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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.
Despite Federal agencies promising to take a more proactive approach to address this crisis, Michiganders in communities like Flint, Oscoda, and Parchment in my home State cannot drink the water from their own faucets without fearing the…
People in Michigan, and across the country, depend on OIRA to work with Federal agencies to efficiently and effectively implement important safeguards that will protect the health and safety of all Americans.
In short, if confirmed, both of you will have a dramatic impact on families, businesses, and communities in Michigan as well as across the country.
I will be honest. I am frustrated that the Chief Product Officers... were not more prepared to speak to specifics about your product development process.
It is clear that those actions cannot effectively address this problem as long as the product development process and the revenue-based incentives do not change to make safety a higher priority.
If a product goes out that causes a lot of problems, they are going to be penalized for that, financially?
I think today's hearing shed some new light on some serious problems of rising domestic extremism and violence and its relationship to amplified content on platforms.
I am concerned that this could mask the total amount of hate speech that could be out there.
But certainly any content that gets through and is disseminated very broadly can have catastrophic consequences and violent actions.
I generated a partisan political report that is rooted in Russian disinformation.
I have said, for the last year and a half, that my goal is 52 plus. I am confident that we are in a position to get 52 plus.
I wish Rick Scott a good time on that yacht. I hope he stays on the yacht for the rest of the break. I hope he enjoys some sun.
I am focused on making sure that we not only hold the Senate, and have the Democratic majority, but we actually expand our numbers. I am confident we can do that.
The infrastructure law that we passed just recently had $5 billion in grant funding for States to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants.
This has to be navigated at the Federal level. I do not see any other way to do that.
Do you believe you are getting adequate support from either the State or the Federal Government to address these concerns with wildlife and your abilities to hunt and to fish, and what more could we do?
I think that is another vital part that actually other States in the country could do, and are not doing currently.
I do have legislation to address that issue and I certainly appreciate your testimony here.
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