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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.

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Jan 26, 2021

I have a suite of electric vehicle legislation.

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Jan 26, 2021

Yucca Mountain is not the answer.

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Jan 26, 2021

Will you commit to re-establishing the DOE-Nevada Working Group with regular meetings of senior level personnel?

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Jan 26, 2021

If you are confirmed, you and the Administration would commit to engaging the states, tribes and key stakeholders on developing that consent-based siting?

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Jan 26, 2021

I support, really, a diverse energy portfolio for all states.

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Jan 26, 2021

Senator Rosen and I, along with the entire Nevada delegation, will reintroduce this legislation to include Nevada in that consent-based siting.

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Jan 26, 2021

Is that something that you could work with us on or would be willing to engage on?

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Jan 26, 2021

Will you commit the Department to working with Congress to develop safe and workable alternatives to Yucca Mountain?

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Jan 18, 2021

Congratulations. Thank you for the courtesy meeting last week.

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Jan 18, 2021

I have not been a fan of the Trump administration's, what I would call 'unilateral protectionism.'

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Jan 18, 2021

We need to continue to provide relief and investments in this sector.

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Jan 18, 2021

I look forward to working with you, as well as the Biden administration, to address this issue.

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Jan 5, 2021

Please, my colleagues, do not disenfranchise the voters of Arizona and certify their votes tonight.

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Jan 5, 2021

I know that this room is full of leaders of both parties who love this country, and many believe that for America to succeed, our politics must find common ground.

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Sep 24, 2020

I rise to enter into a colloquy with the junior Senator from Nevada, regarding sections 2861 and 2862 of title XXVIII of the National Defense Authorization Act that was recently considered by the Senate. These two sections of the bill…

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Aug 11, 2020

I so appreciate the comments of the minority leader. ____________________

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Mar 27, 2019

What exactly was the safety component applied to your decision to continue with the oil and gas permitting during the furloughs and during the government shutdown?

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Mar 27, 2019

We wish to express our strong support for the Colorado River Basin States Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plans (DCP)

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Mar 25, 2019

We request that Congress now work to pass companion federal legislation authorizing implementation of the DCPs.

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Dec 11, 2018

No agency can adequately respond to violence it does not track.

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Dec 11, 2018

What I have found is it is very confusing, right? It is set by Federal statute.

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Dec 11, 2018

So are you saying there should be better coordination, better training for those that are initially first responders that are responding?

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Dec 11, 2018

Why do we still have, even though there is a direct delineation of who has jurisdiction over this crime?

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Dec 10, 2018

What they do not want are hidden incentives or incentives that are clearly inconsistent with making a recommendation that is in the interest of the client.

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Dec 10, 2018

That means no bonus, no incentive, nothing should be looking out for your own interests over somebody else's. That is my concern.

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