COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement announcing that $33,452,847 in Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) were awarded to Nevada. This allocation of funds follows a call for immediate release of the remaining ESG program funds that the CARES Act authorized, along with the issuance of guidance for use of the funds from Senator Rosen and Senate colleagues. These funds will help...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, joined a bipartisan letter led by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to support additional emergency funding for our nation’s community health centers. Over 2,000 centers have already had to close their doors, and many more remain concerned about how long they will be able to stay open. Community health...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined a bicameral letter led by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) to Congressional Leadership urging them to include dedicated funding in future legislation to ensure college and university students with the greatest financial need can access high-speed internet during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

“Even before the pandemic, only 66 percent of black households, 61 percent of Hispanic households, and 63...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Ed Markey (D-MA) in a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury requesting that they implement a streamlined Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness application, including reduced paperwork, for borrowers with loans of $100,000 or less.

“We are concerned that the recently...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee focused on ensuring student health and safety at colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) questioned several university presidents on what actions can be taken to provide relief to students who are DACA recipients, as well as student veterans.

“The COVID pandemic has severely impacted Nevada’s colleges and universities...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) urging inclusion of targeted relief to support workers in the live entertainment industry in future coronavirus response legislation.

“The workforce behind live entertainment was among the quickest hit, with thousands...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a Steering Committee meeting focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism and hospitality, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) discussed the importance of tourism and hospitality to the state of Nevada and provided an opportunity for experts – including D. Taylor, International President of UNITE HERE; and Rosemary A. Vassiliadis, Director of Aviation for Clark County and the head of McCarran International Airport – to brief Senators from across the...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) questioned Captain Donald L. Moak and William D. Zollars, nominees to serve on the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, about the Postal Service’s central role in responding to national crises, and about innovative ways in which its expansive network can be used to respond to this pandemic and future...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced her co-sponsorship of the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020, legislation that would establish an Emergency Rental Assistance program to provide $100 billion in emergency rental assistance to help tenants and landlords respond to and recover from the pandemic.

“Even before the coronavirus pandemic, far too many in Nevada and across the nation struggled to maintain a roof over their heads,” said...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement announcing that, as part of the CARES Act, the Nevada System of Higher Education – on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Industry Excellence – has received $311,000 in emergency assistance grant funding from the Manufacturing Extension Program to support Nevada’s small and medium manufacturers, including in rural Nevada, as they create and develop personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to...