WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) helped advance the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act out of committee. Peters successfully authored and secured provisions in the bill to strengthen U.S. national security, invest in Michigan's military facilities and robust defense sector, support our nation's long-term strategic efforts to combat   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: This Sunday marks the 42nd anniversary of the tragic murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was brutally beaten to death in Highland Park, Michigan, by two white autoworkers who scapegoated him for the loss of their jobs because he was Asian American. Neither assailant served any time in prison for their crimes. In advance of Sunday, CAPAC Members released the   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Rahimi to uphold a federal ban on the possession of a gun by someone who has been the subject of a domestic violence restraining order. "Since 1994, we've made a promise to survivors that their abusers who were subject to domestic violence protection orders could not a  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) this week introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring June 20, 2024, as World Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) Day. FSHD is a genetic neuromuscular disease that leads to the weakening of skeletal muscles that affects more than 40,000 Americans. "There is a critical need for investments in research and development to advance tr  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, issued the following statement on June 17, 2024: * * * Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today released a statement on a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General audit of the FDA's handling of the 2022 infant formula crisis. "The long-awaited audit by HHS' OIG con  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. John James, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman John James (MI-10) joined township officials in Harrison Township to celebrate the $1.12 million in federal funding that he secured during last year's congressional appropriations process for a South River multi-use path in Harrison Township. The funding will go towards creating a path which will bolster recreation, improve health and wellness of the community, provide a safer route for  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: FLINT--Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08) today announced new federal funding for the University of Michigan-Flint to improve online safety. The $567,968 grant, awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), will be used to design, develop and evaluate technology that helps promote safe online interactions. This funding would help protect young people and other vulnerable populations that can be explo  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman John Moolenaar supports the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act (H.R. 8734) to address escalating security concerns at the U.S.-Canada border. "President Biden's border policies have failed and there is an unprecedented level of illegal crossings occurring at the northern border. This legislation tells DHS that it must annually review the threats to the northern border and use  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Rep. Shri Thanedar recently introduced H.R. 8767, "Improving Access to Institutional Mental Health Care Act." This legislation would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act, removing the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. This change would make Medicaid services available to those receiving care in an ins  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following commentary to The Nation on June 18, 2024: * * * Black Liberation and Palestinian Liberation Are Interconnected by Nina Turner and Rashida Tlaib From Detroit to Cleveland to Gaza, and everywhere in between, we must fight for a world built on equal rights, freedom from oppression, and human dignity for all people. In the words of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, "Nobody's free until everybody's free." The colle  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) introduced a resolution to honor, preserve, and invest in former Freedmen's Settlements--communities established by freed enslaved African Americans following the abolition of slavery. Over 1,200 Freedmen's Settlements and Black towns were established throughout the South and across the nation before and after emancipation to create safer  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Tuesday released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its revised 10-year budget projections. "Today's updated projections from CBO prove what we have been saying all along: the House  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country. The bill would reautho  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Senator Gary Peters (MI) today released a video recognizing June 19th, 2024 as the 159th anniversary of Juneteenth National Independence Day. "Juneteenth" commemorates the day the last remaining African American slaves in Galveston, Texas learned of their emancipation. "On Juneteenth National Independence Day, we celebrate the steps we've taken toward equality and reflect on that period of our nation's hist  more