Debbie Stabenow

I predict a very good Democratic year in 2026 regardless of what happens in a Democratic primary.

A number of our congresswomen are interested.

We have a very strong bench in Michigan.

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…

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.

There is no question. And we also have extensive evidence that when a bill is put forward on the floor that cuts the nutrition title, it never passes--2012 in the House, 2018 in the House. When Republican colleagues only put a bill on the…

There is. And thank you so much. And thank you for being a valuable member of the committee. I would just say where--we know and you know leading the Judiciary Committee, where there is a will, there is a way. If people want to come…

Yes. Now, we could pass an extension again and throw this into the lap of everyone next year. That doesn't create any more certainty for farmers. Those who want to just do some ad hoc payments, you know, that is not going to work. And so…

Well, if we do nothing, then a number of programs revert to what is called a Depression-era policy, and there is something called the dairy cliff that everybody is always worried about because it goes back to a pricing structure that would…

The current farm bill expires at the end of December. So we have to do something before we leave in December.

I love what you were saying about the fact that food at school should be no different than folding in the cost of riding the bus or some other service for children at school.

Food at school should be no different than folding in the cost of riding the bus or some other service for children at school.

We need to do our part to help them create a level playing field.

Our biggest competitor, there is no question about it, is China.

We need to do our part to help them create a level playing field.

Our biggest competitor, there is no question about it, is China.

I support American innovation.

No one is forcing Americans to buy electric vehicle, but I have one.

We need to do our part to help them create a level playing field.

Unfortunately, the latest round of the Tax Code is so complicated and limiting that I do not--it is certainly not helping as much as it could help.

Our biggest competitor, there is no question about it, is China.

But let me first start by saying that no one is forcing Americans to buy electric vehicle, but I have one.

I support American innovation. Are we there? No. But we are certainly getting there.