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Washington, DC (March 7, 2022) – Today, Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) introduced a resolution recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on children who have lost caregivers and calling on the Federal Government to identify services and resources that can be used to assist them.
Original cosponsors include Democratic Reps. Brenda Lawrence, Debbie Dingell, Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, Haley Stevens, and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan; Brendon Boyle and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania; Ro Khanna of California and Antonio Delgado of New York.
Negotiations to win the freedom of Michigan businessman Paul Whelan — imprisoned more than three years in Russia following a closed-door trial that convicted him of spying — may be stalled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The war could "potentially slow down any possible discussions regarding Paul's release," his brother David Whelan told the Free Press Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWJ) – Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan says she is calling on President Joe Biden to address the “false imprisonment” of Paul Whelan, a Michigan native who has been held in a Russian prison since 2018.
U.S. Rep Haley Stevens attended the town hall and talked with residents afterward. She said most present seemed concerned about transportation, as well as “building rehab, community centers – a real space for community – to come together,” she said.
Office door signs at the Ruth Peterson Senior Center suggest the building’s age. Mimeographs were most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Peg McNichol/The Oakland Press
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Waterford Township, urged prayers for her constituent, Paul Whelan of Novi, who has been in custody in Russia since his arrest in December 2018 and a later conviction on espionage charges that he's vehemently denied.
Supporters of Whelan have worried about how the invasion of Ukraine could complicate or nullify diplomatic efforts to bring him home.
As Congress weighs proposals to jumpstart the domestic semiconductor industry by providing billions of dollars for R&D and manufacturing incentives, the House Science Committee is taking a long view of the industry’s needs.
Earlier this month, the Honoring Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate (HALT) Drunk Driving Act was passed as part of a larger infrastructure bill.
While that bill will mandate drunken driving detection systems in new cars by 2026, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District), Rashida Tlaib (D-13th District) and Haley Stevens (D-11th District), along with Rana Abbas-Taylor, who lost five loved ones due to a drunken driver, gathered at Dearborn Fire Station One on Monday to talk about the importance of not drinking and driving.
Nearly three years after her brother was detained in Moscow, Elizabeth Whelan is keeping her eye on the goal: bringing him home.
Paul Whelan, a US citizen and former Marine, was detained at a Moscow hotel on December 28, 2018, and arrested on espionage charges, which he has consistently and vehemently denied. He was convicted and sentenced in June 2020 to 16 years in prison in a trial denounced by US officials as unfair.
Washington — Nearly two-thirds of Michigan's congressional delegation urged House and Senate leadership to retain and quickly pass $52 billion in funding for domestic semiconductor production Thursday.
The push comes two weeks after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to move ahead on a bill aimed at increasing U.S. competition with China, which includes $2 billion set aside for production of "mature" chips used in the auto industry. The bill passed the Senate in June but had stalled in the House.