Throughout my time in Congress, I've made it my priority to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to look past partisanship and to help pass commonsense legislation so we can help working families in Nevada and across our country.

Before representing Nevada in Congress, I worked in Las Vegas as a computer programmer and systems analyst in what's been long considered a male-dominated industry. It wasn't easy.

Unfortunately, in Nevada - and more specifically, in Las Vegas and Reno - we've experienced incidents of human trafficking. In Las Vegas, the average trafficking victim is as young as 14. We must act to prevent this disturbing criminal activity from occurring in our communities.

Depending on the kind of code you write, depending on the kind of ideas you have, you can be creative in problem-solving and you can really make things work in a very gratifying way.

I applaud Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison and the legislators in the Nevada State Senate who have introduced SB 26 to fight the BDS movement in Nevada.

I'm a woman in technology, I think that we have to consider our border and use the technology we have to be sure that we secure it. If you build a six foot wall, somebody may jump eight feet. But, maybe there's surveillance... there's many high tech things that we can use to be sure we are protecting our borders.

For a country constantly threatened by missiles, rockets and mortar shells from terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, security is not only a gravely important issue, but is the most critical issue. That's why I introduced the Defend Israel Act as one of my first pieces of legislation.

Let's not forget, we are all one diagnosis away from having a pre-existing condition.

In Congress, I have defended solar energy to safeguard the economic and environmental future of Nevada, and I will continue to do so.

Nevada contains an extraordinary diversity of outdoor landscapes and recreation experiences. Red Rock Canyon, Black Rock Desert, Lake Tahoe and the Great Basin are each a part of our history, our character and our way of life.

I'm going to try to give people someone to vote for instead of something to vote against.

For more than 30 years, the state of Nevada and local communities have rejected the Yucca Mountain project. In fact, the state has filed over 200 contentions against the Department of Energy's license application, challenging the adequacy of the department's environmental impact assessments.

I'm not a politician. I'm not a career politician.

I'm the granddaughter of immigrants.

Of course, being the synagogue president, for me it was a great blessing.

In Washington you legislate, but at home you touch people's lives; that's what I try to do when I go there.

I have a wonderful synagogue, fantastic rabbi and cantor and membership, and they just enrich my life every day, and I learned so much from helping to grow our synagogue, grow our membership, and meet the needs of such a diverse population.

We cannot allow the Trump administration to invalidate our nation's health care law.

As a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, I will continue to work to bring resources, accountability and relief to our health care system.

Health care is one of the top kitchen table issues in Nevada.

There are plenty of ways we can work together to improve the ACA, but destroying the law and leaving Americans at risk is unacceptable.

When most people think about Nevada, they often instantly associate us with the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip.

As a member of Congress representing Southern Nevada, I am always advocating for our tourism industry, talking about our millions of annual visitors, and reminding folks in Washington, D.C., that we are the entertainment capital of the world.

In addition to sponsoring the Defend Israel Act, I am a proud co-sponsor of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which will protect the state of Israel from politically motivated attacks in the United Nations and economic discrimination here in the United States.

Israel is a country with a thriving free press and a nation known across the world for its support of women's and LGBT rights, not one that should face sanctions by a supposedly peace-loving world body.

There's no question that Nevada has overwhelmingly benefited from the rise of solar energy technology.

We must not repeat the same mistakes, or commit the same cruelties that were done in the past.

All asylum seekers at our border should remind us that we are a nation of immigrants and that we were once strangers at the border.

Our country is a nation of immigrants, who, for centuries, have come here, fleeing persecution, bringing their dreams, their fears, and their hopes for a better life.

We must make every effort to extend a hand to the stranger, and continue to fight to make sure we don't give up on our American values.

Before coming to Congress, I worked as a computer programmer and a systems analyst.

If we are going to create the future, then we must break down the barriers that are holding us back from our full potential.

Before I was elected to Congress, I had the honor of serving as the president of the Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson, the largest Reform Synagogue in Southern Nevada. During my tenure, I witnessed firsthand the beauty in our country's religious diversity and how community engagement strengthens America.

Only if we stand together as one voice, can we ensure that the message is sent and that hate will not be tolerated no matter where it lives in our society.

I will do my part every day to work with my colleagues in a bipartisan fashion to unite us, and not divide us.

No issue is more personal or more important than protecting our health care. It's one of the most pressing concerns I hear about when I meet with Nevadans - no matter their age, race or income.

I'll continue to work with my colleagues to fight efforts to roll back access to affordable health care for Nevadans.

We must advocate for policies that stabilize our health care markets, lower premiums and drug costs, protect Medicare and address Nevada's physician residency shortage.

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to recognize that this evil affects communities all over the world, including here in Nevada.

Our country and our Congress face many difficult challenges.

When I chose to run for public office, I pledged to stand with the people of Nevada rather than follow a partisan line.

The misguided efforts of some members of Congress to revive Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Nevadans, and our national security.

I will continue to be a voice for Nevadans in the Senate, opposing Yucca Mountain and working to identify viable alternatives for long-term repositories in areas that are proven safe and whose communities consent to that storage.

It's hard to imagine that shipping over 5,000 truck casks of high-level nuclear waste over 50 years wouldn't result in at least one radiological release somewhere in our country.

Trickle-down economics does not work, and tax reform should not be defined as partisan tax cuts for the wealthy and huge corporations.

Our efforts in Congress should focus on what we can agree on: investing in the success of local entrepreneurs to create jobs, helping hard-working families get ahead and reducing our spiraling debt.

By highlighting female pioneers in STEM, we can encourage aspiring young women who want to study or work in these fields.

The gender disparity in STEM is depriving our country of talented minds that could be inventing the next breakthrough technology, founding the next big startup or keeping our nation safe from cyberattacks.

What you realize when you work in the philanthropic world is that people aren't just numbers: they are families with real needs and you need to make your judgments with kindness and thoughtfulness in order to serve those needs.

I'm a common sense person who tries to analyze and I have to look at all sides of the issue because you don't want software that only does something but doesn't fix the other errors.