a little over a decade ago, Michigan lawmakers convened a session in the dark of the night. They put padlocks on the doors of the State Capitol so that they wouldn't have to listen to the protesters who had gathered outside. They had come…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:34 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 10 a.m…

Of all the deficits ever created in the history of the country, 25 percent came from four years of President Trump.

What they want to do, it would increase the deficit by 3 point trillion, by maintaining the huge Trump tax cuts.

I stand today to speak about the importance of uplifting small businesses in our country. About 50 percent of U.S. GDP is generated by small businesses. Despite this, big corporations seem to always rake in big profits during economic…

The road to connection for all Americans will be paved by a number of technologies: wireless, Wi-Fi, fiber, satellites.

Not only that, she couldn't access FEMA dollars because of the way the process is, that you have to go there and provide all of this documentation.

What we have, to me, is a product that forces teachers, nurses, retirees, and residents across my district to pay for multi-million-dollar insurance policies so that the wealthiest Americans can afford to rebuild their mansions after the…

I always like to bring my district up in committee hearings.

I am just trying to make a point, because it seems like when it benefits my residents, it is socialism, but when it benefits multi-million-dollar homeowners, it is not.

Our country's full connectivity potential cannot be realized without establishing a coordinated and robust spectrum pipeline.

I was really proud to work with the Administration on the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act.

I think there is general concern about the direction of trade negotiation, and where that authority lies.

If China is successful in setting spectrum policy and moving the rest of the world in a different direction than the United States, does that mean Chinese network gear like Huawei and ZTE will be the standard going forward?

When you have an insurance product that is so risky and unstable that the government must step in, you don't have a free market product, do you?

I would agree that we are not here to talk about cuts. That is not our plan, but I first feel that we need to start talking about the causes of what got us in this situation.

I am just looking at the facts. So, if I understand the facts correctly, and please correct me if I am wrong, when the President took office in January 2021, inflation was at 1.4 percent.

Shouldn't the Biden administration be forcing more help on Americans in need by actually addressing the inflationary crisis rather than minimizing the real pain inflation caused by their reckless actions?