08/07/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/07/2022 15:30
Washington, D.C.?-?Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower prescription drug costs for Nevadans, create clean-energy jobs in Nevada, reduce the deficit, and ensure that billionaires and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Senator Cortez Masto also secured critical provisions to help Nevada combat drought.
"This is a major victory for hardworking Nevadans that will bring down prescription drug and health care costs, fight inflation, cut the deficit, and create clean-energy jobs in Nevada while helping to fight drought and the climate crisis," said Senator Cortez Masto. "It does all this by closing tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy and making sure corporations pay their fair share. I'm going to keep working in the Senate on legislation like this that strengthens our economy and makes life easier for Nevada families and seniors."
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will help middle-class families across the country. It prioritizes deficit reduction to fight inflation, lowers prescription drug costs, makes health care more affordable for Nevada families, and supports domestic energy production and manufacturing to help combat the climate crisis.
Specifically, this legislation includes the following provisions:
Senator Cortez Masto has fought to lower health care costs and create good-paying clean-energy jobs across Nevada. She has cosponsored legislation to make health care more affordable by givingMedicare the power to negotiate drug prices, capping drug costs, and limiting egregious price hikes by drug manufacturers. As a focus of her Innovation State Initiative economic agenda, the Senator has pushed support for the emerging industries of Nevada. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes legislation Cortez Masto secured to promote Nevada's mining and emerging battery industries and set up a sustainable critical mineral supply chain. She recently introduced legislation to expand the solar manufacturing supply chain in the U.S. She secured an extension of the Investment Tax Credit and the residential renewable energy tax credit for solar in the 2020 government funding bill. Senator Cortez Masto was also able to successfully advocate for two additional years of renewable energy tax credits for the solar industry and its workers.
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