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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.
LAS VEGAS - One of 8 News NOW's I-Team stories inspired a lawmaker to get involve and take action. The story shed light on questions about a school for students with special needs, and whether the staff was secluding some students in an outdoor area.
It was a concern for local mother Shantal Myers, but thanks to Congresswoman Susie Lee, D-NV, her story is being heard on Capitol Hill.
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 — Former Republican lawmakers and a bipartisan group of past national security officials criticized President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on the eve of a House vote to terminate the president's plan to circumvent Congress.
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution of disapproval of the president's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border. The declaration would allow him to tap Pentagon and Treasury Department funds to help pay for a wall between the United States and Mexico.
WASHINGTON — After weeks of sparring over President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the Southwest border, the fight resumes this week in Congress.
House Democrats plan to push forward on a resolution to terminate Trump's emergency declaration as an unconstitutional bypass of Congress to shift funds from Pentagon projects to pay for a border wall.
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."
Rep. Susie Lee held a roundtable Thursday to determine the best way forward to advance LGBTQ rights. Among the topics discussed were health issues, sensitivity training and President Donald Trump's transgender ban in the military.
Sensitivity training was mentioned as a need by several participants in the roundtable, and Lee said she was receptive."I think it's important for them to know they have a fighter in me in Washington," Lee said.
WASHINGTON — House Democrats filed a resolution of disapproval Friday that would terminate the national emergency declaration made by President Donald Trump earlier this month, saying the president's move violates authority vested in Congress.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, also claimed the president's emergency is a crisis manufactured to fulfill his campaign promise to build a wall along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico.