Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03), Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), and Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02) released the following statement on the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) newly updated guidelines to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which exclude small businesses that generate more than 50 percent of their revenue from legal gaming from using the program:
Las Vegas, Nev. — U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted her third public health telephone town hall to address the COVID-19 pandemic and give her constituents accurate, up-to-date information on what is being done to help protect American families, workers, and small businesses.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) sent a letter dated Apr. 10 to House leadership asking for critical funding for community health centers (CHCs) in the next COVID-19 response package, ensuring that our nation's CHCs can continue to provide life-saving care throughout this crisis. One hundred twenty-three of Rep. Lee's congressional colleagues signed the letter as well.
Washington D.C.— U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) and more than 70 of her congressional colleagues introduced the Coronavirus Community Relief Act, new legislation to provide $250 billion in stabilization funds for local communities, cities, and towns, like Boulder City and Henderson, which are struggling amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) sent a letter dated Apr. 7, 2020, to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin regarding SBA's newly enacted Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This program was enacted to provide relief to small businesses to allow them to keep employees on payroll while non-essential businesses remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) and Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.-06) introduced bipartisan legislation last week to support and strengthen the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) during the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting additional administrative costs and allowing for increased enrollment of older workers in the program.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03), Mark Takano (D-Calif.-41), and Phil Roe's (R-Tenn.-01) bipartisan, comprehensive student veteran coronavirus response legislation, the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act, which would help hundreds of thousands of student veterans still at risk of losing out on important GI Bill, work study, and housing benefits.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement marking her first three months of 2020 in Congress: