Press Releases 2011

December 15, 2011
Berkley Applauds Inclusion of Servicemembers’ Telemedicine and E-Health Portability (STEP) Act In Defense Bill

December 13, 2011
Berkley Rejects Republican Cuts to Unemployment

December 8, 2011
Berkley: No Vacation for Congress without Extending Middle-Class Tax Cuts

December 8, 2011
Berkley Statement of Condolence on Lake Mead Helicopter Tragedy

December 7, 2011
Berkley Statement in Remembrance of Pearl Harbor

November 18, 2011
Berkley Votes No On Balanced Budget Amendment That Guts Medicare, Social Security, Veterans Benefits

November 18, 2011
Berkley Statement on Caughlin Fire

November 17, 2011
Berkley: Balanced Budget Act Will Force Cuts To Medicare, Social Security and Veterans Benefits

November 17, 2011
Berkley Backs Bill To Create New Smithsonian American Latino Museum

November 16, 2011
Berkley: Extend Unemployment Now For Nevadans In Need of Jobs

November 10, 2011
Berkley Announces $1 Million in Funding To Enhance Veterans Transportation in Southern Nevada

October 25, 2011
Berkley Pushes for Crackdown on China Currency Cheating, End of Unfair Trade Practices That Cost Nevada Jobs

October 21, 2011
Berkley Statement on Return of U.S. Forces from Iraq Before End of 2011

October 21, 2011
Berkley Statement on Libya

October 17, 2011
Berkley Statement of Condolence on the Death of Racer Dan Wheldon

October 17, 2011
Berkley Announces $1.75 Million Grant for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

October 13, 2011
Berkley: We Need Jobs in Nevada, Not in Foreign Countries

October 12, 2011
Berkley Opposes Trade Agreements That Will Destroy Nevada Jobs

October 12, 2011
Berkley Recognizes 100th Anniversary of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce In House Floor Remarks

October 4, 2011
Berkley: Protect U.S. Jobs Against Chinese Currency Manipulation

September 27, 2011
Berkley Unveils $7 Million Grant to Help Fund Gear Up Partnership Programs at UNLV

September 23, 2011
Berkley Opposes Republican Cuts to Jobs Programs in Disaster Funding Package

September 23, 2011
Berkley Unveils $3.4 Million Grant to Expand Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery

September 16, 2011
Berkley Unveils $2 Million in Grant Funding For National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges "Model Court" Training Program

September 14, 2011
Berkley Praises $1.075 Million Grant for Southern Nevada Early Head Start

September 12, 2011
Berkley Statement on Israel - Turkey Relations

September 9, 2011
Berkley Vows Continued Fight to Block Yucca Mountain Following Latest NRC Ruling

September 9, 2011
Berkley Announces $140,000 in UNR Grant Funding To Help Spur Jobs, Economic Development In Nevada

September 7, 2011
Berkley Announces $550,000 Grant to Reduce School Violence in Nevada

September 6, 2011
Berkley Statement on Carson City Tragedy

August 24, 2011
Berkley Announces $1.7 Million for Expansion of Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow (FIT) Center to Help Nevadans Find Jobs

August 9, 2011
Berkley Announces Funding To Prevent Underage Drinking

August 5, 2011
Berkley Announces Funding To Provide Job Training For Homeless Veterans

August 1, 2011
Berkley Votes To Protect America from Default

July 29, 2011
Berkley: Republican Default Bill A Sneak Attack on Medicare, Social Security

July 27, 2011
Berkley Announces $1.2 Million in Grant Funding To Help Nevada Veterans Find Permanent Housing

July 26, 2011
Berkley to Introduce "American Jobs First" Act

July 20, 2011
Berkley Invites Nevadans to View Winning Silver State Works From Congressional Art Competition

July 20, 2011
Berkley Announces More Than $1 Million to Fight Violence against Women in Reno

July 18, 2011
Berkley Statement on Morocco Reforms

July 14, 2011
Berkley Bill Restores Ability for Consumers to Buy Over-The-Counter Medicines without a Prescription Using Health Care Account Funds

July 13, 2011
Berkley: Yucca Mountain Déjà Vu As Republicans Again Seek To Restore Wasteful Nuke Dump Spending

July 6, 2011
Berkley Stands with Greece on Decision to Block Gaza Flotilla Effort

June 22, 2011
Berkley Statement on U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan

June 21, 2011
Berkley Announces $49,000 in Grant Funding For Nevada Tribal Library Needs

June 16, 2011
Berkley Opposes Republican Plan to Slash Social Security Benefits for Nevadans

June 15, 2011
Berkley: Are Republicans Out to Make Nevada an "Interim" Nuke Waste Dump?

