How We’re Responding to the Trump Administration
“But we know that Michiganders, the American people, have been shut out. That there has been very little accountability, health care cuts, attacks on scientific research, ballooning cases, outbreaks of measles and other diseases that we thought we have come close to eradicating, and so I had to take the five minutes, the five minutes that I got, for accountability and to showcase that we have to have scientific integrity. We have to follow the scientific method. Instead, we are getting conspiracy theories and a self-serving agenda, you know.
Rep. Haley Stevens continued her call for articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a house committee meeting on Friday.
During a contentious set of questions, Stevens says that the secretary abused his office and gutted America’s health.
Michigan Democratic U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens attacked Robert Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a committee hearing Friday and afterward told Deadline Detroit: “He has failed the American people.”
In an interview with Deadline Detroit after the hearing, Stevens said she has called for Kennedy to resign. If he doesn't, she said, she will continue to push for articles of impeachment to remove him.
“You should be ashamed. You should resign. And if you refuse, Congress should remove you from office.” - Rep. Stevens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens confronted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House Committee hearing, blasting his handling of surging measles cases and renewing calls for his impeachment.
Washington D.C. – In response to President Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget request, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens issued the following statement:
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Haley Stevens introduced the Social Security Customer Service Act, legislation to reverse staffing cuts at the Social Security Administration (SSA) and restore reliable service for Americans. In the first five months of the current Trump Administration, more than 7,000 SSA workers were forced out—the largest staffing cut in the agency’s history. The result: a beneficiary-to-staff ratio of 1,480 to one, compared to 480 to one in 1967.
Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens introduced the Hold ICE Accountable Act, legislation to establish an independent Special Prosecutor to investigate unlawful conduct by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This bill is her latest in a series of efforts to stand up to ICE, demand transparency, and fight for accountability after a pattern of violence, misconduct, and lack of oversight.
Washington D.C. – In response to Kristi Noem’s firing, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens issued the following statement:
“Under Kristi Noem, ICE killed Americans, used children as bait to detain their parents, lied to Congress, and terrorized our neighborhoods. She should have been fired a long time ago. We still must address the chaos and lawlessness Donald Trump’s ICE has unleashed across our country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –687 members of the National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Engineering, including 10 Nobel Laureates, publicly endorsed the Articles of Impeachment against RFK Jr. introduced by Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI).
Signing in their individual capacities, the members issued a clear warning: science and public health are under attack.
Washington, D.C. — Following the U.S. strikes on Iran, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens issued the following statement:
“President Trump has once again put Americans in harm’s way without consulting Congress—the latest in a series of grave violations of our Constitution by this Administration. I am praying for the safety of our troops and all the innocent people who have spent today taking refuge in bomb shelters across the region.