WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued the following joint statement by Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, Gary Peters, D-Michigan, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio: * * * U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), leaders of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (Mich.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statemen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 14: * * * Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement after press reports announced that former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was criminally charged with "willful neglect of duty" in the investigation into the Flint water crisis: "Governor Rick Snyder must be held accountable for his   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today joined leading agriculture and worker advocates to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement the bipartisan worker protection provisions in the COVID-19 assistance package. USDA rec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * "The electoral process in Congress has appropriately taken place as provided by our Constitution and laws. With one week remaining before Vice President Joe Biden takes office, today's move to impeach the President will certainly only further divide our Nation and undoubtedly delay or derail legislation that would help our constituents. "Let me be clear - as a Nation, we must address the issues that le  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, co-chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, issued the following transcript of an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's The Situation Room: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Sunday on CNN. The House is preparing to vote on legislation from Congressman Jamie Raskin that calls on the V  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: This weekend, U.S. Congresswoman Haley Stevens announced her support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, if the President does not resign following the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol on Wednesday. Congresswoman Stevens co-sponsored a resolution written by Representatives David Cicilline, Jamie Raskin, and Ted Lieu to impeach and remove President Trump for inciting an insurrec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after voting against the second impeachment of President Donald Trump. "After examining the Article of Impeachment put forward by House Democrats, I do not believe their evidence rises to the constitutional threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors," said Congressman Bill Huizenga. "What took place on January 6th was a tragedy.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration will restart the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) this week for new borrowers and previous borrowers that are eligible. Congressman Kildee helped to establish the PPP through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. He also support  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) voted in support of a resolution (H. Res. 21) calling on Vice President Mike Pence to convene and mobilize the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office. This vote comes after the President of the United States incited a riot against Congress, which resulted in the death of five people and irreparable harm to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump for inciting a deadly insurrection last week. "I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Last week, President Donald Trump betrayed his oath of office by inciting a deadly insurrection against Congress, the Vice President, and our country. His reckless actions and rhetoric sho  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Andy Levin, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on Jan. 12: * * * Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), an early supporter of invoking the 25th amendment and an original cosponsor of Rep. David Cicilline's resolution to impeach the president, returned to Washington to cast a historic vote in favor of Rep. Jamie Raskin's resolution to compel the Vice President to invoke the 25th Amendment. Rep. Levin released the following statement: "The Constitution's 25th Amendm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, issued the following statement on Jan. 13: * * * Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI-10) today released the following statement ahead of her vote against H. Res. 24 - Article of Impeachment. "Impeachment is a backwards looking tactic when we are all wanting to move our nation forward. I will not be supporting this divisive measure at a time when our country needs to heal." Yesterday, Congresswoman McClain spoke on the House Floor (https://tw  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, issued the following statement on Jan. 15: * * * Tonight, President-Elect Joe Biden announced a $2 trillion spending plan that would also raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Congressman John Moolenaar made the following statement on the plan: "Michigan small businesses have been crushed by state-imposed restrictions and now Joe Biden's plan is to saddle them with a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage requirement that will make i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman John Moolenaar voted against impeachment proceedings this week in the House of Representatives and he made the following statement on the issue: "There is now less than a week left in President Trump's term. The Constitution is very clear on that and President-elect Biden will take office on the 20th. Next week is an opportunity for the nation to move forward and we should do that without ano  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on Jan. 13: * * * Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib released the following statement regarding her vote to impeach Donald Trump for the second time: "Unity cannot happen without accountability, truth, and reconciliation. Today, I voted to impeach Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time to hold him accountable for his incitement of the deadly attack on the United States Capitol and our democracy last week. "  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: On Friday, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) led a letter with 25 of her colleagues to Vice President Mike Pence, Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, and top officials at the Pentagon and National Guard, demanding answers on why the National Guard was delayed in responding to Wednesday's violent attack on the Capitol. "The American people and their Representatives who survived this coup attempt de  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 11: U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) today joined a bipartisan group of members in sending a letter to the IRS to express their concern that constituents have yet to receive their economic impact payments (EIPs) and request the IRS to simplify the process for constituents to receive their EIPs. Currently, the IRS is requiring individuals who have not received their EIP to wait until they file their  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, issued the following statement on Jan. 12: * * * U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, tonight issued the following statement on impeachment: "Today the President characterized his inflammatory rhetoric at last Wednesday's rally as "totally appropriate," and he expressed no regrets for last week's violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. This sends exactly the wrong signal to those of us who support the very core of our democratic principles   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) released the following statement after voting against the impeachment of President Trump: "With only a week to go in the President's term, I oppose Speaker Pelosi's ill-advised attempt to rush an impeachment resolution through the House of Representatives. All standard deliberative processes have been ignored, including a failure to hold any hearings, seriously examine ev  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD) today introduced legislation that would impose $1,000 fines on any Member of Congress refusing to wear a mask on Capitol Grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. After Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal, and Brad Schneider tested positive this week, the lawmakers' proposal responds to the potential super-s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after meeting yesterday with former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Energy. Senator Carper's statement on the announcement of Governor Granholm's nomination can be found here. "It was suc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Jan. 14: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today met virtually with Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D.-N.M.-01), who has been nominated by President-elect Biden to be Secretary of the Interior, and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, who has been nominated to be Secretary of Energy. "More than 85 percent of Nevada is publicly-held land, which gives rise to many complicated issues f  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 15: U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today released a video in advance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. "As we honor the life and legacy of Dr. King this MLK Day, it is critical that we recognize that this year's celebrations look and feel different than any other in recent memory," said Senator Peters. "While the challenges we're working to overcome have already taken too heavy a toll on our comm  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) released the statement below following a virtual meeting with President-elect Biden's Secretary of Transportation-designate Pete Buttigieg: "I appreciated the opportunity to talk with Secretary-designate Buttigieg about his vision for the department. Whether it's rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges - enhancing pipeline safety - or ensuring that the American au  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) released the following statement on the House of Representatives' vote to impeach President Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection: "Donald Trump violated his oath of office. His reprehensible actions and rhetoric incited a violent, deadly attack on the Capitol and on our democracy. It is outrageous and unacceptable. We must hold him accountable for his acti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow released this statement following the U.S. House of Representatives vote to impeach President Donald Trump. "Last week, our nation experienced a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol inspired and encouraged by the current President of the United States. "Our country cannot heal and move forward without accountability and justice. "When the article of impeachment c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on Jan. 12: * * * Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, issued the following statement today after media reports that former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and other senior state officials will face new charges related to the Flint water crisis: "What happened to the people of Flint is a terrible tragedy. Justice for Flint families comes in many forms, including hol  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, issued the following statement after voting for a privileged resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to immediately invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Donald J. Trump from office: "Donald Trump is unfit for office and a threat to the national security of the United States. He needs to be removed from   more