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A U.S. State Department official told the family of Paul Whelan that they need to "make more noise," and "be a squeakier wheel" in advocating for the Michigan man's release from a Russian labor camp to get government action to bring him home, his brother said.
U.S. Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Peter Meijer (R-MI), and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) recently applauded the House of Representatives’ advancement legislation that seeks to bolster federal efforts to assist with major fire investigations.
The Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act (H.R. 7077) stems from the Twin Parks North West apartment building fire that resulted in the deaths of 17 New Yorkers in January 2022.
The House of Representatives voted on May 11 to approve H.R. 847 – the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act, by a margin of 401-19.
The legislation introduced last year by Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., would “direct the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies.”
Research areas required by the legislation include:
Rep. Haley Stevens is one of the 81 members of the House chosen as a conferee to reconcile the chambers’ respective China-competition bills. As the chair of the House Science Research and Technology Subcommittee, Stevens has played a major role in putting together several parts of the America COMPETES Act. Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, spoke with Philip Athey about the upcoming conference. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
The U.S. House unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday calling on Russia to release Paul Whelan, a Novi resident who has been locked up since December 2018 on espionage charges.
Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, has repeatedly maintained his innocence.
He was sentenced to 16 years in prison during a June 2020 trial that American officials have called unfair.
Washington — After the Grand Rapids police killing of Patrick Lyoya, Michigan U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence is introducing a bill to boost training for police departments to better monitor body-worn camera footage.
The legislation by the Southfield Democrat would create a pilot program to fund training for local law enforcement departments to cover personnel costs to review body-worn camera footage on a continuing basis to improve officer conduct and safety, according to a bill summary.
Accounting faculty realize that the profession is becoming more technologically savvy with each passing day. The AICPA knows this, too, and is working to gain recognition for accounting as a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum under the technology field.
Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Waterford Township and U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee of Flint Township, all Democrats, have been named to a bicameral committee in Congress that will negotiate the final shape of legislation aimed at increasing U.S. competition with China.
The committee will work to hammer out differences between the House and Senate versions of the same legislation, which has stalled amid partisan divisions over the House-led bill.
Losing a parent may be one of the most destabilizing events of the human experience. Orphans are at increased risk of substance abuse, dropping out of school, and poverty.