is ethically sound. The VA says more than 99 percent of agency studies involve rats or mice.\nWhen asked to cite the most recent breakthroughs credited to the VA dog research, Cashour pointed to the invention of an implantable cardiac pacemaker and procedures that led to the first successful liver transplant. Those experiments date to the 1960s, according to the VA's website.\nLawmakers who have been pushing to end invasive dog experiments at the VA say they are disappointed the agency's new leadership is moving forward with the testing. \nWhy there's this commitment to it, I don't know because it doesn't yield any results, said Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., lead co-sponsor of a bill with Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., that would stop the experiments. It's not economically sound, they could be looking at new technologies, and morally people just don't support testing on puppies.\nAlthough they were glad Trump signed the legislation in March requiring the VA secretary's approval to fund the experiments, Titus, Brat and Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said they will continue pushing to stop them altogether.\nWe haven't executed what we wanted as intent, which was to bring this to an end in its entirety, said Mast, a veteran who lost both his legs in Afghanistan and is now a member of the House VA Committee.\nWithin months, the House unanimously passed legislation to defund the experiments, but the measure stalled in the Senate after VA officials launched a public campaign to stop it.\nThat campaign included getting support from veterans' groups, such as The American Legion and Paralyzed Veterans of America. It also included an op-ed by Shulkin, the now-former VA secretary, published in USA TODAY outlining the need for the canine testing.\nBefore he was fired, Shulkin said his views on the subject had changed, and he put a moratorium on new experiments beginning without his permission. In March, he ordered that all ongoing studies be reviewed by VA research executives.\nCashour, the VA spokesman, said that review concluded dogs are the only viable models\" for nine experiments.\nIn a letter to lawmakers obtained by USA TODAY, the VA said they include the tests on spinal cords in Cleveland, brains in Milwaukee, the five heart experiments in Richmond and another cardiac study in St. Louis.\nFour studies were discontinued or paused after the review. Researchers determined mice could be used instead of dogs for a Los Angeles experiment on narcolepsy, and pigs could be used for a Milwaukee study on blood flow. Another brain experiment in Milwaukee was put on hold for further review, and a second Los Angeles experiment was closed out.\nWhen asked what the new secretary's views are on dog experiments, Cashour pointed to Shulkin's op-ed from last summer and said the VA's position is unchanged under Wilkie.\nStill, the VA recently commissioned a $1.3 million study overseen by the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the need for dogs as research subjects.\nThis is important to ensure that the debate surrounding this issue is grounded in careful analysis that takes into account the full context of the issue, Cashour said.\nCall to suspend experiments  \n\tWhite Coat Waste Project, the group that started the campaign to end the experiments, says they should be suspended until the study is completed.\nI think it calls into question the integrity of the VA's intentions if it is going to continue funding and conducting dog experiments that it has just paid an organization over a million dollars to scrutinize, said Justin Goodman, the vice president of advocacy and public policy for the organization.\nSome veterans' groups that supported the experiments last year did not return messages seeking confirmation of their continued support, including The American Legion and Vietnam Veterans of America.\nPaul Rieckhoff, CEO and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said his group still backs the experiments as long as they are done the right way.\n\"We're not advocating all dog research per se, but when done ethically, it can lead to medical breakthroughs,\" he said.\nBut Paralyzed Veterans of America, which initially expressed support for continuing dog testing, told USA TODAY its position has since evolved.\nWe no longer oppose efforts to end VA fatal medical research on dogs, spokeswoman Liz Deakin said.\nThe group's former executive director, a Marine veteran who was paralyzed in a vehicle accident as he prepared to deploy to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, also has rescinded his support.\nSherman Gillums Jr., who is now chief strategy officer at American Veterans, said after reviewing the science and speaking to experts at the VA and elsewhere, he concluded the dog experiments haven't translated to human medical advances for decades.\nIt's time for us to look at better ways and spend money smarter than we've done it in the past  especially if it's going to involve causing pain to the same animals that most veterans need as service dogs, he told USA TODAY. To imagine them in cages being tested on with no real outcome that gives anybody hope, it just seems cruel.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-nevada-officials-brace-for-new-attempt-to-revive-yucca-mountain", "LVRJ: Nevada officials brace for new attempt to revive Yucca Mountain", "2018-11-01", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The government has spent more than $15 billion researching the site. The licensing process under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was underway when President Barack Obama killed funding seven years ago.\nTrump has sought to revive the process and push forward with development of Yucca Mountain since he took office in 2017.\nThen, last week, in Elko, he appeared to shift position.\n  \n\tWe will be looking at it very seriously over the next few weeks, and I agree with the people of Nevada, Trump said.\nLegislative efforts\nSen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Jacky Rosen, both Democrats, immediately urged Trump to back up his words and keep funding for Yucca Mountain out of his next budget request for fiscal year 2020.\nCortez Masto, who sits on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, with oversight over the Energy Department, also fired off missives to Energy Secretary Rick Perry and White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney asking them not to include Yucca Mountain funding in their 2020 budgets.\nTitus voiced suspicion about Trump's election-eve reversal in a swing state where the Republican senator, Heller, is in a tight race for re-election for a seat the GOP needs to retain control of the Senate.\nHeller has made Yucca Mountain a campaign issue, touting his effectiveness at getting the funding stripped from Senate appropriation bills, which have kept the project from advancing. Heller also has lobbied the administration to abandon plans to open Yucca Mountain.\nAfter Reid retired, Heller picked up the lead on the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act, co-sponsored by Cortez Masto, which has languished in a Senate committee.\nIdentical legislation was filed in the House by Titus, co-sponsored by Rosen, who is challenging Heller, and Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev.\nThe bills would require the governor of a state and local governments to sign off on a federal proposal to build a nuclear repository.\nTitus, who has led the House fight against permanent nuclear waste storage in Nevada, offered her legislation as an amendment to a bill by Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., to streamline the licensing process on Yucca Mountain and increase the amount of nuclear waste stored there when construction is completed.\nThe Titus amendment failed to be adopted and the Shimkus bill was passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee by an overwhelming, bipartisan majority, and ultimately by the full House.\nThe Senate has yet to take up the Shimkus bill, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said he plans to introduce different legislation that would emphasize temporary storage sites until the political stalemate over Yucca Mountain is resolved.\nWithout action before year's end, the Shimkus bill would die and need to be reintroduced and passed in a new Congress, one that may possibly have a Democrat-majority House.\nConsent bills\nNevada officials hope the Nevada-backed consent bills may prove to be the consensus legislation needed to move forward on any plan to address the growing stockpile of nuclear waste being held at sites in nearly three dozen states nationwide.\nSince Trump made his unexpected comments on Yucca Mountain in Elko, the White House and Yucca Mountain supporters have parsed the president's words.\nA White House spokeswoman noted that the administration would be very seriously considering the issue in coming weeks.\nA Shimkus aide said the Nevada location remains the best location for permanent waste storage.\nCongressman Shimkus appreciates the Trump administration's budget requests in support of Yucca Mountain, and he encourages everyone to look at this issue very seriously' as the president said he would do over the next few weeks, spokesman Jordan Haverly said.\nThe reality is when people look at the repository site in the Nevada desert, and when they hear the world-class scientific evidence supporting its safety, most come away realizing it is the best location available for a national repository, Haverly said.\nMeanwhile, state officials are watching what happens inside the Beltway after the election.\nEvery time you think you've seen everything in Washington, you realize you've seen nothing, said Halstead, who referenced a song by the British rock band The Who in explaining the state's position.  \n\t       \n\tAs the song said, We won't get fooled again,'  Halstead said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kihuen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=253", "REP. KIHUEN CELEBRATES NEVADA DAY", "2018-10-31", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Ruben Kihuen", "K000390", "kihuen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "REP. KIHUEN CELEBRATES NEVADA DAY \r\n   \r\n    \r\n       \r\n      \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e\r\n      \r\n      \r\n    \r\n    \r\n      \r\n        Las Vegas,\r\n        October 31, 2018\r\n      \r\n       \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      \r\n      Rep. Ruben J. Kihuen released the following statement commemorating the 154th anniversary of the State of Nevada's admission to the Union:\r\nWhether it's your destination or your home, today we celebrate growth, progress, and all that Nevada has to offer. I'm proud to be from this place of opportunityone that gave my family a chance to succeed 25 years ago. In the past year we've seen expansion in many areas, including sports, agriculture, culture, and the arts. I look forward to continuing to serve hardworking Nevadan's on our path to preserve and grow the things that make the Silver State great.\r\n###\r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/fox-5-vegas-nevada-politicians-react-to-trumps-birthright-citizenship-announcement", "Fox 5 Vegas:  Nevada politicians react to Trump's birthright citizenship announcement", "2018-10-31", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Politicians across the country, and in Nevada, reacted immediately to an announcement on Tuesday that President Donald Trump planned to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship.\nIn a clip released Tuesday, Trump did not say when he would sign the order. It was not clear if the President has the authority to strip citizenship of those born in the U.S. with an executive order.\n\"We're the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits,\" Trump said in an interview for \"Axios on HBO.\"\nSeveral other countries, including Canada, have a birthright citizenship policy.\nOn Twitter, Congresswoman Dina Titus sent out a statement immediately:\n\"Do not be distracted by Trump's latest lie. He cannot rip up the Constitution with the stroke of a pen. This anti-immigrant, \"other\"ing of segments of humanity is just the latest example of his stoking the flames of hate.\"\nWhile Senate candidates Dean Heller (R) and Jacky Rosen (D) sent out statements of their own:\n\"This issue is a symptom of the larger problems we are facing. The reason we keep having this immigration discussion is because we have not passed immigration reform. Why do we keep talking about securing the border? Because we are not doing enough. Why do we keep talking about sanctuary cities? Because Democrats have blocked our efforts to hold sanctuary cities accountable. Why do we continue to have to worry about MS-13 and other violent gangs in our communities? Because we haven't passed Kate's Law or my bill to crack down on violent criminals who are here illegally. I understand the President's frustration on immigration and border security because I am frustrated too.