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Washington, DC – Yesterday, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) helped introduce bipartisan legislation to crack down on lavish spending by Cabinet officials and to increase transparency for taxpayers on renovation and redecorating expenses at federal agencies. Rep. Susie Lee joined a group her colleagues led by Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) and Congressman Mark Meadows (NC-11) in introducing the Reining In Irresponsible Decorating Expenses (RIIDE) Act.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada has joined a bipartisan group of House lawmakers that seeks common ground to break political gridlock and produce legislative results.
The group, the House problem solvers caucus, is dedicated to finding bipartisan solutions on issues that both Democrats and Republicans can accept. The group, which has approximately 50 members equally divided between the parties, announced its leadership and members, including Lee, a Democrat, this week.
The day after delivering his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump weighed in on why he believed former Sen. Dean Heller lost his re-election bid, and the Senate took up a public lands bill that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the Veterans' Access to Child Care Act that would ensure every veteran is able to access child care services regardless of whether they are using them at a VA Medical Center or a Vet Center. Under the bill as written, only veterans at VA Medical Centers would have access to child care. However, a large number of veterans also receive mental health treatment and re-adjustment services at Vet Centers.
Each member of Congress gets at least one ticket for a guest to the president's State of the Union address, and Nevada lawmakers are eager to leverage their plus-ones to send a political message.
From federal workers affected by the shutdown to Nevadans with pre-existing conditions and immigration advocates, Nevada Democrats are leaning into the symbolism.
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Susie Lee announced she will be bringing Sergeant Isaac Saldivar as her guest to the State of the Union. Sergeant Saldivar is a Marine Corps veteran who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and now helps other veterans stay active as the Las Vegas Program Coordinator for Merging Vets. After his military service, Sergeant Saldivar returned to Las Vegas and enrolled in a for-profit college. When he was only three classes away from graduating with an Associate's degree, the institution closed, causing him to lose two years of GI Bill benefits.
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Democrats from Nevada have chosen their guests to the State of the Union on Tuesday.
Sen. Jacky Rosen has invited Tanya Flanagan of North Las Vegas, a three-time cancer survivor who works for Clark County as a Public Information Administrator. Because of her pre-existing condition, Flanagan would be at risk of being denied access to affordable health care if the Affordable Care Act were repealed or struck down in federal court, according to a news release from Rosen's office.
The reason I ran for Congress was pretty simple: I want to get things done. For too long, party has won out over our communities and our country, causing dysfunction and gridlock in Washington. The result has been that working families are falling behind.
Members of the state's congressional delegation capped off last week by sending two letters to the Department of Energy seeking information about a secret 2018 shipment of a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium sent to the Nevada National Security Site.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — For Congresswoman Susie Lee, D-Nevada, it's standing room only Friday at a roundtable on raising the minimum wage. Her office was crammed with people, many minimum wage workers, who say they can't live on what they're earning.
Shonda Austin brought her energetic toddler with her because she can't afford childcare. For her family, Austin says in order to make ends meet, her husband has to find work out of state.