{"id":1644,"date":"2021-04-08T19:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2021\/04\/08\/rosen-takes-part-in-las-vegas-community-food-distribution-event\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:23:20","slug":"rosen-takes-part-in-las-vegas-community-food-distribution-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/04\/08\/rosen-takes-part-in-las-vegas-community-food-distribution-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Takes Part in Las Vegas Community Food Distribution Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">LAS VEGAS, NV <\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">\u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) took part in a community food distribution event at Macedonia Baptist Church in Las Vegas. Senator Rosen was joined by Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV), &nbsp;Clark&nbsp;County Commissioner William McCurdy, and Las Vegas Councilman Cedric Crear to provide food &#8212; supplied by Three Square food bank &#8212; to members of the community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">\u201cFood insecurity is an issue that has severely impacted Nevada, and particularly now during the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d <b>dijo el Senador Rosen.<\/b> \u201cToday, I had the opportunity to join incredible Nevada volunteers in providing a helping hand to Nevada families in need of assistance. I am amazed by the resilience and the capacity of Nevadans to work together in times of crisis. In Congress, I will continue working to help ensure that Nevada families have the resources they need to put food on the table and get through to the other side of this pandemic.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">BACKGROUND:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\"> Senator Rosen voted in support&nbsp;of the <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/rosen-applauds-president-biden-signing-american-rescue-plan-act-law\/\"><span style=\"color:#0563c1\">American Rescue Plan Act of 2021<\/span><\/a><\/i>, comprehensive COVID-19 relief legislation, signed into law on March 11, 2021, that:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Includes $12 billion for key investments in food assistance programs;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Extends the SNAP benefit increase;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Continues the pandemic-EBT program to replace meals that children miss when schools are closed; and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Invests in nutrition programs for women, infants, and children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Senator Rosen is a co-sponsor of&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/rosen-helps-introduce-legislation-address-hunger-needs-during-covid-19-expanding-online-snap\/\"><i><span style=\"color:#0563c1\">Expanding SNAP Options Act<\/span><\/i><\/a>, legislation that would:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement online SNAP purchasing in all states,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">Provide $25 million to develop and maintain a secure, easy-to-use online and app-based portal for EBT redemption to support smaller retailers in offering products for online SNAP purchasing,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"tab-stops:list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">And provide $75 million for the creation of a USDA Technical Assistance Center to facilitate online purchasing and use of the portal for smaller retailers, direct-to-consumer farmers, and farmers\u2019 markets, and provide public information about which local vendors participate in SNAP online purchasing,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">###<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) took part in a community food distribution event at Macedonia Baptist Church in Las Vegas. 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