We have to work together, and I think there is an opportunity for us to work together, but I am also going to challenge you when I disagree with the BLM.
Catherine Cortez Masto
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Catherine Cortez Masto is the junior United States senator from Nevada, having taken office on January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she made history as the first Latina senator in U.S. history. Before her election to the Senate, Cortez Masto served as the Attorney General of Nevada from 2007 to 2015, where she focused on consumer protection and public safety issues. She has been an advocate for various policies, including healthcare access, immigration reform, and economic development in Nevada.
In President Biden's emergency declaration for Nevada, it notably left out one of our affected counties, which is Churchill County.
I think that there has been a pattern in this country of making mitigation funds available only following disasters.
This year, Nevada and other Western States have seen record-breaking amounts of precipitation, with the snowpack levels at 144 percent higher than average.
The Nevada Department of Insurance earlier this year urged Nevadans to get flood insurance.
I could not agree more after taking a look at this program, and what I know, in my State, after talking to members of our housing coalition, it needs to be reformed and reauthorized.
22 million American families live in manufactured homes, and many of those are rural communities.
I appreciate the bipartisan legislation that is coming our way from the Chairwoman and Senator Rounds to look at reforming some of the Rural Housing Services Act.
It is about leaving the place better for the next generation, and my colleague Senator Collins and I had asked the GAO how much was climate change costing the U.S. Government, and it is in the billions of dollars.
We have to make sure our cattle ranchers and our ranchers and farmers, their voices are heard and their businesses are not going to be limited in any way, whatsoever.
The Department has issued guidance on how BLM plans to implement reforms to the oil and gas leasing systems.
We have to work together, and I think there is an opportunity for us to work together, but I am also going to challenge you when I disagree with the BLM.
Thank you for working with me and other members of the Nevada delegation on the designation of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
In President Biden's emergency declaration for Nevada, it notably left out one of our affected counties, which is Churchill County.
At some point there is someone that says if I avoid acting, then the Federal Government will come pay the full bill for me.
I think that there has been a pattern in this country of making mitigation funds available only following disasters.
The Nevada Department of Insurance earlier this year urged Nevadans to get flood insurance.
This year, Nevada and other Western States have seen record-breaking amounts of precipitation, with the snowpack levels at 144 percent higher than average.
I could not agree more after taking a look at this program, and what I know, in my State, after talking to members of our housing coalition, it needs to be reformed and reauthorized.
22 million American families live in manufactured homes, and many of those are rural communities.





