Debbie Stabenow
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Debbie Ann Stabenow is a United States Senator from Michigan, serving since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for various issues including healthcare, agriculture, and women's rights. Throughout her tenure, Stabenow has focused on policies aimed at improving access to healthcare, supporting farmers, and promoting gender equality in the workplace. She has also played a significant role in discussions surrounding food security and education.
He was willing to spend $1.5 trillion on a tax cut mainly for the wealthiest Americans.
The need to invest in roads and bridges and water and sewer systems and high speed Internet and, you know, new electric grids, all of these things are so important and people want us to work together to get things done.
Will my friend from North Dakota be willing to yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). The Senator from Arkansas.
I am very proud to be a cosponsor of the Peters amendment, as well as other amendments that Senator Peters has put forward, and I thank him very much for his leadership. To me, this is common sense. I am very disappointed that this will…
Working side-by-side, we wrote a strong bipartisan Senate Farm Bill that passed 86-11.
I am pleased that you and I have been able to continue, along with the Committee, in a bipartisan tradition.
Before my friend from Washington State leaves, I want to thank her for her advocacy on water infrastructure, and I agree with her that this is a great bipartisan bill. The distinguished Senator from Washington State mentioned Flint, MI…
I want the jobs in America. I think we all want the jobs here in America, and we want American businesses to thrive.
The truth is that many of our competitors continue to use unfair trade practices, and they make it really hard for us to export there.
What we are looking for in NAFTA renegotiations is fundamentally ending these protection contracts and changing Mexico's law so people have a real chance to join unions and to have a voice, if they want to--or not to join the union.
If they are paying $2 an hour, we suddenly see a race to the bottom, which means that we are losing middle-class jobs.
We have heard about the initial agreement with Mexico, which contains a zero tariff on U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico.
Thank you for all of your efforts, Ambassador, and I want to thank you and Ambassador Lighthizer for considering the cherry industry's petition.
I actually do advocate for cherries as well as a wide variety of commodities that we grow in Michigan.
Progress on NAFTA is extremely important, but equally so is the need for the United States to aggressively continue pursuing new free trade agreements all around the world.
I have been encouraged to hear that the effort to modernize and strengthen NAFTA has been progressing.
When markets are not as liquid, the price goes up, and it goes up for farmers.
Agriculture is the backbone of Nebraska's economy, and it is a big part of my own life.
How do you intend to really accelerate the use of the new authorities that we gave earlier in the year, particularly with the threats to the forests?





