WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Sean Casten (IL-06) this week led nine colleagues in a letter urging Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Brooks-LaSure to implement quality standards of care and protections from abuse and neglect for older Americans and people with disabilities. "We recognize that CMS has taken significant steps toward protecting the care Medicai  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to Yale University President Peter Salovey and University of Michigan President Santa Ono with details regarding the presidents' participation in transcribed interviews with the Committee. The transcribed interview with Yale President   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: FLINT--Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08) issued the following statement today after a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts in the New York Supreme Court: "In America, no one is above the law, no matter your power, prestige, or position. The verdict today shows that the former president is no exception. "The former president received due process and a fair trial. The jury has   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Today, Rep. Hillary Scholten (MI-03) announced that she submitted 15 community projects from across Michigan's Third District for the chance to receive federal funding through the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) appropriations process. During the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process, Rep. Scholten successfully secured funding for all 15 projects she submitted from the Third District, total  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) today announced the Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act, legislation she's introducing to establish a formal national security review for connected vehicles built by companies from China or other countries of concern. The legislation would allow the Department of Commerce to limit or ban the introduction of these vehicles from U.S. markets if they  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement: "On May 23, 2024, Wayne State University students exercising their constitutional rights to protest set up a peaceful encampment on campus, calling for an end to the University's investments in weapons manufacturers and the Israeli government's ongoing genocide in Gaza and greater transparency from the University.   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded progress by the Biden Administration to strengthen the integrity of voluntary carbon credit markets, marking a critical step to reaching their full potential as a valuable tool to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. S  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade will hold a hearing titled, "Pathways to Farming: Helping the Next Generat  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) joined a group of their colleagues in calling for increased funding to help expand access to affordable housing in Michigan and across the country. In a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Transportation, the senators called for increased funding for NeighborWorks America in the  more