\" - Dean Heller\n\"Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right, and President Trump does not have the power to unilaterally defy our Constitution to take away citizenship from people who are born in this country. Instead of working to unite us, President Trump continues to undermine our American values as a nation of immigrants and attack immigrant families using fear and bigotry to divide us for his own political gain. I reject these partisan attacks on immigrant communities, and I'll fight the President's irresponsible plan to try to end birthright citizenship.\" - Jacky Rosen\nNevada Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto also sent out a statement:\n\"Our President continues to promote hate in America, undermine our country's values, and attack our Constitution. Birthright citizenship is a constitutional guarantee. President Trump should be uniting our country in the wake of the violence and tragedy of the past few days, not attacking immigrants for political gain. I, along with every American, will not stand for yet another one of his attempts to divide.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-cold-war-patriots-from-nevada-test-site-honored-in-las-vegas", "LVRJ: Cold War patriots from Nevada Test Site honored in Las Vegas", "2018-10-31", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "One by one, retired radio technician Randy Rhode lit the 10 candles spread across the table at the National Atomic Testing Museum.\nHe stood by as the names of more than 100 Nevada Test Site workers, veterans and civilians who have died since last year's Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance were read aloud Tuesday during a ceremony at the Las Vegas museum.\nTo honor those who worked at the Nevada Test Site, the 10th anniversary of the remembrance day was commemorated by the Cold War Patriots, a community resource organization that advocates for nuclear weapons and uranium worker benefits.\nThese are the people who helped win the peace of the Cold War, Michael Hall, executive director of the National Atomic Testing Museum, told a nearly filled room. Those working out there were still veterans, in a sense. And for me, it's a living legacy.\nAt the reception, the Nellis Air Force Base honor guard demonstrated a posting of the colors before U.S. Rep. Dina Titus addressed the patriots in attendance, some of whom wore decorative bronze pins commemorating the 10th anniversary.\nThose wearing silver pins suffered health complications from what they were exposed to at the testing site.\nOver the course of your service, just like any warrior, just like anybody on the battlefield, you left your families behind, you worked in secret, you did critical jobs, and you put yourself in harm's way, Titus told the patriots on Tuesday. Just like we say, no soldier on the battlefield left behind,' we should leave no Cold War warrior behind, either.\nGlenn Podonsky, a former executive for the Department of Energy, also attended the event, and organizers played video statements from Energy Secretary Rick Perry and former secretaries Donald Hodel and Bill Richardson.\nTim Lerew, chairman of the Denver-based Cold War Patriots organization, said his team has put together 10 similar ceremonies over the past week throughout the country.\nAbout one-third of those who worked directly with the Department of Energy during the Cold War were military veterans, but two-thirds were just regular citizens who suffered ailments and illnesses related to nuclear exposure, Lerew said. It's important for us to remember not only the work that they did, but to care for them the same way we do our military members, he said.\nHe looked around at the patriots surrounding him.\nThey did this extraordinary work in secret to provide for our nation's national security, he said. It's kind of like a family reunion.\nFormer Navy Cmdr. Dan Williams, an engineer who started working with nuclear energy in the military in 1970, said it's important that the Cold War Patriots be honored and that younger generations understand the history behind it.\nWhy did we build nuclear weapons in the first place? That was to win a war and to prevent future wars, he said.\nAlthough he came from a military background, Williams said that working in conjunction with the thousands of people at the site was a rewarding experience. This endeavor right here was a bunch of civilians from all over the place, with no common military structure that I had operated with, yet they developed ways to get along, to work out differences and find solutions for challenges that were huge, he said. And they did it.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-statement-trump-s-reckless-plan-use-executive-order-end-birthright", "ROSEN STATEMENT ON TRUMPS RECKLESS PLAN TO USE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP", "2018-10-30", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement in response to President Trump's plan to use an executive order to end citizenship rights. Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right, and President Trump does not have the power to unilaterally defy our Constitution to take away citizenship from people who are born in this country. Instead of working to unite us, President Trump continues to undermine our American values as a nation of immigrants and attack immigrant families using fear and bigotry to divide us for his own political gain. We reject these partisan attacks on immigrant communities, and we will fight the President's irresponsible plan to try to end birthright citizenship. SPANISH TRANSLATION:  La ciudadana por nacimiento es un derecho constitucional, y el presidente Trump no tiene el poder de desafiar unilateralmente nuestra Constitucin para quitarle la ciudadana a las personas nacidas en este pas. En lugar de trabajar para unirnos, el presidente Trump contina socavando nuestros valores estadounidenses como una nacin de inmigrantes y atacando a las familias inmigrantes utilizando el miedo y el fanatismo para dividirnos para su propio beneficio poltico. Yo rechazo estos ataques partidistas en contra de las comunidades inmigrantes, y luchare en contra del plan irresponsable del presidente para tratar de acabar con la ciudadana por nacimiento.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-urges-va-address-student-veteran-housing-allowance-backlog-demands", "ROSEN URGES VA TO ADDRESS STUDENT VETERAN HOUSING ALLOWANCE BACKLOG, DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY", "2018-10-30", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) urging the Department to swiftly address the recent backlog in monthly housing allowance payments for student veterans using their GI Bill benefits. Roughly 56,000 veterans call Nevada's 3rd Congressional District home. These delays and the unexpected financial uncertainty resulting from them are forcing veterans into debt and risking the possibility of homelessness for them and their families as they seek to earn an education, pay their bills, and prepare for the workforce, wrote Rosen. It is your responsibility to execute Congressional intent, which was to prevent abuse of the system by bad actors and to help student veterans, not leave them with inadequate and delayed housing allowances. Last month, Rosen called on the VA to reform its process for determining monthly housing allowance levels, after hearing from UNLV student veterans that VA's new formula could hurt student veterans participating in internships in low-income and rural areas by not properly reflecting their true cost of living. BACKGROUND: Rosen has sponsored or helped introduce numerous bills to empower Nevada's student veterans and transitioning servicemembers, including:\n The Hire Student Veterans Act (H.R. 6392) - Rosen introduced this bipartisan bill to automatically qualify employers who hire veterans using their GI Bill benefits for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit's (WOTC) 40-percent tax credit on the first $6,000 of a new employee's first-year wages. The bill will also reduce the existing credit's 400-hour work requirement to 120 hours if a newly-hired employee is a veteran using their GI Bill benefits. This will directly incentivize employers to hire more student veterans for part-time work and paid internships. \n\tForever GI Bill (H.R. 3218) - Rosen helped introduce and pass the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (H.R. 3218), a bipartisan bill that was later signed into law. The bill allows veterans to use their GI Bill benefits over the course of their lifetime, rather than only during a set period of time after their service.\n\tSolar VETS Act (H.R. 6166) - Rosen introduced this bipartisan legislation, which would direct the U.S. Department of Energy to implement a workforce training program to help prepare our nation's transitioning military personnel for careers in the solar energy industry.\n\tIMPROVE Transition for Servicemembers Act (H.R. 7025) - This bipartisan bill, introduced by Rosen earlier this month, would reform the existing Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for transitioning servicemembers by increasing access to information, resources, tools, and support services to ensure servicemembers have the support they need to succeed in their transition to civilian life.\n Over the last year, Congresswoman Rosen's district office has helped constituents with a range of issues, including assisting veterans with obtaining their VA benefits that were stalled for months in a backlog of claims. Rosen's district office successfully returned more than $700,000 last year to Nevada veterans. Read text of the letter here and below: LETTER TEXT  \n\t\nOctober 30, 2018  \n\t\nThe Honorable Paul R. Lawrence, PhD.\n\tUnder Secretary for Benefits\n\tU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\n\t810 Vermont Avenue NW\n\tWashington, DC 20410\n\nDear Dr. Lawrence: I write to raise serious concerns regarding the delay of G.I. Bill monthly housing allowance (MHA) benefits owed to student veterans in Nevada and across the country. These delays and the unexpected financial uncertainty resulting from them are forcing veterans into debt and risking the possibility of homelessness for them and their families as they seek to earn an education, pay their bills, and prepare for the workforce. Your October 5, 2018 correspondence with House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe suggests that these delayed payments are the result of an IT issue related to the deferred implementation of Section 107 of the Forever G.I. Bill. As you know, the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) overhaul of the education benefits processing system was supposed to be completed by August 1, 2018, before the beginning of the Fall 2018 semester. Unfortunately, the new system floundered upon its launch and its full implementation was deferred. These errors have potentially led to thousands of student veterans' MHA certifications never reaching the adjudication process, have led to increased processing times, and have increased the number of pending education benefit claims by fifty-two percent. Furthermore, student veterans impacted by these payment delays have reported frustration when attempting to contact the VA, experiencing long wait times, unhelpful guidance, and little explanation. I recently wrote to Education Service Director Robert Worley regarding the VA's implementation of Section 107, after hearing concerns from multiple colleges, universities, veteran service organizations, and student veterans -- including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), located just outside of the Congressional district I represent -- that VA's interpretation of the new law could have severe, unintended consequences for veterans and the institutions of higher education that serve them. As an original co-sponsor of the Forever G.I. Bill, I fully support the goal of the policy change made by Section 107, which attempts to more accurately match MHA rates to veterans' actual cost of living, closing a loophole that allowed some schools to attract student veterans with promises of inflated housing reimbursements. Under VA's interpretation, however, schools are facing the administrative burden of reporting the ZIP code for every single class, internship, and student teaching site where their student veterans are located, learning, and working. I recently met with student veterans at UNLV, which enrolls nearly 1,500 G.I. Bill beneficiaries, who raised concerns that such a requirement may also unintentionally decrease housing allowances for student veterans whose class and internship ZIP codes may not properly reflect their true cost of living. This change may especially hurt student veterans participating in internships in low-income and rural areas, including parts of Nevada. The processing delays VA has admitted to in its response to Chairman Roe add insult to this injury, delaying payments that themselves may not even reflect the true cost of living for our student veterans. I therefore urge you to immediately address these shortcomings and provide our veterans with the benefits they are owed in a timely manner. It is your responsibility to execute Congressional intent, which was to prevent abuse of the system by bad actors and to help student veterans, not leave them with inadequate and delayed housing allowances. