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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lee voted to pass the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (WIOA), which includes Rep. Lee’s Community-Based Workforce Development Act. Rep. Lee’s bill would authorize a new federal grant program to assist state and local workforce systems with establishing sector-based partnerships that bring employers, educators, and workers together to train workers for in-demand jobs.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that Nevada is set to receive more than $48 million in grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase access to affordable housing.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress to push for investment in local law enforcement as the nation recognizes Police Week and remembers the nearly 26,000 law enforcement officers who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. The bipartisan group urged Congressional leadership to bring the bipartisan, bicameral Invest to Protect Act to the floor for a vote. 

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.