Press Releases
Las Vegas, Nev. - Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement wishing a happy and restful Labor Day weekend to southern Nevada's workers and families:
Las Vegas, Nev. - Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement to mark the 56th anniversary of the March on Washington, the landmark civil rights movement event on Aug. 28, 1963:
Henderson, Nev. - Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after the President signed H.R.1198, a bill renaming the 404 South Boulder Highway post office to the Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, into law. Rep. Lee drafted and introduced the legislation in February, making this her first ever original bill signed into law.
Henderson, Nev. – Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted a barbecue for southern Nevada veterans to celebrate the passage of H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, which finally gives Blue Water Navy Veterans, who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, the health benefits needed to treat long standing health conditions caused by this exposure. As a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Rep. Lee co-sponsored and helped pass H.R.
Las Vegas, Nev. - Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) delivered remarks at the 2019 Opioid Abuse Prevention Summit, hosted by the Nevada Public Health Foundation. Rep. Lee addressed members of the health community, advocates and opioid abuse experts about the problems and solutions needed to solve southern Nevada's opioid crisis.
The following is a transcript of Rep. Lee's remarks:
| Las Vegas, Nev. - Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted a roundtable with the U.S. Travel Association to discuss travel and tourism policies and priorities in southern Nevada. The roundtable included government representatives and business and nonprofit leaders in Nevada's travel and tourism industry. |
Las Vegas, Nev. - Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Nevada in their case with the United States federal government regarding the Department of Energy's secret weapons-grade plutonium shipment to the state in January 2019:
Las Vegas, NV - Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) joined 213 members of Congress to urge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call the Senate back into session to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act. After one of the deadliest weekends of the year, where at least 31 people were killed in mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH, the American people are fed up with continued congressional inaction.
Las Vegas, NV - Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) attended Communities in Schools Fill the Bus event, which provides free school supplies to southern Nevada low-income students. School supplies will go to thousands of students to ensure they are prepared for the upcoming school year. Rep. Lee assisted packing supplies like notebooks, pencils, hygiene kits, and school clothes.