Press Releases
August 4, 2023
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.
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August 3, 2023
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.
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July 21, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada will receive a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA). RTC will use this funding to draft an Equitable Access to Mobility Action Plan that will help improve transportation in southern Nevada.
Issues:
Infrastructure
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July 20, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) introduced the bicameral Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act, which creates a federal grant program to fund patient navigators, such as community-based organizations, who can help women access reproductive health care services. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.
Issues:
Health Care
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July 18, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) joined House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), and Congresswoman Susan Wild (PA-07) in introducing the Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act to invest in the direct care workforce across the country and grow the direct care workforce of the future.
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June 26, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which overturned nearly 50 years of precedent settled by Roe v. Wade, decimating a woman’s right to choose in states across the country:
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June 23, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada a nearly $6 million grant for the Charleston Boulevard High-Capacity Transit Planning project. In February, Congresswoman Lee joined the Nevada delegation in sending a letter of support backing RTC’s application for this critical funding.
Issues:
Infrastructure
June 15, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) led ten House colleagues in a letter to President Biden, urging him to swiftly nominate and work to confirm a permanent Administrator to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA is the central federal body responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses due to motor vehicle crashes. The agency has not had a Senate-confirmed leader for longer than three months since 2017.
June 14, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to congratulate the Las Vegas Golden Knights on last night’s historic Stanley Cup victory. Congresswoman Lee honored the Golden Knights as not just a sport team but a symbol of unity and resilience, tied to the community when their very first home game came just days after the tragic shooting that struck Las Vegas on October 1, 2017.
June 13, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, was among the first members of the House of Representatives to sign three discharge petitions that would force a full House vote on three common sense gun violence prevention measures currently being blocked by Republican leadership.