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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and a member of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, voted for final passage of seven funding bills, including the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies funding bill.
Representatives Lee, Huffman and Stewart and Senator Cortez Masto Introduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation to Transform Water Management by Filling a Major Data Gap in the West
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee voted to pass the bipartisan Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs (ALLIES) Act, a bill designed to protect our Afghan partners and expedite the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) process as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan.
“We must protect the men and women who put their lives on the line to help American service members as we fought terrorism in Afghanistan,” said Rep. Susie Lee. “We promised these men and women that we would have their backs if they had ours, and we need to keep our word. As U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan, it’s more important than ever that we swiftly help get these brave Afghans and their families to safety.”
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee announced a $275,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Cancer Institute for cancer biology research at Touro University of Nevada.
“I’m so glad to see these funds are on their way to support the incredible ongoing cancer research efforts at Touro University,” said Rep. Susie Lee. “I am so proud to have an institution like Touro University in my district — an institution that not only invests in life-saving research, but also in educating and training the next generation of health care scientists to continue the fight to find a cure.”
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee, a member of the Appropriations Committee, voted to pass the final two funding bills for Fiscal Year 2022 out of the full committee. The Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies funding bill and the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill for Fiscal Year 2022 now head to the House floor for final passage.
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) joined nine House Democrats in sending a letter to House leadership urging a vote on a bipartisan infrastructure deal without any delay after passage in the Senate. The letter challenges House leadership’s stated plan to withhold a vote on a bipartisan hard infrastructure deal until a Democratic-only bill can pass simultaneously.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee, a member of the Appropriations Committee, voted to pass two funding bills out of the full committee that include multiple provisions pushed by Congresswoman Susie Lee. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill and the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies funding bill for Fiscal Year 2022 now head to the House floor for final passage.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee, a member of the Appropriations Committee, voted to pass two funding bills out of the full committee that include multiple provisions pushed for by Congresswoman Lee. The Homeland Security and Defense funding bills for fiscal year 2022 now head to the House floor for final passage.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee announced that she secured the following funding for education projects in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Agencies appropriations bill:
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) released a progress report marking her second quarter of 2021 in the 117th Congress and highlights of her office’s accomplishments. To read more about her accomplishments in the first quarter, click here, and see highlights below.
Rep. Lee’s Accomplishments Delivering for Constituents of Nevada’s 3rd District Since April 1, 2021: