Rep. Susie Lee joins House Problem Solvers Caucus
WASHINGTON — Rep. Susie
Lee, D-nev., has joined a bipartisan group of House lawmakers that seeks common ground to break political gridlock and produce legislative results.
The House Problem Solvers Caucus is dedicated to finding bipartisan solutions on issues that both Democrats and Republicans can accept.
The group, which has approximately 50 members equally divided between the parties, announced its leadership and members, including Lee, this week.
Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Tom Reed, R-N.Y., the two co-chairmen of the caucus, welcomed the new members, and specifically Lee.
“She isn’t here to play partisan politics, but instead came to sit down and have conversations with anyone who will listen about improving the lives of the American people we all care about,” Reed said of Lee in a statement.
Lee was elected in November to succeed Jacky Rosen, who did not seek re-election to the congressional district anchored in Henderson in order to run for the Senate. Rosen also was a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus while she served in the House.
Lee said the desire to find common ground between the parties was an important reason she decided to run for Congress.
“When I ran nonprofits, I had to look at the problems facing our community and find a path forward regardless of who was a Democrat or Republican or nonpartisan,” Lee said. “This caucus is committed to finding common ground and creating commonsense solutions.”
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