Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) co-led the introduction of the bipartisan Equity in Student Loan Relief Act, also led by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.-21). This bipartisan bill would extend the temporary relief from student loan payments to Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) borrowers who have been left behind. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided much needed student loan relief during this global pandemic, suspending all monthly payments and interest accumulation for federally held student loans through Sept. 30, 2020.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, introduced the CFO Authority and Collaboration Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) to report to Congress on their progress implementing the Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) program, a major effort to modernize VA's financial systems.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), alongside Rep.

Washington, D.C. — U.S Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) helped introduce the TEAM Veteran Caregiver Act, led by Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.-05). This legislation takes three steps to increase efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) family caregivers program:

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) and Joyce Beatty (Ohio-03) authored a letter, dated April 20, calling on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.-12) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.-23) to fix a technical glitch from previously passed coronavirus relief legislation that has prevented roughly 130 privately insured credit unions nationwide—including many in southern Nevada—from participating as lenders of these critical Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) introduced legislation to increase critical federal aid for Medicaid programs as state unemployment rates worsen. The bill creates automatic triggers that increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), or the share of Medicaid costs borne by the federal government, based on each state's unemployment condition.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) joined her colleagues, led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.-09), in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, requesting that the agencies immediately collect and publicly report facility-level data on the number of long-term care residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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: