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Future federal coronavirus relief packages should focus on places like Nevada where the economic damage will be outsized regardless of the actual number of COVID-19 cases, said Rep. Susie Lee during a live-streamed event on Monday.
"We're putting the airplane together while we're flying it," said Lee of the coronavirus relief efforts recently undertaken by Congress. "We're literally at war with an invisible invader. One that we don't all know how it'll play out."
LAUGHLIN — Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee discussed Laughlin's financial situation on the heels of Aldape's Market shutting its doors.
"There's no doubt that Laughlin has been hit hard by the economic shockwaves of the COVID-19 pandemic, making the closure of Aldape's even more difficult to bear," Lee said. "For many residents without easy access to transportation, Aldape's closure means having to find a way to get across the river to purchase basic necessities."
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) and Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.-06) introduced bipartisan legislation last week to support and strengthen the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) during the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting additional administrative costs and allowing for increased enrollment of older workers in the program.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03), Mark Takano (D-Calif.-41), and Phil Roe's (R-Tenn.-01) bipartisan, comprehensive student veteran coronavirus response legislation, the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act, which would help hundreds of thousands of student veterans still at risk of losing out on important GI Bill, work study, and housing benefits.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement marking her first three months of 2020 in Congress:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement applauding the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act's inclusion of direct payments to Nevadans and its bipartisan passage through Congress:
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee's (Nev.-03) bipartisan update to the Older Americans Act, which she co-led with House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services Chair Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.-01) and Rep. Susan Wild (Pa.-07), was signed into law by the President.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) helped introduce the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act, led by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (Calif.-41). This bill would help hundreds of thousands of student veterans still at risk of losing out on important GI Bill, work study, and housing benefits.
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