One of the main issues Senator Jacky Rosen is trying to address that many Nevadans are struggling with is increased health care costs.

Rosen says she's committed to her vote on the government shutdown because she believes health care should be prioritized before opening the government.

She claims the Republican Party will not talk with her and her colleagues.

"Donald Trump, I know that our leadership has called and asked for a meeting, he's refused to meet with us," she said.

Senator Rosen says she's pushing to extend ACA tax credits to help with healthcare costs, but claims Republicans refuse to discuss any healthcare resolutions until the shutdown ends.

She says, "Washington Republicans would rather have the American people suffer than work with Democrats to keep the healthcare affordable, and we're talking about tens of thousands of Nevadans seeing their costs double."

Many Nevadans are also struggling after the recent cuts to SNAP benefits last weekend. Multiple local food pantries say they're seeing a large uptick in families visiting them since then.

Marie Baxter, CEO of Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada, says, "We literally had lines around the building since the SNAP benefits ended."

Jocelyn Lantrip, Director of Marketing for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada, says, "We definitely at our Saturday distribution saw a great number of families with children and people who are concerned and worried about what they're going to do."

Lantrip says this can also cause a negative economic impact since SNAP benefits bring in $90 million every month in our community, "That's $90 million that will not be paid into grocery stores, be spent in those grocery stores, smaller stores."

With the White House unsure of exactly when people will receive their benefits again, Catholic Charities, FBNN, and other partners are doing everything they can to keep up with people in need.

FBNN is reminding people to take advantage of their Kids Cafe program. And Catholic Charities is expanding its food pantry hours.

Baxter says, "We're also significantly ramping up the food we're taking out to our rural partners. And our rural trucks will actually start rolling out on Thursday of this week."

We reached out to Congressman Mark Amodei and will speak with him on Wednesday.