Press Releases

WASHINGTON– Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the bipartisan Accelerating Appraisals and Conservation Efforts (AACE) Act. This bill will enhance the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) appraisal process to better ensure that America’s principal land management agency is able to complete land transactions of all kinds as effectively and efficiently as possible.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that nearly $2 million has been awarded to the Nevada Attorney General’s Office to strengthen partnerships and strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to improve victim services.

WASHINGTON– This week, Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Fairness to Kids with Cancer Act. The bill would require the share of federal funds allocated to pediatric cancer research to equal the percentage of the U.S. population that is under the age of 18.

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.