U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto takes the podium to speak about the drought crisis in the Western U.S., during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at the Las Vegas Valley Water District in Las Vegas. Sen. Masto and the Southern Nevada Water Authority called on the administration to deliver a detailed, timely plan to disburse the $4 billion in drought funding that Cortez Masto secured in the Inflation Reduction Act. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @btesfaye