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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) attended the 15th Annual Adoptive Family Portrait Project in celebration of National Adoption Month. The Project is put on by Voice for Adoption, an adoption and foster care advocacy non-profit organization.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after the passage of her bipartisan bill with Republican Rep. Jim Banks (Ind.-03), the Student Veteran Protection Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Student Veteran Protection Act, which helps student veterans by removing the financial burdens of GI Bill overpayments, passed as part of the Protect the GI Bill Act, Rep. Mike Levin's (Calif.-49) comprehensive legislation to provide needed fixes to the current GI Bill.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after the passage of her bipartisan bill with Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.-06) and Republican Reps. Doug Collins (Ga.-09) and Jackie Walorski (Ind.-02), the Newborn Care Improvement Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation, which extends newborn health coverage for new veteran mothers, passed as a provision of the Deborah Sampson Act, Rep. Julia Brownley's (Calif.-26) comprehensive legislation to support servicewomen and women veterans.
Henderson, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) hosted federal, state, and local Nevada leaders at a Veterans Day ceremony dedicating the newly-renamed Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office. The post office renaming is a result of Rep. Lee's bill, H.R. 1198, which renames the 404 South Boulder Highway post office to the Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office. The President signed the bill into law on Aug.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) helped the House pass H.R. 4695, the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey (PACT) Act, which holds the government of Turkey accountable for its brutal invasion of northern Syria that has targeted Kurdish allies who helped U.S. forces combat ISIS. The bill imposes tough, targeted sanctions against the Turkish government as well as Turkish banks tied the country's military operations in Syria.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) helped pass House Resolution 296, affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide. The resolution reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to commemorate the Armenian genocide as the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, to unequivocally reject any efforts to deny the existence of the Armenian genocide, and to encourage education and public understanding about the genocide.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), a member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, released the following statement today after the committee passed her bipartisan Newborn Care Improvement Act, a bill she introduced with Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.-06), Doug Collins (Ga.-09), and Jackie Walorski (Ind.-02). The bill was included as a provision of the Deborah Sampson Act, which passed the committee today. The Newborn Care Improvement Act would extend coverage of newborn health care for children of veterans.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement commemorating Nevada Day, the anniversary observed today of Nevada joining the Union as our 36th state on Oct. 31, 1864:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement after honoring Rep. Elijah Eugene Cummings (Md.-07), who passed away on October 17, 2019, at a special congressional ceremony that convened today to remember the late Congressman's life and legacy: