Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) and the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, announced the introduction of the DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act. This bipartisan legislation, introduced alongside Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), would ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel have adequate chemical screening devices for synthetic opioid detection, and require...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement in response to the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request:
 
“While I am relieved to hear that the President has heard the voices of Nevadans across the state who have long opposed Yucca Mountain, I’m disappointed to see him take aim again at our nation’s health care system,” said Senator Rosen. “This Administration is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) hosted a Veterans’ Resource Fair at the Las Vegas City Hall. The fair provided Nevada’s veterans with assistance and access to resources at the local, state, and federal level.
 
“I’m proud to serve the more than 225,000 veterans that call Nevada home,” said Senator Rosen. “My office will be holding this annual resource fair to provide veterans with information about resources available to them at the federal, state, and local level. This...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) launched her new Northern and Southern Nevada Veterans’ Resource Pocket Guides to highlight the many services available to Nevada veterans throughout the Silver State. 
 
“Serving Nevada’s veteran community continues to be one of my top priorities,” said Senator Rosen. “It is my hope that these veterans’ resource pocket guides will connect our veterans, servicemembers, and their families to the resources they may need throughout the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) released the following statement announcing two grants totaling $915,000 from Neighborworks America to Nevada H.A.N.D., Inc. and Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada, Inc. to be used for on-the-ground needs in the development of affordable and accessible housing.
 
“Thousands of families in Southern Nevada have a serious need for access to affordable housing,” said the Senators. “These grants...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Gary Peters (D-MI), announced the introduction of the Veterans Assistance Helpline Act, bipartisan legislation that would create a simple, easy-to-remember helpline for veterans to use in order to obtain information and assistance with all VA services. This legislation is the sixth bipartisan bill that Senator Rosen has introduced specifically to help support veterans or...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) released the following statement applauding the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for awarding the University of Nevada, Reno a grant totaling $525,200, to be used for maintaining Nevada’s regional seismic network, which helps to make up the Advanced National Seismic Network (ANSS).
 
“The best way Nevadans can prepare for earthquakes and the resulting damage to infrastructure is to be aware of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) submitted a statement into the Trial Record announcing her intention to vote to remove President Donald J. Trump from office during the impeachment proceedings.
 
“I didn’t come to the Senate expecting to sit as a juror in an impeachment trial,” said Senator Rosen. “I have participated in this trial with an open mind, determined to evaluate the President’s actions outside of any partisan lens, and with a focus on my constitutional...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as a part of National Prayer Breakfast Week, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) spoke at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, discussing the need to combat anti-Semitic hate, and highlighting the work of their Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism.
 
“We must be the ones to ensure that the term ‘never again’ means never again for anyone,” said Senator Rosen. “That's why last year, Senator James Lankford and I launched the first...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement after attending the State of the Union with Gil Hernandez, a constituent from Elko, Nevada. Mr. Hernandez is a Vietnam combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient who, for the past five decades, has dedicated his life to serving veterans by advocating for funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, services to support veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress, illnesses associated with Agent Orange...