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to continuing to work with VA on improving education for our nation's veterans. Sincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-pittsburgh-neighborhood-mourns-victims-of-deadly-synagogue-shooting", "LVRJ: Pittsburgh neighborhood mourns victims of deadly synagogue shooting", "2018-10-30", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "PITTSBURGH  An overwhelming sense of anguish was palpable throughout a suburb of this industrial city Sunday as the community flocked for a second evening to pay tribute to the victims of a synagogue slaying here.\n\nOfficials released the identities of the 11 people slain by a gunman who told arresting law enforcement officers that he wanted to kill Jews before attacking worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.\n\nFor Ellen Cohen, who was married in the synagogue and worshipped there for 25 years, the sounds of gunshots heard at her residence down the street left her shaken and thankful that her 88-year-old mother, Marcia, had slept in that day.\n\nThose were all her friends, Cohen told the Review-Journal. It's sad. We have the will to go on, but the next week will be very hard and sad.\n\nCohen said the outpouring from the community has been so warm.\n\nAnd thousands turned out for a second night Sunday to pay their respect to those lost to the hateful attack on innocents killed because of their faith.\n\nWhat happened yesterday will not break us, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman told the Squirrel Hill Synagogue interfaith vigil for the victims of the mass shooting.\n\nThe shooting is the deadliest attack on Jewish congregants in U.S. history, according to the Anti-Defamation League.\n\nJeremy Pappas, the director of the ADL region that includes Pennsylvania, said he and other Jewish leaders were gathered in the Pittsburgh area to provide help and comfort the families of the deceased.\n\nMayor Bill Peduto said the tragedy is one of the darkest days in Pittsburgh's history.\n\nPresident Donald Trump denounced the act of anti-Semitism as evil.\n\nTrump said the scourge of anti-Semitism can not be ignored, cannot be tolerated and cannot be allowed to continue.\n\nBut the mayor disagreed with the president's suggestion that arming more people in houses of worship, or schools, could prevent the number of mass-casualty events occurring with alarming regularity in the United States.\n\nWave of attacks\n\nThe Pittsburgh mass shooting comes just a year and weeks after a lone gunman shot and killed 58 concertgoers and injured hundreds of other people during a rampage on the Las Vegas Strip.\n\nAnd the synagogue slayings Saturday follow other hate crime attacks that include the 2016 slaying of members of the LGBTQ community at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and the attack three years ago on African-American worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.\n\nJust a year ago, a lone gunman walked through a Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and opened fire on victims at close range. There were 26 worshippers killed in the Sunday service as the man sought to kill his mother-in-law, who was not there.\n\nIn the latest case, federal officials have charged Robert Bowers, 46, of Pittsburgh, with 29 counts, including hate crimes, for the attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue.\n\nU.S. Attorney Scott Brady said federal prosecutors are seeking approval to pursue the death penalty against Bowers. Brady said he has begun the process to get Attorney General Jeff Sessions' approval as required by law to pursue a capital case against Bowers.\n\nBrady says multiple search warrants have been issued in the investigation of Bowers, a long-haul trucker who worked as an independent contractor.\n\nBowers was injured in a shootout with police and is being treated and is under guard. He is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.\n\nThe suspect spewed anti-Semitic remarks on social media before the attack here.\n\nResidents shocked\n\nResidents here were clearly shocked by the surreal nature that befell their community, and targeted their neighbors for a senseless death.\n\nSony Korzeniswsky, 23, attends a nearby synagogue, but lives close to the Tree of Life complex. She attended vigils and dropped off two bouquets of flowers at a makeshift memorial.\n\nShe carried the flowers to the two vigils before placing them with others at the memorial\n\nThis was the right place to put them, she told the Review-Journal.\n\nKorzeniswsky said she never thought the deadliest attack on Jewish worshippers would happen right down the street in my neighborhood.\n\nRep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., whose congressional district includes the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, was working with the families and local religious leaders assisting those suffering from the pain the attacks have brought.\n\nLas Vegas congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Nev., has offered Doyle support and has spoken with the ADL and Jewish community leaders in southern Nevada.\n\nThe attack on the synagogue in Pittsburgh is horrific, Titus said. My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.\n\nTitus has sought tighter gun controls in the wake of the Las Vegas tragedy, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.\n\nThe Las Vegas gunman used 23 weapons fitted with bump stocks to accelerate the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles. Trump administration efforts to reclassify bump stocks, and congressional efforts to ban them, have yet to be implemented or passed.\n\nBowers used a semi-automatic rifle and three handguns in his attack here. A law enforcement official said Bowers had a license to carry firearms and legally owned his guns.\n\nLike residents of Las Vegas, those who live here are searching for answers as to why such a wanton act could happen in their community.\n\nWe're like everybody else, Cohen said. We never thought it would happen here  and it happened here.\n\nIt's so sad, she said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-white-house-must-follow-through-president-trump-s-words-zero-out-requests", "ROSEN: WHITE HOUSE MUST FOLLOW THROUGH ON PRESIDENT TRUMPS WORDS, ZERO OUT REQUESTS FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN FUNDING", "2018-10-29", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) responded to reports that Secretary of Energy Rick Perry confirmed the White House continues to support turning Yucca Mountain into the nation's nuclear waste repository. This comes after Congresswoman Rosen and U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto sent a letter to President Trump in response to his remarks in Elko, where he said he would be very inclined to be against turning Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste dump. Rosen and Cortez Masto urged the President to follow through on his commitment by zeroing out funding for Yucca Mountain in his Fiscal Year 2020 Presidential Budget.\nThese contradictory remarks from Secretary Perry underline why the White House must follow through on President Trump's words about supporting consent-based siting and commit to zeroing out funding for Yucca Mountain, said Rosen. This Administration needs to keep its word and listen to Nevada families and businesses instead of Republican leaders in Washington intent on turning our state into a nuclear waste dumping ground. I'll continue fighting in every way I can to prevent this dangerous project from being revived and putting Nevadans at risk.\nBACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Rosen successfully advocated against funding for Yucca Mountain in the final Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus. Rosen also recently introduced the Jobs, Not Waste Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action relating to the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submits a study to Congress on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site. Last month, Rosen spoke at a Science Committee hearing about the need for nuclear energy researchers and industry to start looking at alternatives for nuclear waste storage and convinced panelists to support a consent-based approach, the very same approach President Trump seemed to endorse today. View video here.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-statement-shooting-tree-life-congregation-pittsburgh", "ROSEN STATEMENT ON SHOOTING AT TREE OF LIFE CONGREGATION IN PITTSBURGH", "2018-10-27", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement in response to news of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This horrific mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh is devastating - a cowardly and hateful act of violence at a house of worship, said Rosen. I'm grateful for our first responders, and my heart breaks for the victims and their loved ones. No one should ever fall victim to such brutal, cowardly acts of violence, especially while praying at a house of worship. We must recommit to standing strong against hate and bigotry and take action to prevent these kinds of tragedies before we lose more innocent lives.  \n\t\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-continues-effort-protect-servicemembers-and-their-families-predatory", "ROSEN CONTINUES EFFORT TO PROTECT SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM PREDATORY LENDERS, CO-LEADS BIPARTISAN LETTER TO MULVANEY DEMANDING HE ENFORCE THE LAW", "2018-10-25", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) joined Congressmen Connor Lamb (PA-18) and Walter Jones (NC-03) in sending a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director and Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Mick Mulvaney, expressing serious concerns over CFPB's exclusion of the Military Lending Act (MLA) from its routine examinations of lenders. Rosen, Lamb, and Jones led a bipartisan group of more than 40 Members of Congress in declaring that such action is an abrogation of the agency's clear responsibility to protect servicemembers and their families from predatory lenders. In August, Rosen spearheaded a similar effort to protect our men and women in uniform with her colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee. Shifting the burden of detecting and reporting MLA abuses or violations to the brave men and women serving our country, many of whom are overseas, rather than the very regulators who should be serving as sentries to protect those who protect us, is unreasonable and unnecessary, wrote Rosen and her House colleagues. The CFPB should utilize all of its authorities and continue to provide vigilant, effective consumer protection for our men and women in uniform. BACKGROUND: Since joining Congress, Rosen, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee's Military Personnel Subcommittee and the bipartisan Congressional Military Families Caucus, has supported numerous efforts aimed at providing our servicemembers, veterans, and their families with important resources through her legislative efforts:  \n\t\n \n\t\tKeeping Our Commitment to Ending Veteran Homelessness Act - This bipartisan bill introduced by Rosen would reauthorize several key programs that provide outreach and services to homeless veterans in Nevada and across the country.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tSolar VETS Act - Rosen introduced this bipartisan legislation in June. This legislation would direct the U.S. Department of Energy to implement a workforce training program to help prepare our nation's transitioning military personnel for careers in the solar energy industry. Rosen introduced the bipartisan bill with Reps. Steve Knight (R-CA), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ).\n\t\n\t\n\t\tHire Student Veterans Act - Rosen introduced this bipartisan bill, which would expand the existing Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to ensure that all student veterans using their GI benefits can take advantage of valuable paid internships or work opportunities while in school.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMilitary Spouse Hiring Act - This legislation co-sponsored by Rosen would expand the tax credit for hiring veterans to military spouses.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tHomeless Veterans Families Act - Rosen is a co-sponsor of this bipartisan bill to allow the VA to pay a partial housing allowance to providers supporting homeless veterans who have children. Currently, the VA cannot reimburse the costs of sheltering dependent children of homeless veterans, and as a result, many providers will not accept veterans with children.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tSurviving Spouses Income Security Act - This legislation, co-sponsored by Rosen, increases dependency and indemnity compensation and benefits for Gold Star families.