WASHINGTON DC – Last week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 2024. This program was created in 2021 to help pay for water and wastewater bills. After helping more than 1.1 million households across the country maintain or restore water service, funding for the program expired at the end of Fiscal Year 2023, ending a critical lifeline for families in need.
KOLO Reno: Rosen among those calling for restoring water bill assistance for low income people
By Kevin Sheridan
Key Points:
- U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen is among those calling for a restoration of the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program.
- The program was created in 2021 to help people pay for water and wastewater bills, but funding for the program expired last year.
- “Water and sewer bills are rising more than twice as quickly as inflation and increasing faster than energy bills, medical expenses, and household incomes,” wrote the Senators. “…The need for low-income household water assistance is just as important to public health and economic development as other basic needs such as home energy and nutrition, which have benefitted from Federal support for decades.”
KSNV Las Vegas: Senator Rosen calls to restore water funding assistance for low-income households
Anchor: “Senator Jacky Rosen says she is joining her colleagues to call for the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program. That program was created in 2021 to help families in need pay their water and wastewater bills. Funding for the program expired at the end of last year.”
KVVU Las Vegas: Rosen joins calls for restoring water funding assistance for Nevada families in need
Anchor: “Senator Jacky Rosen is one of several lawmakers requesting a water bill assistance program pick up again. The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program was created during the pandemic of 2021 to help people pay for water and wastewater bills. The funding for it expired last year. In the letter, a group of senators wrote water and sewer bills are rising more than twice as quickly as inflation. They say something must be done to provide critical assistance to the most vulnerable.”
KRNV Reno: Rosen joins calls for restoring water funding assistance for Nevada families in need
Anchor: “As critical water funding assistance ran out at the end of last year, Senator Jacky Rosen joins other senators in getting it back for this year. Funding for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Fund ran out in 2023. This assistance helps millions of people pay their water and wastewater bills.”
KRXI Reno: Rosen joins calls for restoring water funding assistance for Nevada families in need
Anchor: “Senator Jacky Rosen is working to help restore water funding assistance for Nevada families in need. Senator Rosen is joining her colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for the Low-Income Households Water Assistance Program. The program was created in 2021 to help people pay their water and wastewater bills.”
Univision Reno: Rosen urge al Comité de Aprobaciones a restituir el programa de asistencia de agua potable
Reportero: “Este programa se creó en el 2021 para ayudar a los residentes de Nevada con sus facturas de agua potable al igual que aguas residuales. Sin embargo, el programa culminó a finales del 2023, cuando el Congreso estadounidense no aprobó la extensión del mismo, dejando a muchas familias en Nevada sin la asistencia. Es por eso que la Senadora Jacky Rosen está impulsando la restauración del mismo y que así se puedan otorgar más fondos federales al estado para apoyar a familias necesitadas de Nevada.”
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