Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) sent a series of letters pushing for federal resources to support behavioral health care for children as they experience this unprecedented time, as well as calling for in Nevada’s clean energy sector and its workforce.
“As our state works to safely rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, we must do everything we can to protect our children and their mental health development so that they can successfully cope and recover during this challenging time,” said the Senators. “We also are working to ensure that our critical industries in Nevada, and the jobs they support, have access to the resources they need to make it through this crisis and help revitalize the economy in the nation’s recovery. The clean energy sector not only helps us address the climate crisis, it also provides thousands of jobs for Nevada workers. We’ll continue fighting for Nevada in the Senate.”
BACKGROUND:
This week, Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen sent two letters advocating for additional resources in upcoming coronavirus relief legislation to provide Nevada children with access to behavioral health care and to protect Nevada’s clean energy workers and businesses as they recover from the coronavirus. These letters include:
- A letter led by Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) calling for robust funding for children’s behavioral health care in upcoming COVID-19 response legislation. The full text of the letter can be found here.
- A bicameral letter led by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) urging congressional leaders to prioritize a clean energy recovery plan in upcoming economic relief and recovery packages to deal with the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The full text of the letter can be found here.
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