Reno, Nev. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) met with local businesses and communities in Esmeralda and Mineral Counties discuss her work to create more good-paying jobs and support the tourism and clean energy industries in rural Nevada. Cortez Masto has now visited all seventeen Nevada counties this year.

"It was great to visit Goldfield and Luning to see firsthand how our tourism and clean energy industries are helping drive economic growth," said Senator Cortez Masto. "Preserving Nevada's cultural sites and addressing our climate challenges head-on are key to supporting our rural communities, and I will continue to make it a priority to visit all our counties in Nevada every year to make sure I'm delivering for every part of our state."

In Goldfield, Senator Cortez Masto visited the Goldfield Historic High School, a site that dates back to the early 1900s and remains an economic driver for the town. Cortez Masto and local small business owners discussed improvements and restoration efforts to preserve this critical piece of the Silver State's cultural heritage. A champion of the Nevada's economy, Cortez Masto is pushing legislation to support key tourism and outdoor industries in every corner of Nevada through economic development.

In Luning, Senator Cortez Masto met with Ormat Technologies and toured a geothermal energy facility to highlight their work creating more good-paying clean energy jobs and bringing 21^st century solutions to our climate challenges. Nevada is the second largest producer of geothermal energy in the nation and has one of the largest amounts of untapped geothermal resources in the country. Senator Cortez Masto has worked hard in the Senate to support our renewable energy economy. Her Geothermal Energy Opportunities Act was signed into law to make it easier to develop geothermal resources on some public lands, and she recently introduced bipartisan legislation to accelerate geothermal investments in Nevada.

Senator Cortez Masto is a champion for Nevada's rural communities, working across the aisle to deliver for families. In the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, she secured funding for rural schools and over $460 million for broadband. She also made sure the law included her legislation to help rural counties with internet access at local schools and streamline federal broadband funding to improve internet access for rural areas.

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