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tA bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans exposed to herbicides - This bipartisan bill, which passed the House and was co-led by Rosen, expands Agent Orange benefits to Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to toxic herbicide substances while serving in Thailand and their families.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tBurn Pits Accountability Act - A bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Rosen that would require the evaluation of the exposure of servicemembers and veterans to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals.\n\t\n Read text of the letter here and below: LETTER TEXT\nThe Honorable Mick Mulvaney\n\tConsumer Financial Protection Bureau\n\t1700 G St, NW\n\tWashington, DC 20552\nDear Mr. Mulvaney, We are writing in response to reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will exclude the Military Lending Act (MLA) from its routine examinations of lenders, weakening critical protections for servicemembers and their families. This is troubling because the CFPB currently has the supervisory, examination, and enforcement authority it needs to oversee institutions under its jurisdiction and ensure they are in full compliance with the MLA. Accordingly, we join our colleagues in the Senate, over a dozen Members of the House Armed Services Committee, and the more than forty military and veterans service organizations, urging you to ensure that active duty servicemembers and their families continue to receive all their due MLA protections. When Congress passed the MLA, the issue was clear: high-cost and predatory lending is a risk to servicemembers and military readiness. Department of Defense (DOD) studies have found servicemembers and their families are disproportionately targeted by predatory lending practices and determined that these practices pose a significant risk to our national security. The MLA curtailed these unjust practices, and Congress further gave the CFPB responsibility for regular supervisory examinations of lenders and institutions, checking to ensure soldiers' financial protections are maintained. Among the protections included in the MLA was capping the annual interest rate servicemembers and their families could be charged at 36%. Shifting the burden of detecting and reporting MLA abuses or violations to the brave men and women serving our country, many of whom are overseas, rather than the very regulators who should be serving as sentries to protect those who protect us, is unreasonable and unnecessary. The CFPB should utilize all of its authorities and continue to provide vigilant, effective consumer protection for our men and women in uniform. We therefore urge you to recommit the CFPB to protecting servicemembers and their families by continuing to include the MLA as part of the CFPB's routine examinations of lenders.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-and-cortez-masto-call-president-trump-keep-his-word-exclude-funding-yucca", "ROSEN AND CORTEZ MASTO CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO KEEP HIS WORD, EXCLUDE FUNDING FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET PROPOSAL", "2018-10-24", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) and U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) sent a letter to President Trump in response to his remarks in Elko, where he said he would be very inclined to be against turning Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste dump. The letter urges the President to follow through on his commitment to follow the will of Nevadans by zeroing out funding for Yucca Mountain in his Fiscal Year 2020 Presidential Budget. The majority of Nevadans agree that storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain is not a viable or sustainable solution. Therefore, it is encouraging to hear you say that, with regard to waste storage, the federal government should do things where people want them to happen' and that you agree with the people of Nevada.' However, these statements are merely empty promises if you continue to include funding for Yucca Mountain in your annual budget request to Congress, Rosen and Cortez Masto wrote in their letter to the President.  BACKGROUND: Today's letter comes on the heels of Rosen's pledge this weekend to hold President Trump accountable for his apparent policy change on Yucca. Earlier this year, Rosen successfully advocated against funding for Yucca Mountain in the final Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus. Rosen also recently introduced the Jobs, Not Waste Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action relating to the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submits a study to Congress on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site. Rosen spoke at a Science Committee hearing about the need for nuclear energy researchers and industry to start looking at alternatives for nuclear waste storage and convinced panelists to support a consent-based approach, the very same approach President Trump seemed to endorse on Saturday. View video here. LETTER TEXT: President Donald Trump  \n\tThe White House  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW\n\tWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear President Trump: In light of your recent remarks indicating a change in this Administration's policy on Yucca Mountain, we write to respectfully request that you zero out funding for this dangerous project in your upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 budget request. Greenlighting Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository will endanger the health, safety, and security of Nevadans and threaten our vibrant tourism industry, so it is critical that your actions on this issue match your rhetoric. In Congress, we have opposed the reckless proposal to operate a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Storing waste at Yucca Mountain poses an existential threat to Nevada and to its neighboring states. Yucca Mountain is located less than a hundred miles northwest of Las Vegas, a city that houses two million people and attracts over forty million visitors each year. Restarting and completing the Yucca Mountain site would require shipping high-level radioactive nuclear waste across our neighboring states and through the Las Vegas valley by truck and train, crossing through and traveling near business districts, neighborhoods, and schools. This endeavor would require the construction of almost three-hundred miles of new railroad tracks to transport radioactive waste across the country, putting at risk more than one-hundred twenty-three million individuals nationwide living near the proposed routes. The Yucca Mountain project is also a threat to our collective national security and the readiness of our Air Force. The site is adjacent to the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), the largest air and ground military training space in the contiguous United States, known worldwide as the Crown Jewel of the Air Force. According to Air Force Secretary Wilson, there is no nuclear waste transportation route across the NTTR that would not impact critical testing and training. Yucca Mountain and its proposed waste transportation routes are also located near numerous other critical national security assets, including Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, the Nevada National Security Site, and Hawthorne Army Depot. The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that you signed into law directs the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to study the impact the Yucca Mountain project would have on operations at these sites, which are critical to U.S. national security. Most importantly, Nevadans have not consented to allowing our state to become the nation's nuclear dumping ground. In its 2012 final report, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future recommended that any plan to address nuclear waste storage must be based on scientific analysis, as well as consensus from affected parties. Yucca Mountain does not have that kind of consensus. The majority of Nevadans agree that storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain is not a viable or sustainable solution. Therefore, it is encouraging to hear you say that, with regard to waste storage, the federal government should do things where people want them to happen and that you agree with the people of Nevada. However, these statements are merely empty promises if you continue to include funding for Yucca Mountain in your annual budget request to Congress. Your most recent President's Budget included requests of $30 million for defense nuclear waste storage and $90 million for civilian nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain. We opposed these requests and were able to prevent them from inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2019 Energy & Water minibus appropriations bill that you signed into law. However, if you are indeed looking at it seriously with respect to honoring the will of Nevadans, your Fiscal Year 2020 budget request must not include any funding for Yucca Mountain. Doing otherwise would be an abrogation of your duty to protect the people of the United States, including three million Nevadans. We look forward to your response and future action and hope that you keep your word to the people of Nevada. Our health, safety, and security depend on your follow-through. Sincerely,  \n\t\nJacky Rosen                Catherine Cortez Masto  \n\tMember of Congress          United States Senator\n\nCC:\nThe Honorable Rick Perry, Secretary, Department of Energy  \n\tMick Mulvaney, Director, Office of Management and Budget\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-nevada-democrats-urge-trump-to-keep-yucca-mountain-mothballed", "LVRJ: Nevada Democrats urge Trump to keep Yucca Mountain mothballed", "2018-10-24", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Nevada Democrats seized Tuesday on President Donald Trump's wobble on Yucca Mountain, urging him to follow through with his campaign-season equivocation and keep the nuclear repository in Nevada in a mothballed state.\nTrump was campaigning for Republican Sen. Dean Heller in Elko last week when he told KRNV News 4 that as president he understood the state's opposition to the project.\nI think you should do things where people want them to happen, Trump told the Reno TV station. So I would be very inclined to be against it and we will be looking at it very seriously over the next few weeks. And I agree with the people of Nevada.\nThe entire Nevada congressional delegation is opposed to reviving the licensing process the Department of Energy was going through to receive a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to build the facility.\nPresident Barack Obama stopped funding the licensing process, and Trump has sought money in his first two budgets to revive the process. The requests were approved in the House and died in the Senate.\nIn a letter to the White House on Tuesday, Democrats Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Jacky Rosen praised the president for his apparent turnabout on Yucca Mountain in his Elko comments.\nHowever, these statements are merely empty promises if you continue to include funding for Yucca Mountain in your annual budget request to Congress, Rosen and Cortez Masto wrote.\nRep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., cast a wary eye Monday on Trump's comments, noting the timing of the president's conversion.\nHeller, who has urged senators to strip funding for Yucca Mountain, was with Trump in Elko. Heller is in a close re-election fight with Rosen. A White House spokeswoman noted that Trump said the administration would be very seriously considering the issue in coming weeks, language noted by Yucca Mountain supporters in the House, where a bipartisan majority want to move forward with the project.\nShimkus backs Yucca\nA spokesman for Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., a sponsor of legislation to revive the Yucca Mountain licensing process, says the Nevada location remains the best location for permanent waste storage.\nCongressman Shimkus appreciates the Trump administration's budget requests in support of Yucca Mountain, and he encourages everyone to look at this issue very seriously' as the president said he would do over the next few weeks, said the spokesman, Jordan Haverly.\nThe reality is when people look at the repository site in the Nevada desert, and when they hear the world-class scientific evidence supporting its safety, most come away realizing it is the best location available for a national repository, Haverly said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/lvrj-trump-says-he-s-likely-to-oppose-yucca-facility-contrary-to-budget-requests", "LVRJ: Trump says hes likely to oppose Yucca facility, contrary to budget requests", "2018-10-24", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  As he stumped for Republican candidates in Elko, President Donald Trump said he is very inclined to be against Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste facility  a statement that conflicts with his administration's first two budget proposals.