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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:
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.
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.-03) introduced the bipartisan Student Veteran Protection Act on Friday. The bill would change how GI Bill overpayments are reimbursed by making schools, not student veterans, responsible for reimbursing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for GI Bill overpayments.
A Nevada congresswoman has introduced a bill that would increase the value of Pell Grants, a kind of financial aid offered to nearly half of all students in the Nevada System of Higher Education.
The Pell Grant Sustainability Act, a collaboration between Democrats Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois and Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada, would index the grants to inflation to account for rising annual costs.
Las Vegas, Nev.—U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) and Sean Casten (Ill.-06) introduced the Pell Grant Sustainability Act. The bill would make sure that Federal resources for college students keep up with current costs by indexing Pell Grants to inflation.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted a roundtable meeting focusing on her priority of finding solutions to lower the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. Southern Nevada organizations and advocates in attendance included the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans, the Culinary Health Fund, Nevada Hospital Association (NHA), Battle Born Progress, and Protect Our Care. The discussion addressed the community impact of high health care costs and the solutions necessary to lower drug prices.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted a Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce Roundtable with southern Nevada mental health professionals and advocates. The Congresswoman and roundtable participants discussed issues impacting the mental and behavioral health workforce and solutions to challenges facing those working in this critical space.