Official Biography
Susie Lee was born to a working family of ten in Canton, Ohio. Her father was a military veteran who worked at a steel plant, while her mother stayed at home to care for the family of eight kids. After graduating from public schools, Susie worked her way through Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with a combination of scholarships, loans, and part-time jobs.
In 1993, she moved to Las Vegas, where she became a leader in education nonprofits, founding the After School All Stars and later serving as President of Communities in Schools of Nevada. Under her leadership, Communities in Schools helped decrease dropout rates.
Since being elected to Congress in 2018, Susie has worked relentlessly with Democrats and Republicans alike to achieve real results for Nevada families. She helped negotiate and get signed into law the once-in-generation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered prescription drug costs for seniors and is the single biggest climate investment in U.S. history. Both bills are creating hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country.
Susie has led bipartisan legislation that was signed into law to help lower housing costs, protect Nevada’s water supply, expand access to health care, protect children from online sexual exploitation, and improve veterans’ healthcare. Susie has also secured over $5.6 billion for Nevada through grants and federal investments.
Susie is ranked the number one most bipartisan member of Congress among all U.S. Representatives, Senators, and governors. She sits on the House Appropriations Committee. She is also the Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus and is a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and New Democrats Coalition.
Susie is a battle-tested perennial Member of Congress who has won her swing district in the swing state of Nevada four times. Her district has a plurality of non-partisan voters. This Congress, Susie was elected Battleground Leadership Representative, a position she created in 2022 to ensure that Democratic House members representing the most competitive districts in the country have a seat at the Democratic Caucus leadership table.
Susie lives in Las Vegas and has two children. She is an outdoorswoman who loves to bike and hike.
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