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May 12, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Susie Lee (NV-03) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) introduced the Community-Based Workforce Development Act. This legislation would authorize a new federal grant program — the Sectoral Employment through Career Training for Occupational Readiness, or SECTOR, Program — to assist state and local workforce systems with establishing partnerships that bring employers, educators, and workers together to train workers for in-demand jobs.
May 11, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to urge her colleagues in the Senate to pass legislation to protect a woman’s right to choose by codifying Roe v. Wade into law. Rep. Lee has been a fierce advocate for reproductive rights and voted to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act out of the House last fall.
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Health Care
May 11, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) announced that Nevada received 68,000 new business applications in 2021, 20,000 of which are for businesses that are likely to hire employees, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
May 9, 2022
WASHINGTON – This week, The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University released a new bipartisan index report that named U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) as the 10th most bipartisan member out of 435 members of the House of Representatives. The Bipartisan Index measures how often a member of Congress introduces bills that attract co-sponsors from the other party, and how often they in turn co-sponsor a bill introduced from across the aisle
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Congress
May 5, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered non-profit organization, has awarded Nevada HAND $517,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 grant funding. This funding will support Nevada HAND’s efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing as well as revitalize and sustain neighborhoods in Nevada.
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Infrastructure
April 29, 2022
WASHINGTON – In this week’s Department of Energy (DOE) budget hearing for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Rep. Susie Lee asked Secretary Granholm for updates on the Department of Energy’s actions to pursue new, consent-based alternatives to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository.
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Appropriations
Energy & Public Lands
April 28, 2022
WASHINGTON – In today’s Fiscal Year 2023 Department of the Interior (DOI) budget hearing for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Rep. Susie Lee directed questions to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Rep. Lee questioned Secretary Haaland on steps being taken by DOI to advance and appropriately site renewable energy projects on public lands and emphasized the importance of creating a cleaner energy grid to combat climate change.
April 27, 2022
WASHINGTON – In today’s hearing for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Rep. Susie Lee advocated for rapid deployment of bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds for western water. Rep. Lee also spoke to the need for additional funding to implement drought contingency plans and to improve water levels at Lake Mead.
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Appropriations
Water
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April 18, 2022
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) released a progress report marking her first quarter of 2022 in the 117th Congress and highlighting her office’s accomplishments. Highlights of this past quarter’s report can be found below, and you can find Rep. Lee’s 2021 End of Year Report for the 117th Congress here.
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Congress
April 7, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lee voted to secure urgently needed relief for small businesses across southern Nevada. The Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act will deliver $55 billion to replenish funding for Nevada restaurants and establish a new program supporting other small businesses impacted by the pandemic.