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Mike Levin is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and reproductive rights during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that promote access to in vitro fertilization and has emphasized the importance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
This weekend members of the Lao-Hmong American Coalition, Michigan Chapter, their friends and supporters will gather in my home State of Michigan to pay tribute to thousands of courageous Hmongs who selflessly fought alongside of and in…
The Senator is correct. Hmong Special Guerrilla Units actively supported the United States, and risked great loss of life to save downed United States pilots and protect our troops. While the Special Guerrilla Units may have operated in…
I would like to know if the Senator would be willing to consider in conference sewer infrastructure funding for Michigan projects. The need to invest in sewer infrastructure is an urgent one facing the people of Michigan and the Army Corps…
When one looks at the deduction for college tuition in the bill, one finds, at least to my amazement, that it does not get fully phased in until 2004 and then it sunsets; it gets wiped out in 2006. We should do a lot better than that for…
What we do with this amendment is make the changes in the unified estate taxes immediate instead of waiting 10 years for that $4 million unified exemption, which is so important to making sure that small businesses are not caught by the…
Dear Paul: I want to extend to you personally my most sincere congratulations on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Nuclear Control Institute. Your contribution to the debate on nuclear proliferation has been invaluable over…
As the Senator knows, gas prices have fluctuated significantly in the last year. In my own state of Michigan, gas prices went from .80 cents a gallon in October 1999 to a high of $1.46 a gallon by June 2000. The Internal Revenue Service…
What credit card companies do now is charge interest to people, even though they pay part of their indebtedness on time. It would be fine if they were just charging interest on part of the indebtedness which was outstanding and not paid on…
I agree with my colleague. I believe we successfully balanced both interests in the DATA bill. It is important legislation and I am pleased to have had the support of the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Senators Biden and Moynihan…
This clarification is important, both for the qualified physicians who wish to participate in this new approach to addiction treatment and for patients for whom a new treatment option may present a life-changing possibility. I know my…
In other words, it is our intent that with respect to the amendments to the Controlled Substances Act made by the provisions incorporated in H.R. 4365, decisions by qualified physicians about the appropriate means to treat their patients…
When implemented, the DATA bill, as we call it, will change significantly the way opiate addiction is addressed by allowing qualified physicians, for the first time, to prescribe in their private offices, substances which block the craving…
The Republican campaign strategy has been to hide the Republican congressional leadership. Maybe that is one reason we are still here in D.C. But the need to end this session has forced the Republican leadership into the open, showing true…
The 106th Congress is about to adjourn without passing critical legislation to reduce the level of gun violence in this country. Over the last years, the American people have been demanding that their schools, places of worship, and other…
Yes, you are correct. As indicated in the report language, the conferees are concerned about all employees affected by the defense Department policies, and we intended this provision to cover all affected employees at the Iowa facility and…
Let me join our chairman in commending Senator Byrd for the way in which he worked so hard for this commission, and for the valuable function this commission is going to perform for all of us. Whichever side of that debate we were on in…
Mr. President, we congratulate the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee for presenting the Senate with an Appropriations bill which addresses so many of the water quality issues confronting America today. We also…
Is it understood that the Environmental Protection Agency has the discretion to define ``threat to public health'' and ``urgent case'' as those terms are applied to the exceptions? Further, is it understood that the EPA has the discretion…
I would also ask if the Senator would be willing to consider in conference a request of $40,000 for the Rouge River in Southfield, Michigan. A large slope area on the banks of the Rouge River has collapsed and is currently threatening…
I want to thank Senators Cochran and Kohl for staying with this issue for those of us who represent States with true disasters, true emergencies, that were not represented in the bill as it came to the Senate. We have had the worst…
I will support the Hollings amendment to strike the tax cuts proposed in this legislation and devote those funds to reduction of the national debt. I supported and would prefer the Democratic proposal to eliminate the marriage penalty in…
I think the Chairman has a workable solution. It is not the intent of the Committee that the National Guard should lose its ability to administer this highly successful program. Rather, the intent is that there be adequate policy direction…
It is a fair assessment, and I think General Gordon is ready to have Madelyn there assisting him and will be a big boost. That is what he told me on the phone. I wanted to be sure he truly wanted Madelyn Creedon because he was not the…
I appreciate the interest of my friends from North Dakota in the EB-52 and share the sentiments of the distinguished Chairman on this matter. The B-52 is a viable candidate for the EW mission in light of its large payload, intercontinental…
This amendment would add $8 million for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force for Electronic Warfare Development for the Precision Location and Identification Program. I believe the amendment has been cleared by the…
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