U.S. Senate

When faced with an unprecedented crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s imperative that we come together and fight for the resources needed to help Michigan communities come back even stronger.

For National Recovery Month, we celebrate those working to achieve and maintain recovery from addiction, and everyone who helped them along the way. Especially as families struggle to get ahead, it’s more important than ever that we help…

Every American who values their right to privacy, stands against discrimination, and believes people are innocent until proven guilty should be concerned about facial recognition technology fueling a national surveillance state.

Facial recognition and other biometric technologies in the hands of government agencies have become tools of authoritarianism.

I mean, that's an extraordinary story: an $8 million donation; two days later, a meeting of those donors with the president; an immediate phone call to the FDA to change the rules; four days later, the rules are changed; and four days…

Will you commit to restarting the advisory boards that have been disbanded under this president?

So long as these advisory boards, which are authorized by Congress, are attacked, eliminated, and restricted from meeting, you are not going to rebound the public's support for independent FDA decision making.

That is not a coincidence, right? That is the definition of political interference in FDA decision making.

The U.S. communications sector represents hundreds of billions of dollars in economic valuation, and relies on the legal validity of these FCC actions.

Every person in America has civil rights — in spite of this Administration’s total disregard for the Constitution.

The disturbing reality today is that many American citizens and immigrants with lawful status have been caught in the Trump Administration’s indiscriminate and violent immigration enforcement dragnet across the country.

The Supreme Court just allowed the Trump Administration to weaponize an unreliable database against Americans’ fundamental right to vote less than six weeks before a consequential midterm election.

It’s time our country acts to ensure accountability within our law enforcement agencies and provide justice to those who have lost loved ones.

Laquan McDonald’s death was preventable, and Congress still has yet to do enough to ensure tragedies like his never happen again.

From Chicago to Louisville or anywhere in America, we cannot allow ourselves to accept that Black teenagers, men and women are still being unjustly executed at the hands of law enforcement without judge or jury.

Our nation faces a severe shortage of qualified pilots and air traffic controllers, while bureaucratic delays and outdated processes at the FAA keep these professionals from working for prolonged periods when they seek mental health care.

Our aviation system depends on the well-being of our pilots and air traffic controllers, who operate under an immense amount of stress.

If we want to build a stronger economy, it’s past time we stop treating moms’ time as both expendable and endless.

As more older Americans live in their own homes, timely access by fire departments and EMS in the event of a fall can mean the difference between life and death.

We all know the saying ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,’ and preventative care is a win-win for Maine patients, families and the taxpayers.

While Trump spends tax dollars on ads promoting himself, Congress needs to reassert its powers to help people, and it’s past time Republicans join us in that fight.

These are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people—not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families.

Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.

Radical leftists are calling to defund the police and abolish DHS. It’s NEVER going to happen. Our 270,000 DHS patriots are keeping Americans SAFE— unlike this open-borders politician who refuses to prioritize Americans over illegal aliens.