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I am so pleased that my bill to rename the Comstock Park, Michigan, post office after Captain Miguel Justin Nava is being brought up for consideration today. Captain Nava is an American hero. He represented the best of west Michigan. It is…
One of the things that is important, and I worked at a nonprofit organization, I felt like I needed to answer a lot of the questions that were asked by my colleagues because the Census numbers impact even how we look at breast cancer among…
Without updated methods, which we need to update some methods--you know this, it is not just Detroit--many communities because of these policies, it is guaranteed that they will be chronically undercounted.
I grew up in the most beautiful, Blackest city in the country, the city of Detroit.
While we are on the topic of conservation, I thank my colleagues for working with Democrats not just on this conservation bill but also on the WILD Act, which I am pleased to hear will be included in the NDAA this month. Like the bill…
I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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 7:45 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 12 noon…
This is going to be my third time voting against this bill because I don't care who the President of the United States is. This is a dangerous and unconstitutional bill that would allow unchecked power to target nonprofit organizations as…
It is an honor to present the city of Livonia in the beautiful 12th Congressional District with $1.25 million in community project funding for their new senior wellness center. There are 30,000 seniors who are 60 or older living in the…
As chairman of the Africa Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I have time and time again brought attention to the crises going on on the African Continent while the rest of the world looks the other way. Mr. Speaker, where…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I join my Michigan colleague, Representative Slotkin, in support of H. Res. 554. This resolution is an important bipartisan affirmation of our support of religious and ethnic minorities in…
I want to recognize the recent surge in anti- Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic hate crimes in our country. The constant dehumanization of Palestinians has very real and deadly consequences. The hateful rhetoric, including from many…
I stand today to recognize the life and career of one of my incredible constituents, Minnie Forbes, the last living owner of a Negro League baseball team, the Detroit Stars. Minnie Forbes was born in 1932 in Mississippi and eventually…
I am honored to join my colleagues today in highlighting the accomplishments and ongoing challenges facing access to high-quality healthcare in rural and remote parts of our United States. Healthcare providers in areas like Michigan's…
I support this amendment. I am glad to see that many of my Republican colleagues are taking a real interest, obviously, in clean air and energy production, but clean energy projects can't truly be considered clean if the permitting…
Not when you go to the grocery store, no, that is certainly not. And then we add support for food banks. We add additional assistance and incentives if you are buying fresh fruits and vegetables. We do, you know, some other kinds of…
Well, first of all, let me say the basic program is called SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is about $6 a day for an individual. So a mom gets $6; her child gets $6.