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WASHINGTON – T0day, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) voted to pass the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2021. This bill would renew the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, which had been continuously reauthorized with broad, bipartisan support up until the 2018 government shutdown.
In Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing, Rep. Susie Lee Addresses Need for Investment in Water Resources Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the Senate-passed version of the American Rescue Plan, a comprehensive package to combat the COVID-19 virus and get American workers, businesses, and families key pandemic relief:
Rep. Susie Lee Helps Pass Two Bipartisan Gun Safety Bills to Strengthen our Background Checks System
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after voting to pass two gun safety bills which would strengthen our background checks system, HR 8 and HR 1446.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the For the People Act, a comprehensive pro-democracy, anti-corruption package that would put electoral power back in the hands of the American people:
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) signed on to the Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act, legislation that would make federal investments in state unemployment insurance systems to prevent fraud and address the widespread delays and technical difficulties that job seekers have encountered while filing for unemployment insurance.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Susie Lee (NV-03) and U.S.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) spoke on the House floor in support of the American Rescue Plan. In particular, she highlighted the relief the package provides to hospitality, tourism, and entertainment businesses and workers who make up the backbone of southern Nevada’s economy and whose livelihoods have been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) signed on to a letter urging House leaders to include tax relief legislation for unemployed Nevadans in the American Rescue Plan.
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A Nevada congresswoman has introduced a bill that would increase the value of Pell Grants, a kind of financial aid offered to nearly half of all students in the Nevada System of Higher Education.
At a Nevada State College event focused on minority students in higher education, Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott emphasized that a college education is still the key to opportunity.
But Scott, D-Va., said reforms are needed to restore a longstanding promise to young people that their education will be affordable.
This week on Politics Now with host Steve Sebelius: The Clark County Commission decides against creating a panel to look into child deaths where they previously had interactions with Child Protective Services; State Assemblyman and Nevada Democratic State Party Chairman William McCurdy II talks about his run for a County Commission seat and the 2020 election; Nevada Congresswoman Susie Le