Press Releases
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) sent the following letters to President Trump asking him to include funding in his FY 2020 budget for reducing veterans suicides, treating the opioid epidemic among veterans, improving school infrastructure, increasing financial literacy, funding Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act, and reauthorizing the Brand USA program:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Representative Susie Lee (D-NV-03), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Representatives Steven Horford (NV-04) and Mark Amodei (NV-02) introduced the bipartisan Jobs, Not Waste Act.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Representative Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), along with Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Representative Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), and Representative Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) introduced the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act in the United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation ensures Nevadans have a voice in any plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, and provides a voice to all states who are otherwise opposed to permanently storing nuclear waste in their communities.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) voted to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which she helped introduce earlier in this year. This bill ensures that individuals already prohibited from gun possession under federal law are not able to obtain firearms, finally closing the background check loophole. It also comes on the heels of the Nevada Legislature passing and Governor signing The Background Check Act into law, earlier this month.
Washington, DC - Rep. Susie Lee released the following statement after voting to pass the Natural Resources Management Act this afternoon:
Washington, DC – Rep. Susie Lee's provision to address school overcrowding was included in the (NV-03) The Rebuild America's Schools Act, which passed out of the Education and Labor Committee today. This isn't the first time Lee has pushed Congress to address this problem.
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement after signing on to a privileged resolution to terminate President Trump's emergency declaration:
"This unnecessary emergency declaration is an overreach of executive power that diverts money away from disaster relief, drug enforcement, and national security projects. Nevada will lose up to $97 million in federal funding for military projects if this declaration isn't stopped. I support this resolution to protect our constitution and our military readiness."
Washington, DC – Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement after the Nevada Legislature passed and Governor Steve Sisolak signed The Background Check Act into law: