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Congresswoman Lee said Tuesday the Nuclear Ecosystem Drone Defense, or NEDD, Act is intended to enhance the protection of the National Nuclear Security Administration and other nuclear assets and facilities under the Department of Energy against unmanned aerial systems.

“Unauthorized drones pose a serious threat to America’s nuclear resources related to national security, including at the Nevada National Security Site where we maintain America’s nuclear weapons ecosystem,” Lee said in a statement. “Our bipartisan NEDD Act bill will give the Department of Energy the tools it needs to defend all its nuclear and national security assets from unauthorized enemy drones.”

“Unauthorized drones pose a serious threat to America’s nuclear resources related to national security, including at the Nevada National Security Site where we maintain America’s nuclear weapons ecosystem,” Lee, D-Nev., said in a statement.

Right now, we just need three Republicans to join us and be the key to that action. I know they are out there, and I know how much they stand to gain. Armed with strong bipartisan brands and backed by constituents who desperately want bipartisanship on display, it is in their best interest to do so.

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., is also touting legislation to address the state’s shortage of doctors by increasing graduate medical education residency positions in the state.

In response to the dire physician shortage Southern Nevada faces, Congresswoman Susie Lee has proposed a bipartisan bill designed to boost the number of doctors in the region.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Congresswoman Susie Lee introduced a new bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the doctor shortage in Southern Nevada.

The Physicians for Underserved Areas Act would change the Graduate Medical Education process to give residency programs in Nevada and other areas with severe physician shortages a greater chance of gaining more medical residency slots that become available when a hospital closes.