Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced nearly $10 million has been awarded to the Nevada Department of Education for projects that help children and youth with disabilities thrive and reach successful employment outcomes. This funding will support over 300,000 children with disabilities across Nevada with better options for career exploration, more work-based learning opportunities, and increased exposure to postsecondary opportunities.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), alongside Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), and Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), led a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan calling for new protections for small businesses in the wake of a concerning uptick in fraudulent business impersonation.

LAS VEGAS – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) hosted a water conservation summit to discuss partnership-driven progress in Western water conservation. During the summit, Congresswoman Lee announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has allocated $63 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to 13 water infrastructure projects across Nevada.

LAS VEGAS – Yesterday, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) traveled to Creech Air Force Base (AFB) to meet with base leadership and Airmen, tour the base’s facilities, and discuss the challenges that Airmen regularly face. To address these challenges and empower Nevada Airmen and their families, Congresswoman Lee introduced the Creech Airmen Economic Security and Resilience Act this week. This legislation would require an investigation into reinstating Assignment Incentive Pay for Creech Airmen and an assessment of Creech-specific difficulties and options for improving quality of life for Creech personnel and families.

LAS VEGAS – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) held a roundtable discussion with local experts on child nutrition programs in southern Nevada. They emphasized the need to protect these critical programs from the dangerous funding cuts that extreme Republican politicians have proposed and threatened to shut down the federal government over.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that up to $195 million in funding has been made available from the Department of the Interior to support drought resiliency projects, water management planning and design improvements, and cooperative watershed management projects. Congresswoman Lee fought to secure these funds by championing and voting to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as through her work as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV), alongside Reps. Lisa McClain (R-MI), David Trone (D-MD), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Annie Kuster (D-NH), and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling for “aggressive diplomatic action” to combat the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) role in illicit fentanyl trafficking and to eliminate the financial incentives associated with drug trafficking.

LAS VEGAS – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) hosted an event with financial services experts highlighting financial literacy tools and resources to help women in southern Nevada take control of their financial futures.