WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) pushed U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to acknowledge the disastrous effects of the Trump Administration's economic policies on Nevada's tourism and travel industry. Secretary Bessent is a top architect of President Trump's economic agenda.
After confronting Secretary Bessent on the declining number of visitors from Canada, the Senator noted that international visitation from various other nations is also declining. She continued, "We are seeing under this administration a U.S. Travel Association travel forecast that [the U.S.] is dealing with now nearly a $70 billion travel trade deficit for 2025...