\nAsked about his position on a Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, Trump told Reno station KRNV News 4: I think you should do things where people want them to happen. So I would be very inclined to be against it and we will be looking at it very seriously over the next few weeks. And I agree with the people of Nevada.\nIt was a surprising answer given that the White House Office of Management and Budget twice has proposed spending $120 million to restart licensing for the Yucca Mountain facility, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The House passed spending plans that included the Yucca funding in 2017 and 2018, but the Senate Appropriations Committee dropped the items.\nThe president has made over 5,000 false and misleading claims since he was sworn into office, and you can add this outright lie to the list, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., responded. His administration has taken significant steps to revive the Yucca Mountain project, including requesting over $240 million in his budget to restart the licensing process and his appointment of one of Yucca's biggest proponents, David Wright, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\nTrump's stand on Yucca has been uncharacteristically murky from his days on the campaign trail.\nAsked about his position on Yucca Mountain in October 2016, Trump told KSNV-TV, Channel 3, I will take a very strong look at it and the next time you interview me, we'll talk about it for five minutes.\nLeading up to the 2016 election, however, Trump failed to take a stand either way on Yucca.\nThen, in February 2017, Trump's OMB released a $4.4 trillion spending blueprint that included $120 million to restart the licensing process.\nEnergy Secretary Rick Perry told a House committee he believed the administration had a moral obligation to resume licensing.\nIn November, OMB Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters it was his decision to put the $120 million into Trump's budget. We have to put this stuff someplace, he said. So the $120 million you saw, it was actually very minor. I'm surprised it got that much attention as it did. It's only to explore the possibility of licensing.\nMulvaney said he could not recall if he discussed Yucca Mountain with Trump, but he knew that he had talked to Perry.\nAsked about the president's comments over the weekend, spokeswoman Lindsay Walters repeated Trump's language about very seriously considering the issue in the coming weeks.\nCongress designated Yucca Mountain as the site for a national repository for nuclear waste in 1987. Political opposition has prevented the site from opening.\nSen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., who joined Trump on Air Force One for the ride to Elko, has opposed the administration's Yucca Mountain funding. A state without a single nuclear power plant should not have to shoulder the entire nation's nuclear waste burden, Heller argued in February.\nHeller spokeswoman Megan Taylor said the senator personally talked to Trump about the danger of bringing nuclear waste through the state of Nevada and is encouraged he is taking a serious look at the threat that Yucca Mountain would pose to Nevadans and (the) booming economy.\nHeller's Democratic opponent in the Senate race, Rep. Jacky Rosen, also opposes licensing Yucca Mountain. While I'm encouraged to see the president finally say that he will listen to our state and change course on this dangerous plan for nuclear waste, we must continue to hold this administration accountable and ensure that the White House and Republican leaders in Washington follow through on actually abandoning their efforts to force this reckless project down our throats, Rosen said in a statement Monday.\nLongtime Nevada GOP political strategist Sig Rogich also was encouraged. I viewed it as a very positive remark, that he listens to Nevadans and Nevadans have said overwhelmingly they do not want Yucca, Rogich said.\nEnergy policy analyst Katie Tubb of the conservative Heritage Foundation does not see a disconnect between Trump's misgivings and his administration's attempts to fund licensing, which was suspended under President Barack Obama.\nI think it's appropriate and wise to go through the licensing process and then have the discussion again. That's how you get to a science-based conclusion to proceed or scrub the project, Tubb said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-receives-100-score-aauw-action-fund", "ROSEN RECEIVES 100% SCORE FROM AAUW ACTION FUND", "2018-10-23", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) released the following statement after receiving a 100 percent score from the AAUW Action Fund for her commitment in Congress to fight for and vote for legislation that advances equality for Nevada women and working families. I'm committed to supporting policies that ensure Nevada women and working families have the level playing field they deserve, said Rosen. It's the reason why I'm fighting to end the wage gap for working women and opposing Republican efforts to take away access to critical health care services under Title X. I'll keep advocating for policies in Congress that break down barriers to good health care and real economic security for women.\" BACKGROUND: Congresswoman Rosen has co-sponsored numerous piece of legislation to promote women's empowerment, including:  \n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\tThe Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1869, would strengthen and close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by holding employers accountable for discriminatory practices, ending the practice of pay secrecy, easing workers' ability to individually or jointly challenge pay discrimination, and strengthening the available remedies for wronged employees.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\tThe Protect Access to Birth Control Act, H.R. 4082, which would repeal the Trump Administration's rule allowing virtually any empower or insurance company to deny contraception coverage, based on an extremely broad general religious exemption.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\tLast year, Rosen voted against a measure to restrict women's health through the Title X program when it came up for a vote on the House floor. The Title X program, which has been under attack by the Trump Administration, provides grants to public and nonprofit agencies for family planning services, research, and training. It is the only federal program devoted solely to family planning and related preventative health services. Title X dollars provide critical funding for services related to contraception, fertility, pregnancy, and cervical cancer screenings.\n\t\t\n\t\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-urges-trump-administration-commit-zeroing-out-funding-yucca-mountain", "ROSEN URGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO COMMIT TO ZEROING OUT FUNDING FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET", "2018-10-20", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) responded to President Trump's remarks in Elko this weekend that he would be very inclined to be against turning Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste dump, urging the President to follow through on listening to Nevadans by zeroing out funding for Yucca Mountain in his Fiscal Year 2020 presidential budget proposal. After repeatedly placing a target on Nevada's back by requesting millions of dollars in his budget to turn our state into a nuclear waste dump, it's my hope that President Trump is in fact reversing his stance on reviving Yucca Mountain, said Rosen. While I'm encouraged to see the President finally say that he will listen to our state and change course on this dangerous plan for nuclear waste, we must continue to hold this Administration accountable and ensure that the White House and Republican leaders in Washington follow through on actually abandoning their efforts to force this reckless project down our throats. Greenlighting Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository will endanger the health and safety of Nevadans and threaten our tourism industry. President Trump's actions should match his rhetoric, and he should commit to zeroing out funding for this hazardous project in his upcoming budget for the next fiscal year.\"\n\nBACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Rosen successfully advocated against funding for Yucca Mountain in the final Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus. Rosen also recently introduced the Jobs, Not Waste Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action relating to the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submits a study to Congress on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site. Last month, Rosen spoke at a Science Committee hearing about the need for nuclear energy researchers and industry to start looking at alternatives for nuclear waste storage and convinced panelists to support a consent-based approach, the very same approach President Trump seemed to endorse today. View video here.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/fox-news-gsa-denies-democratic-claims-that-trump-intervened-to-stop-fbi-hq-move", "Fox News: GSA denies Democratic claims that Trump intervened to stop FBI HQ move", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Five House Democrats alleged Thursday that President Trump had personally ordered that the FBI headquarters remain in downtown Washington so that a potential competitor could not develop the site, a claim the agency which manages real estate for the federal government dismissed as \"inaccurate.\" In a letter, Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland; Gerry Connolly of Virginia; Dina Titus of Nevada; Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Mike Quigley of Illinois claimed Trump was \"directly involved with the decision to abandon the long-term relocation plan and instead move ahead with the more expensive proposal to construct a new building on the same site, and thereby prevent Trump Hotel competitors from acquiring the land.\" The letter cites correspondence from a senior official at the federal General Services Administration (GSA) who outlined a January Oval Office meeting and described the headquarters decision as \"what POTUS directed everyone to do.\" Another email describes steps that will be \"necessary to deliver the project the president wants on the timetable he wants it done.\"\nIn a written statement, the GSA said that \"the leadership team at the FBI made the decision to keep its headquarters at the current Pennsylvania Avenue location. A number of emails referenced in today's congressional letter are taken out of context and refer to the project's funding approach, not the location decision. \"Suggestions that those emails indicate presidential involvement in the location decision are inaccurate,\" the statement added.\nAn inspector general's report released earlier this year revealed that Trump participated in meetings in which the FBI headquarters issue was discussed, but offered no conclusions about whether the president pushed to keep the headquarters downtown. The watchdog noted that GSA employees were instructed not to discuss any statements Trump made at those meetings.\nThe correspondence cited by Democrats was also available to the inspector general, but Democrats are attaching more significance to the letters than the IG did.\nTrump owns a downtown hotel across the street from FBI headquarters that could face competition if the FBI's current location is opened to private redevelopment, which could include another hotel. Before running for office, Trump expressed interest in redeveloping the property himself.\nOfficials in suburban Maryland and Virginia have long competed to be chosen as the site for a potential new FBI headquarters in the Washington D.C. suburbs. Such a project could bring more than 10,000 jobs.\nConnolly, whose district covers a wide swath of northern Virginia, said Thursday that the letters represent significant circumstantial evidence, given the overall context of the project. For more than a decade, Connolly said, the plan to move FBI headquarters to the suburbs was widely accepted as the most logical alternative. The current J. Edgar Hoover building, built in 1974, is crumbling badly. The space is not big enough to consolidate all FBI personnel, and modern security requirements impose building restrictions that would be extremely difficult to meet at the existing location, Connolly said. Advocates of a suburban location say it would be less expensive and more efficient.