Catherine Cortez Masto: “I would appreciate more of a direct interaction at the state level and not through different task forces or…”

Presidents and their staff may be important stakeholders of the Smithsonian, but they do not have any legal authority to dictate how the Institution is run, or remove its leadership staff, much less dictate historical or scientific content.

It’s clear we need to pass market structure legislation, and I’ve worked for months with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to negotiate a bill that provides clear rules of the road for a growing industry.

The West was built on mining, an industry whose innovation is still at the forefront of the Silver State’s development today.

I am encouraging my colleagues to support S.J. Res. 129, which is my amendment to restore the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule that gives States more power to protect their consumers. In 2022, the Consumer Bureau issued an…