LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee held a news conference Wednesday calling on President Donald Trump to sign a housing bill that passed Congress and is now on his desk.
Representatives Dina Titus and Steve Horsford joined Lee, along with other lawmakers from battleground states, at the event.
What the bill would do
The legislation aims to increase housing supply, lower costs and make homeownership more accessible for Americans.
Trump caught lawmakers off guard last week when he canceled a planned signing of the bill, demanding instead that Congress pass a voter ID and proof-of-citizenship package, known as the Save America Act.
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Lawmakers respond
The Nevada delegation said the president is putting politics over people.
“Do what the American people need and make housing more affordable and sign the bill,” Lee said. “We don’t need to show the American people dysfunction here in Washington.”
Lee said that Clark County faces one of the most severe housing crises in country, with the worst shortage of affordable rentals anywhere in the U.S.
Titus also spoke, pushing back on Trump calling the housing bill “unimportant” when compared to the Save America Act.
“President Trump calls housing a boring topic compared to others and a big yawn,” Titus said. “Well, the folks in my district aren’t yawning because they don’t have a roof over their head or a place to lie down and take a nap. So they can’t be yawning. They know how critical this is and we need to move on it.”
What happens next
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who sent the bill to the White House, has defended Trump’s refusal to sign it, saying the president is trying to make a point.
If Trump does not sign or veto the bill within the next eight days, it will automatically become law by July 9.
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