D.C. delegation
Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen toured the Cashman Center COVID-19 vaccination facility▶
Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen on Thursday toured the Cashman Center COVID-19 vaccination facility, where they met with local public health officials, National Guardsmen and a few Nevadans who had just received their second shots.
“This is a perfect example of collaboration,” Cortez Masto said at a news conference after the tour, noting a handful of different agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Southern Nevada Health District and Clark County were involved.
“And that was a point,” she continued. “To make it seamless for Nevadans, particularly here in Southern Nevada, to get the vaccines that are so critical to stem the spread of this virus.”
The senators spent about an hour meeting with people and posing for photos as they moved through Cashman, which had only a small line despite not requiring an appointment on Thursday.
The senators said they hoped to spread awareness for both the vaccination process and the means of financial aid available through the American Rescue Plan, the
$1.9 trillion stimulus package, which was passed despite unanimous opposition from Republicans.
Rosen noted Nevada will receive more than $4.1 billion in aid, including $1 billion in K-12 funding. And some 1.4 million Nevadans will receive some stimulus money “as a result of (the senators’) hard work.”
Cortez Masto said it’s important to spread the news of Nevada’s vaccination progress so that the some 50 million annual tourists feel safe in returning to a state whose primary economic engine is tourism. The goal is to have every hospitality worker on the Strip and beyond vaccinated in the next few weeks.
They encouraged everyone to get the vaccine once eligibility opens up to all Nevadans over 16 years old on Monday.