June 14, 2011
Berkley Blasts GOP Effort to Revive Wasteful Spending On Yucca Mountain

June 9, 2011
Berkley, Reid Announce DOE Loan Guarantee to Create More Than 300 Clean Energy Jobs in Nevada

June 3, 2011
Berkley: New Analysis Shows Negative Impact of Republican Medicare Plan on Nevada's 1st Congressional District

June 2, 2011
Berkley Fights to Protect Homeland Security Funding for Las Vegas

June 2, 2011
Berkley, Reid, Chu Announce Conditional Commitment for Loan Guarantee to Fotowatio Solar Project Near Las Vegas

June 1, 2011
Berkley Testifies Against Republican Efforts to Revive Failed Yucca Mountain Project

May 27, 2011
Berkley, Burgess Legislation Will Preserve Osteoporosis Testing

May 26, 2011
Berkley Votes to Give America’s Troops A Pay Raise -- Republicans Vote to Block Combat Pay Increase

May 26, 2011
Berkley Legislation to Give U.S. Troops Better Access to Telemedicine Included In Defense Bill

May 25, 2011
Berkley Blasts Latest GOP Effort to Revive Wasteful Yucca Mountain Spending

May 24, 2011
Berkley Statement on Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu's Address to Congress

May 23, 2011
Berkley: Republican Plan To End Medicare Will Cost Nevada Seniors an Extra $5,862 Per Year For Health Care

May 20, 2011
Berkley Statement On President Obama's Remarks On The Middle East

May 19, 2011
Berkley: Crescent Dunes Solar Project Will Bring Clean Energy Jobs to Nevada

May 13, 2011
Berkley Cosponsors Servicemembers' Telemedicine and E-Health Portability (Step) Act

May 13, 2011
Corporate CFOs Tell Larson, House Ways & Means Committee That A National Default Would Be Devastating

May 12, 2011
Berkley to Speaker: Schedule Vote on Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil

May 11, 2011
Berkley: Republican Plan Threatens To End Guaranteed Unemployment Benefits for Nearly 50,000 Nevadans

May 10, 2011
Berkley Announces Congressional Art Competition Winners from Nevada's 1st District

May 6, 2011
Berkley: Preserve Medicare for Nevada's Moms and Grandmas

May 5, 2011
Berkley, Reichert Introduce Bipartisan Teacher Tax Relief Act

May 5, 2011
Berkley Votes to Move Now On Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil

May 4, 2011
Berkley to GOP: Let Yucca Mountain Die

May 3, 2011
Berkley Urges Repeal of Tax Breaks for Big Oil

May 2, 2011
Berkley Statement on Death of Osama Bin Laden

April 26, 2011
Berkley Statement on Yucca Mountain Tour

April 15, 2011
Berkley Votes No on Extreme Republican Budget That Ends Medicare, Slashes Medicaid

April 15, 2011
Berkley to House Republicans: Dump Plans for Yucca Mountain Tour

April 7, 2011
Republicans Willing to Shut Down Government Over Less Than Half The Cost of GOP Yucca Dump Plan

April 6, 2011
Berkley: New CBO Analysis Shows Republican Budget Will Force Nevada Retirees to Pay Higher Costs

April 5, 2011
Berkley Alarmed By Republican Plan to End Medicare, Cut Social Security & Slash Medicaid

April 1, 2011
Berkley Blasts Republican Yucca Mountain Probe

March 30, 2011
Berkley: Republicans Wrong to Call for End of Social Security

March 29, 2011
Berkley Statement On President Obama's Speech to The American People On Coalition Efforts In Libya

March 23, 2011
Berkley Marks 1st Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

March 22, 2011
Health Reform Repeal Would Hurt Nevada Seniors

March 18, 2011
Berkley, Nunes Introduce Community Recovery and Enhancement Act

March 17, 2011
Berkley Takes to House Floor to Reject Renewed Calls for Yucca Mountain

March 16, 2011
Berkley: Plans To Dump Radioactive Waste At Yucca Mountain Only Increase Nuclear Risk To U.S.

March 10, 2011
Berkley: Cut Funding For Yucca Mountain, Not Nevada Solar Jobs

March 9, 2011
Berkley Urges Respect For Islamic Faith During Thursday Hearing On "Radicalization" In America’s Muslim Community

March 8, 2011
Berkley: Clean Renewable Energy, Not Yucca Mountain, Nevada's Future

March 4, 2011
Berkley: New Analysis Shows Reckless House Republican Cuts Will Cost Nevada 6,000 Jobs

March 1, 2011
Berkley, Cardoza to Lead Housing Stabilization Task Force in New Congress

February 18, 2011
Berkley Opposes Attempts to Defund Health Care Reform

February 18, 2011
Berkley Condemns GOP Plan To Renew Failed Yucca Mountain Project

February 17, 2011
Berkley Warns Proposed Cuts Could Close Red Rock Canyon

February 15, 2011
Ways and Means Democrats Blast Republican Plan To Shut Down Social Security

February 11, 2011
Berkley Statement on Egyptian Transition

February 10, 2011
Berkley Welcomes Findings That Medicare Advantage Premiums Down, Enrollment Up

February 10, 2011
Berkley Joins Nevada Law Enforcement In Opposing Cuts to Cops Program

January 31, 2011
BERKLEY COMMENT ON COURT RULING AGAINST HEALTH REFORM LAW

January 19, 2011
Berkley Opposes Repeal of Health Reform Law

January 18, 2011
New Report: Majority of Nevadans Would Lose Protections, Guaranteed Access to Coverage If Health Reform Repealed

January 12, 2011
Berkley Joins House In Paying Tribute To Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Honoring Tucson Tragedy Victims

January 8, 2011
BERKLEY STATEMENT ON SHOOTING OF REP. GIFFORDS IN TUCSON, AZ

January 5, 2011
BERKLEY OPPOSES REPUBLICAN HOUSE RULES PACKAGE FOR 112TH CONGRESS

January 4, 2011
BERKLEY AGAIN NAMED SENIOR WHIP FOR HOUSE DEMOCRATS