WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2023: Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) are today opening an investigation into recent reports about toxic workplace culture at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In a letter to FDIC Chair Martin Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) released the following statement on the agreement reached to release 50 hostages held by Hamas and allow humanitarian aid to reach innocent civilians: "This agreement to release 50 women and children who have been held hostage by Hamas since their brutal attack on October 7th is welcome news. I appreciate the Biden Administration's efforts to work with our interna  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement: "A temporary pause in the violence is not enough. We must move with urgency to save as many lives as possible and achieve a permanent ceasefire agreement. Over 14,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since this violence began, including thousands of children, and 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced fr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: 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 Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nominations of Dr. Basil Ivanhoe Gooden to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Oct. 31, 2023, entitled "Threats to the Homeland": * * * Today's hearing is an important opportunity to discuss the wide range of threats facing our nation. I'm grateful that our top national security and law enforcement officials are here this morning to provide critical updates about what their agencies are do  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Nov. 2, 2023, confirmation hearing for Harry Coker to be the national cyber director, Jeff Rezmovic to be CFO of the Homeland Security Department, and Suzanne Summerlin to be general counsel for the Federal Labor Relations Authority: * * * Today, we are considering three nominations: Harry Coker, to serve as the National   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen commercial space policy and promote industry competitiveness by establishing a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee within the Office of Space Commerce. This legislation enables the advisory committee to share important insights into non-governmental space activity and empowers it  more