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Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has introduced her first sponsored bill as a newly-elected member of Congress.
On Tuesday, Rep. Stevens, D-Rochester Hills, introduced the Building Blocks of STEM Act, which directs the National Science Foundation to more equitably allocate funding, with a focus on supporting STEM education research on early childhood.
The bill also directs the NSF to support research on the factors that discourage or encourage girls to engage in STEM activities, including computer science.
Wages, climate change, immigration, underfunded education and the next president were among many topics Congresswoman Haley Stevens touched upon in a town hall meeting Wednesday night in Milford.
A few hundred people attended the event at Milford High School in which the representative for the 11th District, which includes communities in western Wayne and Oakland counties, addressed written concerns submitted by constituents and presented to her by staff members.
Congresswoman Haley Stevens, D-Rochester Hills, wants to make sure the services of her office are accessible to the people she represents.
That's why the first-term U.S. representative will be hosting pop-up offices throughout Michigan's 11th Congressional District on a monthly basis.
On Tuesday, her district staff set up shop at the Troy Public Library to help residents with issues related to immigration, the Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, the Social Security Administration, and Veterans Affairs.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Rochester Hills, will be hosting her first townhall as a member of Congress on Sunday in Plymouth.
The event will be held at 2 p.m. inside the Plymouth Cultural Center, 525 Farmer Street. Anyone is welcome to attend the free event.
Ten years ago, U.S. Rep.-elect Haley Stevens was helping guide the Obama administration through the process of bailing out the auto industry as the nation dealt with economic crisis.
Now, she’s preparing to head back to Washington as a lawmaker, and Stevens - set to be the first millennial to represent Michigan in Congress - believes a new narrative is taking hold in the nation’s manufacturing sector, one where the 11th Congressional District can play a central role.