WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: Last week, Representative Jack Bergman led a letter to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting support for Michigan cherry farmers during this time of crop loss due to high rainfall. The letter was also signed by Michigan Representatives Walberg, Huizenga, and Moolenaar. The members underscored to the Biden Administration that abnormally high rainfall in western lower Mi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Republic Services, Inc. requesting answers about the reported transport of toxic waste to the Wayne Disposal facility in Van Buren Township. "We have learned that the Wayne Disposal facility is slated to receive radioactive waste from a site associated with the Manhattan Project, the initiative that developed  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [CHICAGO, IL] Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) this weekend joined U.S. Coast Guard Rotary Wing Air Intercept (RWAI) helicopter crews from the Detroit Coast Guard Air Station and Sector Lake Michigan Commander Captain Seth Parker to observe airspace security efforts ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago. Photos from today's tour are available on the S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: Last Week, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, wrote to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in response to the agency's lackluster response to the Committee's latest subpoena in the investigation into the SBA's voter registration activities under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: CHICAGO--Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08) today sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) urging them to ensure USCG Station Saginaw River maintains its emergency response and search and rescue (SAR) capacities to keep mid-Michigan residents safe. Congressman Kildee's letter responds to the USCG's nationwide reorganization plan, which has shifted equipment and personnel away from Station Sagin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: CHICAGO--Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08) issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09): "I'm heartbroken by the passing of my dear friend and colleague, Bill Pascrell. "Bill was truly a one-of-a-kind public servant. In every role he held, from being a member of the Paterson Board of Education, to state assemblyman to mayor, and finally, U.S. congressman, he went above  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Indiana, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Last week, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan joined with Colonel Kenneth Rockwell, Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers - Chicago District (USACE), Superintendent Jason Taylor, Indiana Dunes National Park, and Ryan McCoy, Port Director of the Ports of Indiana - Burns Harbor, in a tour of certain federally funded projects across Northwest Indiana. Specifically, Rep. Mrvan toured the Michigan City H  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Hillary Scholten introduced a bill to rename the Comstock Park post office after Marine Captain Miguel Justin Nava. Captain Nava died tragically in a helicopter crash while serving in San Diego, California in February of this year. "We are the home of the free because of the brave, and Captain Nava was just that-brave. He was a decorated Marine, a lifelong Michigander, but most importantl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DH  more