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/government-executive-new-evidence-suggests-trump-s-coordination-with-gsa-on-fbi", "Government Executive: New Evidence Suggests Trumps Coordination With GSA on FBI Headquarters Plan", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Newly released emails and an official White House photo provide evidence suggesting that President Trump himself directed the General Services Administration and the FBI to modify a years-in-the-works plan to move the FBI's downtown Washington headquarters.\nA letter sent Thursday by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and four other Democrats, challenged GSA Administrator Emily Murphy on her congressional testimony that she did not discuss the decision to change the relocation plan with the White House.\nMany years before becoming president, Donald Trump expressed interest in the FBI headquarters moving out of Washington, D.C., so he could acquire the land on Pennsylvania Avenue and redevelop the property, which is directly across the street from the Trump International Hotel, the Democratic lawmakers wrote, with copies to Republican committee chairmen. However, after he was sworn in as presidentand became ineligible as a federal employee to obtain the propertyhe reportedly became dead opposed' to the government selling the property, which would have allowed commercial developers to compete directly with the Trump Hotel.\nSome of the conflicts in the record were documented this August in a report from the GSA inspector general, but Murphy has maintained that her April 2018 testimony to Congress about GSA's plan to rebuild the HQ downtownreleased in Februarywas accurate and that the decision was based on cost considerations.\nThe IG has now provided Cummings with additional documents, and The New York Times, using the Freedom of Information Act, on Wednesday published for the first time a Jan. 24, 2018, official White House photo showing Murphy and FBI Director Christopher Wray in the Oval Office. The documents contain references to the project the president wants and show that top GSA officials promised to hold our ground on this proposal per the president's instructions to not sell the downtown property to a commercial developer.\nAs noted by Cummings, the IG reported that Murphy pushed back against abandoning the suburban location plan, and retained an impression for a while that the relocation would continue. Wray is quoted as saying that if the relocation would not produce cost savings, he'd prefer to remain at the J. Edgar Hoover building, but is not opposed to a suburban campus site.\nMurphy was also reported to have asked the IG to remove references to her April 2018 testimony from her August 2018 report, which IG Carol Ochoa declined to do.\nInternal emails describe the aftermath of the cancellation of procurement for the FBI move announced in July 2017, without an alternative plan in place. GSA Public Buildings Service Commissioner Dan Mathews, after a Dec. 20, 2017, meeting at the White House with Chief of Staff John Kelly and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, emailed FBI Chief Financial Officer Richard Haley saying, The meeting took an unexpected turn as soon as we got there.\nFurther emails from Mathews asked the White House to put something in writing on a plan to demolish the J. Edgar Hoover building (built in 1974) and construct a new headquarters on the same site, saying, Ideally I think it would first recap the oval meeting with what POTUS directed everyone to do then ask Emily (GSA) to execute POTUS's orders, according to Cummings' letter.\nOn Jan. 25, 2018, the GSA administrator's chief of staff, Brennan Hart, emailed Joseph Lai, special assistant to President Trump, confirming that the decision to reverse the relocation plan occurred at the White House meeting, according to the members' interpretation. Hart wrote: The president was briefed yesterday on this by the GSA administrator, deputy attorney general and FBI Director and signed off on this path forward.\nThe 2017 decision to cancel the well-advanced solicitation of construction firms for bids on building a new campus in one of three sites in suburban Maryland and Virginia irked House members and senators in the Washington area. The current plan to rebuild at the same Pennsylvania Avenue facility could cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the long-term relocation plan, but it would accommodate 2,306 fewer employees, Cummings protested.\nPresident Trump should have avoided all interactions or communications relating to the FBI headquarters project to prevent both real and perceived conflicts of interest, Cummings wrote in the letter co-signed by Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.; Dina Titus, D-Nev.; Mike Quigley, D-Ill.; and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. He should not have played any role in a determination that bears directly on his own financial interests with the Trump Hotel. The General Services Administration also should have taken steps to wall off the decision from improper influence.\nA GSA spokeswoman said in a statement:\nAs previously testified by GSA and the FBI, the leadership team at the FBI made the decision to keep its headquarters at the current Pennsylvania Avenue location. A number of emails referenced in today's congressional letter are taken out of context and refer to the project's funding approach, not the location decision. Suggestions that those emails indicate presidential involvement in the location decision are inaccurate. GSA stands by its testimony and the cost analysis proposed in the joint revised plan submitted to Congress in February.  \n\tThe lawmakers asked Murphy to provide a timetable and all relevant documents by Nov. 1.\nSeparately, the story behind the Trump administration's handling of the FBI headquarters will be among the top priorities in the coming months for American Oversight, a nonprofit legal group that focuses on agency transparency. At a Wednesday briefing with reporters, the group's leaders said they have been actively filing FOIA requests for documents on the canceled move.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/new-york-times-democrats-question-plan-for-new-fbi-hq-near-trumps-dc-hotel", "New York Times: Democrats Question Plan for New FBI HQ Near Trump's DC Hotel", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Five senior Democratic members of Congress have questioned what they say is a Trump administration plan to build a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation across the street from Donald Trump's downtown Washington hotel.\nIn a letter sent on Thursday to Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration (GSA), which manages government buildings, the Democrats said they had serious concerns about an \"abrupt decision\" by Trump to abandon an earlier plan to move FBI headquarters out of central Washington to the suburbs.\nThe Democrats, members of House of Representatives investigative panels, said that years ago, before he became president, Trump expressed interest in the FBI moving out of its current headquarters so he could buy the land and redevelop the property.\nAfter he was sworn in and became disqualified from buying the land, the Democrats alleged, Trump became \"dead opposed\" to the government selling the FBI property to other commercial developers who might compete with the Trump International Hotel.\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said, \"Once again House Democrats have it all wrong. The president wanted to save the government money, and also the FBI leadership did not want to move its headquarters.\"\nGSA spokeswoman Pamela Dixon said in a statement: \"The leadership team at the FBI made the decision to keep its headquarters at the current Pennsylvania Avenue location.\n\"A number of emails referenced in today's congressional letter are taken out of context ... Suggestions that those emails indicate presidential involvement in the location decision are inaccurate.\"\nSome of the Democrats who signed the letter would help lead investigations of Trump if their party takes control of the House in the Nov. 6 elections.\nThe Democrats said they have documents showing Trump was \"directly involved\" with the GSA and the FBI in deciding to halt a plan to move FBI headquarters to a Maryland or Virginia suburb. The Democrats said the documents describe the decision not to sell the existing J. Edgar Hoover FBI building to private developers as a \"direction from the White House\" and as \"the project the president wants.\" The letter accused the GSA of concealing this information from Congress.\nThe Democrats said a new plan to rebuild FBI headquarters on its current site could \"cost hundreds of millions of dollars more\" than the plan to move to the suburbs and would accommodate 2,300 fewer employees.\nThe Democrats' letter accused Trump of a \"clear conflict of interest.\" It said they were trying \"to determine whether the president is making decisions about the FBI headquarters building based on what is best for the country or what is best for his own financial bottom line.\"\nThe letter was signed by House members Elijah Cummings, Peter DeFazio, Gerald Connolly, Mike Quigley and Dina Titus.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/new-york-times-democrats-trump-intervened-personally-to-stop-fbi-move", "New York Times: Democrats: Trump Intervened Personally to Stop FBI Move", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FALLS CHURCH, Va.  Administration emails show that President Donald Trump intervened personally to keep FBI headquarters in downtown Washington rather than relocate it to the suburbs as had long been planned, congressional Democrats said Thursday.\nThe letter from Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says Trump's direct involvement presents a brazen conflict of interest. Trump owns a downtown hotel across the street from FBI headquarters that could face competition if the FBI's current location is opened to private redevelopment, which could include another hotel. Before running for office, Trump expressed interest in redeveloping the property himself.\nTrump \"was directly involved with the decision to abandon the long-term relocation plan and instead move ahead with the more expensive proposal to construct a new building on the same site, and thereby prevent Trump Hotel competitors from acquiring the land,\" wrote Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland; Gerry Connolly of Virginia; Dina Titus of Nevada; Peter DeFazio of Oregon; and Mike Quigley of Illinois.\nThursday's letter cites correspondence from a senior official at the General Services Administration, which manages real estate for the federal government, outlining a January 2018 Oval Office meeting and describing the headquarters decision as \"what POTUS directed everyone to do.\" Another email describes steps that will be \"necessary to deliver the project the president wants on the timetable he wants it done.\"\nThe General Services Administration responded in a written statement, saying that \"suggestions that those emails indicate presidential involvement in the location decision are inaccurate.\"\n\"As previously testified by GSA and the FBI, the leadership team at the FBI made the decision to keep its headquarters at the current Pennsylvania Avenue location. A number of emails referenced in today's congressional letter are taken out of context and refer to the project's funding approach, not the location decision,\" GSA said.\nThe Democrats' letter follows up on an inspector general's report issued earlier this year that disclosed Trump was participating in meetings in which the FBI headquarters project was discussed.\nThe IG report, though, offered no conclusions about whether Trump actively pushed for the downtown location in those meetings. The inspector general concluded that determining Trump's specific involvement was difficult, in large part because the inspector general said GSA employees were instructed not to discuss any statements Trump made at those meetings. The correspondence cited by Democrats was also available to the inspector general, but Democrats are attaching more significance to the letters than the IG did.\nConnolly said the letters represent significant circumstantial evidence, given the overall context of the project. For more than a decade, Connolly said, the plan to move FBI headquarters to the suburbs was widely accepted as the most logical alternative. The current J. Edgar Hoover building, built in 1974, is crumbling badly. The space is not big enough to consolidate all FBI personnel, and modern security requirements impose building restrictions that would be extremely difficult to meet at the existing location, Connolly said. Advocates of a suburban location say it would be less expensive and more efficient.\nGiven Trump's financial conflict of interest with his hotel, and his ongoing feud with the FBI, Connolly said Trump's involvement in the decision is all the more suspicious. He also said GSA has been less than forthcoming about Trump's involvement in the decision in congressional testimony.\n\"This is an issue we will continue to pursue in the next Congress,\" Connolly said.