Lowering Costs and Growing Our Economy

Hardworking Nevadans are being squeezed by rising costs on everyday needs like housing, gas, groceries, child care, and so much more. In the Senate, Jacky is working to lower costs for the middle class, give families more breathing room, and build an economy that levels the playing field for workers and small businesses.

Jacky helped pass a historic new law that caps the price of insulin at $35 per month for seniors and gives Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug costs, and she’s continuing the fight to cap insulin costs and make medications more affordable for all Americans. She is taking on Big Oil’s price gouging and working to protect Nevadans from even higher gas prices at the pump. She is also pushing to build more housing that regular Nevadans can afford, prevent grocery prices from increasing further, and leading a bipartisan effort to increase the availability of high-quality affordable child care for Nevada families. And Jacky supports cutting taxes for the middle class to provide more economic relief to families who need it most.

Jacky is also focused on growing Nevada’s economy for the future. She was one of the authors of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and played an important role in writing its provisions to expand broadband access and modernize airports across the country. This new law she helped write and pass is already creating thousands of good-paying union jobs and delivering billions of dollars in project funding to Nevada for safer roads, better airports, faster internet, clean drinking water, and much more. Jacky also successfully led the bipartisan effort to secure $3 billion from the federal government to make the long-awaited high-speed rail infrastructure project connecting Southern California to Las Vegas a reality.

Driving Nevada’s unique economy forward is a key priority for Jacky. As Chair of the Senate’s subcommittee overseeing tourism, Jacky has successfully fought to enhance federal support for travel and hospitality to ensure Nevada’s top industry continues to thrive. As a member of the Senate’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Jacky is working across the aisle to cut red tape for small business startups and expand entrepreneurship opportunities for students at Minority Serving Institutions. Jacky also knows that Nevada’s economy depends on fostering new industries, like cannabis, which is why she is working tirelessly to ensure equal access to federal small business resources and banking services for the cannabis industry.