We need appropriated funding for the clinics. I am a tremendous supporter of the clinics.
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.
The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics provide critical services to working taxpayers who are unable to hire representatives.
The only reason that they recently reached out is because Senator Smith has been engaged
I am very proud I get to represent 27 tribal communities in the State of Nevada.
I appreciate the investments your banks are making in minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions.
How can you ensure and work to ensure that States and communities without a robust network of minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions benefit from the racial equity investments?
How is the Federal Reserve considering stress testing to assess how prepared individual firms and the overall system are to respond to and recover from systemic cyberevents?
Thank you. Vice Chair Quarles, in your testimony you call for, and I quote, "further review . . . of changing patterns in the use of financial services, by consumers and businesses; and a changing relationship between banks and their…
I appreciate that. And for my colleagues, please know that in Nevada, particularly southern Nevada, the unemployment rate is still higher than the national average.
I was proud to lead the effort in extending the solar tax credit and joining my colleagues Senators Carper, Burr, and Stabenow in introducing the Securing America's Clean Fuels Infrastructure Act.
So it is going to take us time to come out of this, and that is why I am looking for a long runway to help our travel and tourism.
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:40 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 24, 2021, at 3 p.m…
And I hope you consider them in a favorable way that benefits continued improvements in northern Nevada.
The transit, that connectivity, that opportunity has to be available to everyone at all times
I would like to request a timeline from you on the when we will expect to see a favorable resolution to this matter that should reward project sponsors who are good stewards of taxpayer dollars by coming in on-time and underbudget.
Can you please speak to your position on allowing local agencies like the Regional Transportation Commission in Northern Nevada to utilize their left over funding on other aspects of their projects?
Taking on our affordable housing crisis requires a comprehensive strategy, and reducing exclusionary zoning and land use restrictions has to be a part of this.
I do want to talk to you about Smart Communities. I know that President Biden included a call for building on really an Obama era Smart Cities Challenge Program with $1 billion annually in his infrastructure proposal.
Well, absolutely. And because you are a private landowner, you have the ability to be very reactive and proactive on it quickly.
I think it is important that we have native trees, we have native plants. Those thrive.
Controlling invasive, non-native species in our forest ecosystems represents another key component for enhancing carbon capture.
This bipartisan legislation would reduce health disparities due to unequal access to health technology.
I think making telehealth permanent is so important for the reasons that we are discussing today.