\nOfficials in Maryland and Virginia competed for years to land the project, which could bring more than 10,000 jobs.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/the-hill-trump-more-involved-in-blocking-fbi-hq-sale-than-initially-thought-dems", "The Hill: Trump more involved in blocking FBI HQ sale than initially thought: Dems", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "President Trump was more directly involved in canceling plans to sell the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., than Congress was previously aware of, House Democrats alleged on Thursday.\nThey pointed to new documents they say suggest a more expensive proposal to rebuild the headquarters in D.C. instead of relocating to the suburbs was approved during an Oval Office meeting with Trump and General Services Administration (GSA) officials on Jan. 24.\nThe documents, released by the House Democrats on Thursday, include a picture of the meeting in question and emails that describe the project as what the president wants and what POTUS directed everyone to do. GSA officials are also quoted in emails saying that they were operating per the President's instructions.\nThe GSA had long debated whether to demolish the FBI's aging J. Edgar Hoover Building in D.C. and let a commercial developer come in to build something new, which would allow the FBI to relocate its headquarters to the Washington suburbs.\nCritics argue that Trump wanted to prevent commercial developers from building a new property that would compete with the Trump Hotel, which is located across the street from the FBI headquarters. The administration has maintained that it was the FBI's decision to remain closer to the Department of Justice.\nNow, after obtaining the new batch of documents, Democrats say GSA Administrator Emily Murphy misled lawmakers about Trump's role in the decisionmaking process.\nMurphy testified in front of Congress earlier this year about the FBI project, but did not mention meeting with Trump to discuss the FBI headquarters project. An inspector general report released in August called her testimony incomplete.\n\"New documents provided to the Oversight Committee indicate that President Trump met personally with you, the FBI, and White House officials on January 24, 2018, where he was directly involved with the decision to abandon the long-term relocation plan and instead move ahead with the more expensive proposal to construct a new building on the same site, and thereby prevent Trump Hotel competitors from acquiring the land,\" the letter states.\nThe letter is signed by Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.), the ranking member on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Peter DeFazio (Ore.), the ranking member on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. It is also signed by Reps. Gerry Connolly (Va.), Mike Quigley (Ill.), and Dina Titus (Nev.), who are all the top Democrats on key subcommittees.\nThe group is now seeking more documents from GSA on Trump's role in the project.\nTougher oversight of Trump's business dealings and exploring his potential conflicts of interest will be a top priority for Democrats if they win back the House.\nGiven this background, President Trump should have avoided all interactions or communications relating to the FBI headquarters project to prevent both real and perceived conflicts of interest, the lawmakers wrote. He should not have played any role in a determination that bears directly on his own financial interests with the Trump Hotel. The GSA also should have taken steps to wall off the decision from improper influence.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/the-washington-postdemocrats-trump-intervened-personally-to-stop-fbi-move", "The Washington Post:Democrats: Trump intervened personally to stop FBI move", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FALLS CHURCH, Va.  Administration emails show that President Donald Trump intervened personally to keep FBI headquarters in downtown Washington rather than relocate it to the suburbs as had long been planned, congressional Democrats said Thursday.\nThe letter from Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says Trump's direct involvement presents a brazen conflict of interest. Trump owns a downtown hotel across the street from FBI headquarters that could face competition if the FBI's current location is opened to private redevelopment, which could include another hotel. Before running for office, Trump expressed interest in redeveloping the property himself.\nTrump was directly involved with the decision to abandon the long-term relocation plan and instead move ahead with the more expensive proposal to construct a new building on the same site, and thereby prevent Trump Hotel competitors from acquiring the land, wrote Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland; Gerry Connolly of Virginia; Dina Titus of Nevada; Peter DeFazio of Oregon; and Mike Quigley of Illinois.\n  \n\tThursday's letter cites correspondence from a senior official at the General Services Administration, which manages real estate for the federal government, outlining a January 2018 Oval Office meeting and describing the headquarters decision as what POTUS directed everyone to do.\nAnother email describes steps that will be necessary to deliver the project the president wants on the timetable he wants it done.\nThe General Services Administration responded in a written statement, saying that suggestions that those emails indicate presidential involvement in the location decision are inaccurate.\nAs previously testified by GSA and the FBI, the leadership team at the FBI made the decision to keep its headquarters at the current Pennsylvania Avenue location. A number of emails referenced in today's congressional letter are taken out of context and refer to the project's funding approach, not the location decision, GSA said.\n  \n\tThe Democrats' letter follows up on an inspector general's report issued earlier this year that disclosed Trump was participating in meetings in which the FBI headquarters project was discussed.\nThe IG report, though, offered no conclusions about whether Trump actively pushed for the downtown location in those meetings. The inspector general concluded that determining Trump's specific involvement was difficult, in large part because the inspector general said GSA employees were instructed not to discuss any statements Trump made at those meetings.\nThe correspondence cited by Democrats was also available to the inspector general, but Democrats are attaching more significance to the letters than the IG did.\nConnolly said the letters represent significant circumstantial evidence, given the overall context of the project. For more than a decade, Connolly said, the plan to move FBI headquarters to the suburbs was widely accepted as the most logical alternative. The current J. Edgar Hoover building, built in 1974, is crumbling badly. The space is not big enough to consolidate all FBI personnel, and modern security requirements impose building restrictions that would be extremely difficult to meet at the existing location, Connolly said. Advocates of a suburban location say it would be less expensive and more efficient.\n  \n\tGiven Trump's financial conflict of interest with his hotel, and his ongoing feud with the FBI, Connolly said Trump's involvement in the decision is all the more suspicious. He also said GSA has been less than forthcoming about Trump's involvement in the decision in congressional testimony.\nThis is an issue we will continue to pursue in the next Congress, Connolly said.\nOfficials in Maryland and Virginia competed for years to land the project, which could bring more than 10,000 jobs.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/in-the-news/washington-examiner-did-trump-spike-fbi-hq-relocation-plans-for-personal-gain-house-dems", "Washington Examiner: Did Trump spike FBI HQ relocation plans for personal gain? House Dems want to know", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "House Democrats are probing whether President Trump scuttled a yearslong plan to relocate the FBI's headquarters from a prime real estate location in Washington, D.C., to a more suburban locale for his own financial benefit.\nNew documents, including emails, purportedly show that Trump during a Oval Office meeting in January approved of a proposal to instead raze the existing structure and rebuild a new campus in its place, according to the group of top Democratic House lawmakers Thursday. Their broad assertions are supported by a report released in August by the internal watchdog overseeing the General Services Administration, which manages federal properties. Some of the emails, however, appear to be newly resurfaced.\nThe change of plans, a more expensive alternative to simply selling or leasing the site in exchange for constructing a new FBI headquarters elsewhere, prevented \"Trump Hotel competitors from acquiring the land\" on which the J. Edgar Hoover Building now stands, the House Democrats wrote in a Thursday letter to GSA Administrator Emily Murphy. As a direct result of President Trump's clear conflict of interest on this matter, we are now requesting information and documents to determine whether the President is making decisions about the FBI headquarters building based on what is best for the country or what is best for his own financial bottom-line, Rep. Elijah Cummings, the House Oversight Committee's ranking member, wrote.\nReps. Peter DeFazio, Gerald Connolly, Mike Quigley, and Dina Titus, who are also leading Democrats on relevant House panels, co-signed the letter.\nMurphy, a Trump appointee, downplayed the White House's involvement in the FBI headquarters proposal while testifying in April before the House Appropriations Committee. The independent federal agency's inspector general suggested in the August report that Murphy may have misled congressional investigators during her appearance. \"President Trump should have avoided all interactions or communications relating to the FBI headquarters project to prevent both real and perceived conflicts of interest, the House Democrats wrote Thursday. He should not have played any role in a determination that bears directly on his own financial interests with the Trump Hotel. The GSA also should have taken steps to wall off the decision from improper influence.\nThe plan to move the FBI's main campus to either Greenbelt, Md., Landover, Md., or Springfield, Va., was scrapped in July 2017. The Trump Organization was eyeing the J. Edgar Hoover Building as a possible addition to its Washington real estate portfolio in 2013, according to the Washington Post at the time.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-continues-fight-against-energy-department-s-effort-turn-nevada-nation-s", "ROSEN CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST ENERGY DEPARTMENTS EFFORT TO TURN NEVADA INTO NATIONS NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP", "2018-10-18", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "DOE's Proposal to Redefine High-Level Nuclear Waste Could Allow More Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Nevada\n  WASHINGTON, D.C.  This week, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) submitted a formal comment in response to a Department of Energy Request for Public Comment on the Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive Waste. The letter expresses her concerns that by redefining the term high-level radioactive waste (HLW), communities across the country will be given the greenlight to ship hazardous, radioactive materials to Nevada without the public's consent. As I have said numerous times, including to Secretary Perry when he testified before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, I strongly oppose storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain or anywhere in Nevada, Rosen wrote in the comment letter. Storage of high-level radioactive waste in Nevada, even if misclassified as low-level waste, threatens Nevada communities and United States national security, particularly given the proximity of Yucca Mountain and the NNSS to Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, Hawthorne Army Depot, and the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). That is one of many reasons why any reinterpretation of the definition of HLW must not allow additional waste into our state or lead to storage of any waste at Yucca Mountain. BACKGROUND: Earlier this month, the Department of Energy (DOE) published its Request for Public Comment on the U.S. Department of Energy Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive Waste. DOE has invited stakeholders to submit written comments on its proposed interpretation. The 60-day public comment period began on October 10, 2018 and ends on December 10, 2018. Rosen denounced the DOE proposal when it was first announced, noting that Nevadans overwhelming oppose turning the state into a nuclear dumping ground. Last month, Rosen spoke at a Committee hearing about the need for nuclear energy researchers and industry to start looking at alternatives for nuclear waste storage and convinced panelists to support a consent-based approach. View video here.  