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Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement regarding the sweeping changes, leading to delays and disfunction in recent weeks, from leadership at the United States Postal Service (USPS):
Las Vegas, Nev. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted a Facebook Live roundtable on the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on our minority communities. Representatives from several nursing trade groups and associations, minority health entities, and other related organizations and community stakeholders joined Rep. Lee in the discussion to share their experiences.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.03) led a letter co-signed by 35 of her House colleagues urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.-12), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.-23), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to include in the next COVID-19 stimulus package a temporary increase to federal funding for state Medicaid programs to ensure health care access for families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Las Vegas, Nev. - U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), Dina Titus (Nev.-01), Steven Horsford (Nev.-04), and Jason Crow (Colo.-06) held a call with regional reporters today urging the Senate not to slash the emergency unemployment income 30 million American workers, including 352,535 Nevadans, are relying on during the pandemic.
Las Vegas, Nev. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) introduced the Community College Workforce Training Act, which would reauthorize the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program. Rep. Lee's bill would authorize $2 billion through fiscal year 2024 to restart the TAACCCT grant program as a way to support higher education and workforce development during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Las Vegas, Nev. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted a telephone town hall with education experts to answer constituents' questions about the best at-home teaching strategies as CCSD parents begin to prepare for the start of the academic year on Aug. 24.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) secured several wins for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations budget, the final package of which passed the House of Representatives today. Along with the inclusion of two of her amendments in the final package, Rep. Lee helped secure vital funding to improve Nevada's schools, health care, and workforce development. You can read Rep.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.-03) introduced bipartisan legislation, the VA Telehealth Expansion Act, which would improve and expand telehealth services for veterans at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).