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At a Nevada State College event focused on minority students in higher education, Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott emphasized that a college education is still the key to opportunity.
But Scott, D-Va., said reforms are needed to restore a longstanding promise to young people that their education will be affordable.
"An entire generation of students is now questioning whether college is worth it," he said. "That is certainly a major step back."
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (Va.-03) met with local and state education leaders throughout southern Nevada today.
Boulder City, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) joined workers in touring the Techren 2 Renewable Energy Solar Station in southern Nevada's Eldorado Valley. Eldorado Valley is home to four major solar plants and is key in solidifying southern Nevada's position as one of the nation's leaders in solar energy development and innovation.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement remembering the Route 91 Music Festival tragedy in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017:
"Two years ago, our community experienced a tragedy unlike any we have faced before. October 1, 2017, is a day that no Nevadan will forget. The fear, the trauma, the grief that engulfed our city can't be measured.
Las Vegas, Nev. – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) marked the last day of the third quarter of 2019 by releasing a report of her legislative and casework accomplishments during this three-month period:
Las Vegas, Nev.— U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) joined community organizations, outdoor recreation businesses, local and state elected officials, and advocates to celebrate Nevada's 3rd annual Public Lands Day. The event honored the special place public lands and outdoor spaces occupy in the hearts and minds of Nevadans.
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Reps. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) and Katie Porter (Calif.-45) sent a letter, dated Sept. 26, to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (N.Y.-17), Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (Ala.), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Kay Granger (Texas-12), and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (Vt.) requesting support for increased investment in Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs in the final Fiscal Year 2020 budget.
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03), member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) led the introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval on Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's rewritten borrower defense rule that gutted essential protections for student borrowers and taxpayers. CRA resolutions of disapproval allow Congress to overturn regulatory actions of federal agencies with a simple majority vote in both chambers.
Washington, D.C. - Reps. Steven Horsford (Nev.-04) and Susie Lee (Nev.-03) released the following statement in response to new allegations against President Donald Trump that suggest he withheld foreign aid to Ukraine unless Ukrainian officials investigate his political rival, Vice President Joseph Biden: