{"id":12248,"date":"2024-03-23T06:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T06:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/?p=12248"},"modified":"2024-03-23T22:20:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T22:20:16","slug":"rosen-secures-priorities-for-nevada-in-final-bipartisan-government-funding-package-for-fy2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2024\/03\/23\/rosen-secures-priorities-for-nevada-in-final-bipartisan-government-funding-package-for-fy2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Secures Priorities for Nevada in Final Bipartisan Government Funding Package for FY2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator Rosen Secured Major Provisions To Strengthen National Security, Invest in Workforce Development, Support Servicemembers, & More, Including Historic Pay Raise for Troops<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 <\/strong>Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she secured key priorities and funding wins for Nevada in the second of two bipartisan government funding packages, which passed the Senate and is now headed to the President\u2019s desk. She secured funding to support the needs of the Nevada Air National Guard, enhance workforce training in Nevada, help small business startups, and assist first responders. The bill that Senator Rosen helped pass also makes major investments to secure the U.S. southern border, help Israel defend itself against Hamas, enhance U.S. national security, and combat the fentanyl crisis. It includes a historic 5.2 percent raise for our servicemembers, the largest troop pay raise in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate\u2019s bipartisan government funding package also includes Senator Rosen\u2019s requests for increased funding for the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, funding to support pediatric mental health care, and investments in cybersecurity workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn passing this bipartisan government funding legislation, we are helping to secure our border, combat the fentanyl crisis, invest in our national security, and give servicemembers a much-deserved raise,\u201d dijo el Senador Rosen. <\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m particularly proud to have secured wins for Nevada that will bring the Nevada Air National Guard one step closer to securing new aircraft to combat wildfires, help expand workforce training opportunities throughout the state, and support our law enforcement officers and first responders. I\u2019ll continue working every day to deliver for my state and put Nevada first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these investments is <\/strong>more than $40 million in Community Project Funding for 24 Nevada programs and construction projects<\/strong><\/a>. In all, <\/strong>including the first FY24 funding package signed into law<\/strong><\/a>, Rosen secured over $187 million for 100 Nevada projects. The projects in the second funding bill\u00a0 include key priorities for Nevada, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n