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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Michigan Newsletter for Sunday January 07, 2024 ( 5 items )  

ICYMI: Dingell: How to Stand up to Trump
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: In case you missed it last weekend, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), wrote an op-ed for the New York Times about the importance of standing up to hatred, anger, and dangerous rhetoric, especially when it comes from former President Trump and is embraced by millions of his supporters. Key excerpts: "Rot in hell." Those words were part of Donald Trump's Christmas Day message, spewed at his political  more

ICYMI: Senator Peters Leads Michigan Delegation Members in Urging Air Force to Select Selfridge Air National Guard Base for KC-46 Tankers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) recently led a bipartisan, bicameral group of Michigan congressional delegation members in urging U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to select Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County to host a new squadron of KC-46A refueling tankers. The letter to Secretary Kendall highlighted Selfridge's unique capability to host these tankers while reiterating the   more

Rep. Scholten Presents Purple Heart, WWI Victory Medal to Veteran Family in Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN, Michigan, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Hillary Scholten (MI-03) presented the Purple Heart and WWI Victory Medal to Ms. Verla Thomas on behalf of her father, Cpl. George "Hunt" Wills, alongside Michigan National Guard leadership and community leaders. The presentation comes after Rep. Scholten's casework team secured the medals for Ms. Thomas through the Army Awards and Decorations Branch. "Cpl.  more

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Peters Issues Statement on Third Anniversary of January 6th Capitol Attack
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol: "Three years ago, our democracy was attacked by insurrectionists attempting to overturn the results o  more

Senators Peters, Stabenow, Padilla, Butler, and Brown Lead Colleagues in Warning Non-Unionized Automakers Not to Interfere in UAW Unionization Efforts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led 28 of their colleagues in a letter to 13 non-unionized automakers urging them not to illegally block United Auto Workers' (UAW) unionization efforts at their manufacturing plants. After the ratification of historic agreements between UAW and the Big Three automakers in Detroit, t  more