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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement on the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
"There's no question that the global COVID-19 outbreak is a serious matter, but what we simply can't afford to do is panic. I am working with state and federal officials to ensure that we have the resources we need to prepare our communities to prevent and treat this virus."
Washington, D.C. - Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), along with 231 of her Democratic and Republican House colleagues, helped pass H.J.Res. 79, which would remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and pave the way for passage of this historic amendment. Rep. Lee is an original cosponsor of the resolution. U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a companion joint resolution in the U.S. Senate.
Henderson, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted her first town hall of 2020 at Horizon Pines Apartments. The apartments are an affordable housing community operated by Nevada HAND, a non-profit organization that provides affordable housing for seniors and working families in Nevada.
Las Vegas, Nev. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement remembering the 78th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of over 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II:
The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure to resuscitate the 1923 Equal Rights Amendment by repealing a long-expired congressional deadline for state ratification.
The resolution aims to ensure the ratification a constitutional amendment that would guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex. Proponents of the ERA hailed the vote as historic, but the effort to add the amendment to the Constitution still faces legal and political hurdles.
Washington, D.C. – On Monday, the administration released its proposed Fiscal Year 2021 federal budget, which includes $6.2 billion in cuts to the federal education budget and the outright elimination of vital after-school program funding, poignantly hurting working families across southern Nevada.
U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement in response to the proposed cuts:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act today, which would establish the country's first comprehensive women's history museum. Rep. Lee is an original cosponsor of the bill, which has 293 total cosponsors, 60 of whom are Republicans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs told Congress Monday that it plans to delay the long-anticipated rollout of a $16 billion electronic health records system that was expected to go live next month.
VA said on Monday "members of Congress have urged the department not to rush its electronic health record (EHR) modernization efforts."