Nevada, Dec. 3 -- United States Congresswoman Dina Titus has said that it is critical for the Ways and Means Committee to add the legislation she introduced earlier in the year to its legislative calendar, saying the FAIR BET Act seeks to restore the commonsense 100% tax deduction to protect professional and recreational gamblers.

Titus said in a post on X on Tuesday that the BS Budget Bill earlier this year reduced the tax deduction for gambling losses to 90%.

"In response, I introduced the FAIR BET Act to restore the commonsense 100% tax deduction to protect professional and recreational gamblers. I was the first in Congress to introduce this fix and haven't stopped garnering support from members and stakeholders since," she said.

"I...