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Gary Peters

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Gary Charles Peters is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Michigan since January 6, 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Peters previously represented Michigan's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2013, to January 6, 2015. Throughout his career, he has focused on issues such as economic development, healthcare, and education reform. Peters has been an advocate for bipartisan cooperation in Congress, emphasizing the need for compromise among lawmakers to address pressing national issues.

Quotes by year · 2009–20262,072 total · peak 2017 (427)
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May 27, 2026

As someone who has walked in your shoes and sat in the same seats as you, I know how hard you worked and how many sacrifices you have made to reach this milestone today.

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May 27, 2026

As lawyers, we must be willing to forcefully defend judicial independence at all times.

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May 27, 2026

Our country’s founders enshrined in that document the core idea that in the new nation they were creating, no one is above the law, everyone is equal under the law, and everyone is required to follow the law.

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May 27, 2026

On this Memorial Day, I encourage all Americans to take a moment to pay tribute to the generations of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines – who answered the call of duty and served our nation with bravery.

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May 27, 2026

We have a sacred obligation to ensure that all veterans, servicemembers, and their families have access to the benefits that they have earned.

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May 27, 2026

Their sacrifice is a debt we can never repay, and never forget.

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May 27, 2026

These brave men and women put their lives on the line, not for glory, but for a cause greater than themselves.

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May 27, 2026

Memorial Day is a solemn time to honor and pay respect to the heroic Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our nation in uniform.

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May 27, 2026

This commonsense, bipartisan legislation would ensure the Administration follows the law and publicly shares the rationale behind these tariff decisions.

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May 27, 2026

Michigan workers, consumers, manufacturers, and small businesses deserve transparency and clarity when the government imposes sweeping, chaotic tariffs that could significantly impact their lives and livelihoods.

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May 27, 2026

Tariffs, when used in a targeted way against our adversaries like China, can be a helpful tool to advance U.S. economic and national security interests.

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May 27, 2026

Now, with the state delivering on the funding, I think it's imperative that we move forward as quickly as possible.

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Nov 9, 2025

I’m willing to compromise, but our Republican colleagues have to be willing to compromise, too.

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Nov 7, 2025

I want to pay Federal employees. That is why I have the bill that is on the floor right now that I am trying to move. It will pay Federal employees. It will pay contractors as well. But everybody who is being shorted right now should be…

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Nov 7, 2025

I’m willing to compromise. But our Republican colleagues have to be willing to compromise, too.

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Nov 7, 2025

We have to make sure we have a deal that we can get broad support for.

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Oct 23, 2025

What my bill does is very simply just ensure that these workers can now pay their bills that are coming due this month.

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Oct 8, 2025

I always worry when people are going to lose paychecks.

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Jul 30, 2025

We are using very unique statutory authority that is granted only to our committee.

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Jun 18, 2025

I'm the ranking member on the committee, and I have to have a working relationship with the secretary.

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Apr 18, 2025

The main reason why I felt very strongly that we wouldn’t have a shutdown is that by having a shutdown you basically ceded power to the president.

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Apr 8, 2025

I will say, over these last few years, it gets harder every single year. The middle is disappearing.

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Mar 3, 2025

This is not really an issue like in Michigan... it’s really been an issue that Republicans have trying to exploit.

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Mar 3, 2025

This is not really an issue like in Michigan. I think there are hundreds of thousands of athletes, there’s like two individuals that are actually in this situation.

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Mar 3, 2025

This is not really an issue like in Michigan... People are going to realize that it’s really been an issue that Republicans have trying to exploit.

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