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Following up on questions of some of my colleagues, Administrator Looman, as you are aware and indicated, in 2023 the New York Times reported on many children being trafficked and forced to work illegally in the United States, which is…
I am going to share with the American people, if you get somebody who is in charge, especially in a government entity that cannot answer a question, you should ask yourself do we need to replace this person who cannot answer a simple…
I do not think it is too much to ask that the person in charge be able to answer a simple question.
We all are making laws for business owners, yet we don't listen to them.
Myself and Representative Feenstra from this Committee put together something that we tried to make real, which is that when a foreign entity from an adversarial country tries to buy farmland, they would just go through a national security…
This bipartisan bill will require DOI to add Potash and Phosphate to the 2022 Critical Minerals list.
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, I was unable to attend the September 30 rollcall vote No. 247 on passage of the bill H.R. 5860, a bill making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes, which passed by a vote of…
Today I pay tribute to two members of the Michigan State University faculty who have contributed to the rich artistic landscape of our great State and helped shape the next generation of musical talent, all set to a distinctive jazz beat…
I pay tribute to a basketball coaching legend who helped lead the Michigan State University Spartans men's basketball team to 19 NCAA tournaments, 10 Big Ten championships, 7 Final Fours, and a national championship. As impressive as those…
Today I pay tribute to two of the most beloved residents to ever call the St. Johns, Michigan, community home: Orrin and Luvina Wilson. Settling in Clinton County post-Civil War, the Wilsons were a ``power couple'' before the term existed…
Today I honor a man who was a trailblazer in athletics and education and used his talents to break barriers and change the lives of generations of young people. Dr. Samuel Edward Holloway lived to serve others: his Nation, his community…
Today I honor the groundbreaking service of a Livingston County woman who never even planned to live in the area, much less to make history there. Fortunately, life had its own plans for Elsie McPherson-Brown, and the community is so much…
Today I pay tribute to a legendary Lansing family that has broken barriers across generations and continues to make history to this very day. The story begins in 1927 when the family matriarch, Ms. Hortense Canady, was born in Chicago…
Each year in February, we have the opportunity to study the past and use it as a learning tool to move closer to a future of social equity for all. As we are now in the midst of Black History Month, it is both fitting and necessary that we…
While we often recognize noteworthy and acclaimed personalities, we have so many other great, unsung heroes and amazing souls who do a ton of heavy lifting with little to no recognition. Yet, if truth be told, they serve as the glue…
Here we go again, sending $17.6 billion of U.S. tax dollars with no conditions attached to Netanyahu's extremist government to drop more bombs on innocent Palestinians. The Israeli Government has already killed 27,000 people, 11,500 of…
The last Secretary of Homeland Security appointed by a Democratic President once described a border crisis as more than 1,000 Border Patrol encounters per day. In December last year, we averaged nearly 10 times that number. Perhaps most…