WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is pressing for answers following a decision by Vice President Mike Pence to stay at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg during his official visit to Ireland. The President's golf club is located more than 180 miles away from Dublin, where the Vice President attended meetings during   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on automaker-led voluntary commitment to add rear seat reminder systems to vehicles: These innovations will help parents and caregivers remember to check the back seat to reduce hot car deaths: "This summer has witnessed far too many children dying in the back seats of hot cars. No family should ever have to suffer a similar, preventable tragedy again. "Today's voluntary announcement by the Auto Alliance a  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following statement in observation of the Islamic New Year as well as the special resolution honoring Islam co-sponsored by Reps. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan: "I am proud to join more than 1.8 billion Muslims across the globe in commemorating the Islamic New Year. "Islam is the second largest and fastest growing religion in the world. "It is my privilege to celebrate this special  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) announced the start of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The CAC is a competition aimed at encouraging middle and high school students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. The Challenge is intended to highlight the value of computer science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. "The Congressional App Challeng  more

FLINT, Michigan, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * - Kildee, Levin, Fitzpatrick and Dingell lead letter urging lawmakers to keep House and Senate PFAS provisions in NDAA * * * Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus and co-chair of the Congressional PFAS Task Force, today joined Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) in a letter as  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Andy Levin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * - The letter signed by 162 bipartisan members and led by Reps. Levin, Kildee, Fitzpatrick and Dingell asks NDAA conferees to retain House and Senate PFAS provisions. * * * Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI-09) today led a letter with Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI-05), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) that was signed by 162 bipartisan House members asking Na  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: On Thursday, Congresswoman Haley Stevens sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao to highlight the urgent need for infrastructure improvements in Michigan, and invite Secretary Chao to tour the Beck Road Improvement Corridor in Michigan's 11th District. The Beck Road Improvement Corridor, located in Wixom, is one of the biggest road infrastructure projects in southeast Michigan. Be  more

JACKSON, Michigan, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Walberg today announced his office is accepting submissions from students in Michigan's 7th District for the 2019 Congressional App Challenge. This nationwide contest encourages middle and high school students, individually or in teams, to create a software application on a platform of their choice. "Having experience with coding and computer science is a valuable door opener for futu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following statement in response to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights concluding that Michigan State University violated Title IX during its handling of the Larry Nassar and William Strampel cases: "The toxic environment that allowed Larry Nassar and William Strampel to get away with their abuses needs to be eliminated. University leadership must be held accountable so that what happened at MSU can never happen again  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following statement after the White House detailed numerous objections to the Senate-approved National Defense Authorization Act: Among their concerns were bipartisan provisions Peters authored and supported to address the PFAS crisis in Michigan and across the country, including requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to phase out the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS at military installations. "Taking decisive action t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is pressing for answers following a decision by Vice President Mike Pence to stay at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg during his official visit to Ireland. The President's golf club is lo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, applauded the announcement of a new USDA grant program that encourages milk producers to partner with food banks and charities to donate surplus milk. The Milk Donation Reimbursement Program, which Senator Stabenow authored in the 2018 bipartisan Farm Bill, will make $9 million availabl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) visited HealthQuest Physical Therapy in Lake Orion yesterday, as part of her month-long, district-wide "Costs of Care" tour to connect with 8th district residents, patients, advocates, families and healthcare professionals to bring their concerns back to Washington as she continues to fight to bring healthcare costs down. Slotkin made a stop at HealthQuest Physical Thera  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) welcomed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s announcement today that it will award a $27.9 million federal grant to Michigan to address the opioid crisis. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will receive this funding to help affected families and communities combat the ongoing epidemic through expanded access to tre  more