Is that something that you will be advocating for to ensure that our rural communities are protected under either program and the budget is there to protect the needs that they have?
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.
A contract tower would clearly add an important layer of air traffic safety at the airport.
I do have concerns, similar concerns that have been expressed by the dozens and dozens of mayors across the country.
Thank you for the Passenger Bill of Rights that's on your website, because I found it after sitting for just under 3 hours on a tarmac on that commercial airline.
I am absolutely concerned about the conversation we just had about eliminating the CDBG, which is proposed in the President's budget.
He said he understood from his experience as a pediatric neurosurgeon how it was far less costly to avoid lead poisoning than to treat it.
The President's budget would cut $7 billion, 15 percent, from the HUD budget.
If we are going to continue to make economic progress, we cannot eviscerate the rules that we have put in place after the collapse.
I hope that his work at the Council of Economic Advisers will focus on policies to create jobs and improve education and workforce development and actually rebuild infrastructure.
Senator Portman knows, in cities in my State, in housing built before Senator Portman and I were born, the lead content, the lead exposure in those homes are overwhelming.
If the site is declared scientifically unsafe, do you agree that nuclear waste should not be stored at Yucca Mountain?
Nevada has submitted hundreds of contentions that objectively demonstrate that the site is scientifically unsafe.
I thank you again for the advocacy and bringing attention to this issue and awareness. You're going to save lives.
As somebody who has fought for so many years just on education and awareness, recognizing that's the first step in prevention.
I'm curious, what can the Federal Government do to help bring attention to and address this issue?
I'm very proud that we have a Child Drowning Prevention Coalition in southern Nevada.
I don't want us to forget that there are ways to really address these issues both at the state and local level.
I represent the State of Nevada, and we have implemented this law through regulations through the state.
I look forward to working with you, Mr. Chairman, and leaders like Senator Peters and Senator Hassan to accomplish that goal.
I look forward to working with this subcommittee and stakeholders to ensure that America continues to be a leader in space.
Appalling that the regulations monitoring banks would be lowered. Stand against the Executive order and rolling back Wall Street reform.
I have some concerns. And let me just start off by saying I give everybody the benefit of the doubt.
I hope I am wrong. I hope that you prove me wrong and you are out there advocating...





