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October 29, 2019

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), a member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, released the following statement today after the committee passed her bipartisan Newborn Care Improvement Act, a bill she introduced with Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.-06), Doug Collins (Ga.-09), and Jackie Walorski (Ind.-02). The bill was included as a provision of the Deborah Sampson Act, which passed the committee today. The Newborn Care Improvement Act would extend coverage of newborn health care for children of veterans.


October 25, 2019

Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement commemorating Nevada Day, the anniversary observed today of Nevada joining the Union as our 36th state on Oct. 31, 1864:


October 24, 2019

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after honoring Rep. Elijah Eugene Cummings (Md.-07), who passed away on October 17, 2019, at a special congressional ceremony that convened today to remember the late Congressman's life and legacy:

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October 21, 2019

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after a federal judge gave the State of Nevada permission to amend its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to include a request for the department to remove weapons-grade plutonium from the state, which DOE secretly shipped to Nevada last year without notifying any local or state officials:


October 18, 2019

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), Yvette D. Clarke (N.Y.-09), and Antonio Delgado (N.Y.-19) introduced the Enhancing Retirement Security for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019, which would lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs for seniors and individuals with disabilities under Medicare. This bill would exclude covered retirement accounts from counting as income for the purposes of determining eligibility under the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS) program.