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Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee joined the protest on Friday, expressing her frustration with the federal budget cuts. "Are you pissed off? I'm pissed off!" Lee said, warning that the job cuts at the VA are just the beginning. "They're coming after your Medicaid, they're coming after Medicare, they're coming after your social security," she added, criticizing what she described as illegal executive orders from the Trump Administration.

"I'm supporting the Taxpayer Data Protection Act because it will protect Americans’ private data from Elon Musk and his reckless DOGE employees," Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., wrote on X. "Republican leadership has to let us vote. If they don’t, it only takes three lone Republicans to join us and make it happen."

"[It's] very simple. Its sole purpose is to speed up federal land transactions," said Congresswoman Susie Lee, (D) Nevada, of the legislation. "It's not a silver bullet, but it's certainly a commonsense way to cut government red tape and speed up home building."

Congresswoman Susie Lee — the author of the Accelerating Appraisals and Conservation Act in the House of Representatives — and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said the bipartisan bill was a small but important step in building new houses in Nevada.

“It’s not just for housing, it’s for infrastructure and for conservation,” Lee said. “It’s not a silver bullet, but it’s certainly a commonsense way to cut government red tape and speed up home building.”

That sentiment is echoed by members of the valley's federal delegation, like Democratic District 3 Rep. Susie Lee, who attended Friday's rally outside of the North Las Vegas VA. "I'd love to work with the Trump Administration on government efficiency, but this is wreaking havoc and chaos across the country," Lee said. "More importantly, people are going to die as a result."

“Nevada has incredible energy potential and geothermal energy is a key piece of that,” Lee said in a statement. “Yet, red tape has prevented us from fully unleashing its potential.”

“Equipment like fixed anchors were going to be removed from federal wilderness areas,” reported Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee who has climbed with Honnold at Red Rock. Lee jumped into action championing the Protecting America’s Rock Climbing (PARC) Act protecting more than 50,000 climbing routes on public lands in 28 states. It passed unanimously in the House and Senate.