COMMENT LETTER TEXT: Ms. Theresa Kliczewski\nOffice of Environmental Management\nU.S. Department of Energy\n1000 Independence Avenue SW\nWashington, DC 20585\n\nDear Ms. Kliczewski: I write to express my concerns and offer public comment in response to Federal Register Notice 83 FR 50909, Request for Public Comment on the U.S. Department of Energy Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive Waste, published on October 4, 2018. As the Notice (83 FR 50909) explains, the Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed changing its interpretation of the definition of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). This could lead to more waste being classified as low-level waste, even though the characteristics and properties of the waste has not changed. I am concerned that by redefining the term high-level nuclear waste more narrowly, numerous communities across the country will be given the greenlight to ship hazardous, radioactive materials to Nevada without our consent.  Currently, low-level and mixed low-level radioactive waste are disposed of at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). DOE's proposed narrow interpretation of HLW has the potential to open the door for new, misclassified high-level waste to be brought to our state. I am strongly opposed to any decision that would allow what is effectively high-level radioactive waste to be transported to Nevada  whether to NNSS or the proposed Yucca Mountain site. As I have said numerous times, including to Secretary Perry when he testified before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, I strongly oppose storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain or anywhere in Nevada. Storage of high-level radioactive waste in Nevada, even if misclassified as low-level waste, threatens Nevada communities and United States national security, particularly given the proximity of Yucca Mountain and the NNSS to Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, Hawthorne Army Depot, and the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). That is one of many reasons why any reinterpretation of the definition of HLW must not allow additional waste into our state or lead to storage of any waste at Yucca Mountain. Your notice states that DOE is not making any decisions on the disposal of any particular waste stream, and that these decisions will be made in consultation with appropriate state and local regulators and stakeholders. While I appreciate this nod toward collaboration, this will not change Nevadans' overwhelming and steadfast opposition to becoming the nation's nuclear dumping ground. Nevada has not and will never consent to risking their health and safety for such an endeavor. DOE's proposed reclassification of significant amounts of HLW as low-level waste is one more affront to Nevadans, who have lived under the constant threat of nuclear waste disposal for nearly four decades. Last month's announcement by DOE approving the storage of up to one metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium at NNSS was a further unacceptable intrusion on our state, and this month's HLW proposal adds insult to injury. Reclassifying high-level waste is yet another fruitless effort to move forward with the reckless plan to turn our state into a radioactive dumping ground. On this matter and others, I will continue to oppose any proposals that would allow high-level nuclear waste storage in Nevada. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter. Sincerely, Jacky Rosen  Member of Congress  \n\t\n  ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/new-emails-and-photo-show-president-intervened-directly-in-decision-not-to-sell-fbi", "New Emails and Photo Show President Intervened Directly in Decision Not to Sell FBI HQ Property to Potential Trump Hotel Competitors", "2018-10-18", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Dina Titus", "T000468", "titus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "October 18, 2018\nWashington, D.C. (Oct. 18, 2018)Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Peter DeFazio, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Mike Quigley, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Rep. Dina Titus, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management sent a letter to General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy raising serious concerns about President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to abandon a long-term plan developed over multiple administrations to move the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from its current site on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. to a suburban location.\nNew documents obtained by the Ranking Members show that a more expensive plan to keep the existing property on Pennsylvania Avenue, demolish the existing building, and construct a new facility on the same siteand thereby prevent commercial developers from competing with the Trump Hotel directly across the streetwas approved during a meeting with President Trump at the Oval Office on January 24, 2018.\nThese new documents include emails that describe this decision as direction from the White House, what POTUS directed everyone to do, and the project the president wants. The new documents also show that top GSA officials promised to hold our ground on this proposal per the President's instructions.\nAs a direct result of President Trump's clear conflict of interest on this matter, we are now requesting information and documents to determine whether the President is making decisions about the FBI headquarters building based on what is best for the country or what is best for his own financial bottom-line, the Ranking Members wrote.\nMany years before becoming President, Donald Trump expressed interest in the FBI headquarters moving out of Washington, D.C. so he could acquire the land on Pennsylvania Avenue and redevelop the property. However, after he was sworn in as Presidentand became ineligible as a federal employee to obtain the propertyhe reportedly became dead opposed to the government selling the property to potential competitors.\nGiven this background, President Trump should have avoided all interactions or communications relating to the FBI headquarters project to prevent both real and perceived conflicts of interest, the Ranking Members added. He should not have played any role in a determination that bears directly on his own financial interests with the Trump Hotel. The GSA also should have taken steps to wall off the decision from improper influence.\nContrary to sworn testimony from Administrator Murphy that she had no communications with President Trump or other White House officials about this decision, an official White House photo shows Murphy, Trump, and others discussing the proposal in the Oval Office on January 24, 2018.\n  \n Official White House Photo of GSA Administrator Murphy Meeting with President Trump,\n\tWhite House Chief of Staff Kelly, and OMB Director Mulvaney in the Oval Office on Jan. 24, 2018 \n  Even more troubling is that you concealed this information from Congress, the Ranking Members wrote to Murphy. During sworn testimony, you were asked directly and repeatedly whether you had any communications with President Trump or other White House officials about this project. In response, you withheld information about this and other meetingsomissions the Inspector General warned may have left a misleading' impression that you had no discussions with White House officials in the decision-making process about the project'.\nBased on the latest projections, the Trump Administration's new proposal to rebuild the existing Pennsylvania Avenue facility could cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the long-term relocation plan, but it would accommodate 2,306 fewer employees.\nWe have heard no legitimate justification for this decision, the Ranking members concluded.\nClick here to read today's letter.\nClick here to read the new documents", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-visits-learning-center-touts-recent-introduction-her-bipartisan", "ROSEN VISITS THE LEARNING CENTER, TOUTS RECENT INTRODUCTION OF HER BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE", "2018-10-17", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Jacky Rosen (NV-03) tours the Learning Center in Las Vegas. \nLAS VEGAS, NV -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), member of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, visited The Learning Center Las Vegas and touted the recent introduction of her bipartisan Cyber Ready Workforce Act, which would establish a grant program within the Department of Labor to support the creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity. The Learning Center, which has endorsed the bill, provides training, certification, and team skills development in all areas of information technology and cybersecurity to the Las Vegas valley and partners with tech world leaders to determine tailor-made cyber education strategies for every type of organization. Cybersecurity continues to be an issue of great national concern, and training our workforce with the skills to join this field will be key to protecting ourselves from future threats, said Rosen. My bipartisan legislation will help mentor and train professionals in cybersecurity so that we can create a skilled and capable workforce in Nevada to bolster our nation's cybersecurity infrastructure. As the global cyber threat level rises, so does the need for trained and credentialed IT staff who can swiftly identify these issues and respond, said Linda Montgomery, President of The Learning Center. We're glad to have Congresswoman Rosen tour our learning facility and see our operations firsthand, and we strongly support the bipartisan bill she's introduced to support the creation and expansion of cybersecurity apprenticeship programs here in Nevada and across the country. BACKGROUND: The Cyber Ready Workforce Act would establish a grant program within the Department of Labor to support the creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity. The legislation is modeled after Nevada's first in-state cybersecurity apprenticeship program, which was approved by the State Apprenticeship Council in May of 2018. The Learning Center serves as the program sponsor for this new cybersecurity apprenticeship program. Support services provided to apprentices may include career counseling, mentorship, and assistance with transportation, housing, and childcare costs. View text of the bill here.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://rosen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rosen-s-bipartisan-hire-student-veterans-act-gains-momentum-senate", "ROSENS BIPARTISAN HIRE STUDENT VETERANS ACT GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE SENATE", "2018-10-15", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "rosen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced that Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced a Senate companion bill (S. 3563) to her bipartisan Hire Student Veterans Act, cosponsored by Republican Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-7). Rosen introduced the legislation after speaking directly to Nevada veterans and community leaders about the challenges veterans face during a roundtable discussion in May of 2018. The Hire Student Veterans Act would expand the existing Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to ensure that all student veterans using their GI benefits can take advantage of valuable paid internships or work opportunities while in school. Roughly 56,000 veterans call Nevada's 3rd Congressional District home.\nI'm glad to see my bipartisan legislation to help employ Nevada's student veterans gain momentum in the Senate, said Rosen. This legislation will help student veterans further their careers by incentivizing businesses to hire them while also helping those who are using their GI Bill benefits find paid internships or jobs while in school. I'll continue working to see that this commonsense legislation moves forward so that we can help our servicemembers transition back to civilian life.\nBACKGROUND: Currently, the WOTC is limited in its application to hiring veterans. Employers can only qualify for the credit by hiring veterans who have a service-connected disability or have been unemployed for more than four weeks. There is also a stringent 400-hour per year work requirement. As the law stands, the WOTC does not incentivize employers to hire student vets part-time and does not reflect the reality of today's job environment in which new college graduates often need work experience in order to obtain even an entry-level career-track job. Congresswoman Rosen's bill seeks to make three important changes to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit that will incentivize businesses to hire more student veterans, ultimately helping to move their careers forward. 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