Dina Titus, U.S. Congresswoman representing Nevada’s 1st district since 2013, used her social media account on January 9, 2026, to address a range of issues including foreign policy actions, tourism legislation, and federal funding for research projects.
In a post published at 01:00 UTC, Titus criticized recent international policy decisions: “Invading sovereign countries and seizing their oil, threatening to forcefully take the territory of a @NATO ally, bullying foreign leaders and planning to depose them, and now withdrawing the U.S. from some of the most consequential international organizations that address https://t.co/VSnA3vDPbO”.
Later in the day at 16:47 UTC, she highlighted her support for local economic drivers by referencing new legislative efforts: “Tourism is the driving force of the economy #OnlyinDistrictOne. That is why I am one of the original supporters of the Visit USA Act.
This legislation would restore critical funding to Brand USA after cuts in the disastrous Republican Big, BS Budget Bill and enable us to https://t.co/6jypGjxUfz“.
At 20:00 UTC on January 9th, Titus announced success in securing federal funds for local research initiatives: “In this week’s House passed funding bill, I secured over $1 million in federal funding for @UNLV’s Instrumentation for Pathogen Detection in Water project. Students and researchers will be able to conduct critical research to help keep our water resources free of infectious https://t.co/L4uC660qaz”.
Titus has represented Nevada’s 1st District in Congress since replacing Shelley Berkley in 2013. Before her tenure in Congress, she served two decades in the Nevada Senate from 1988 to 2008. Born in Thomasville, Georgia in 1950 and currently residing in Las Vegas at age 72, Titus graduated with a BA from College of William & Mary in 1970.
