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In 2017, women in the United States earned 82 percent as much as men, meaning it would take women an extra 47 days to earn the same amount. A JAMA study published in early March revealed this financial discrepancy extends into the sciences, in the form of research grants. Men, on average, are awarded larger grants than women from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as first-time principal investigators — a difference that experts say places female scientists at a major disadvantage.
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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.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) introduced her first bill as a Member of Congress, the Building Blocks of STEM Act (H.R. 1665).
The bill instructs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to more equitably allocate funding for research with a focus on early childhood. The bill also directs NSF to support research on the factors that discourage or encourage girls to engage in STEM activities, including computer science.
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) will convene her first hearing as Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Research & Technology tomorrow, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 10 a.m. ET in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) made the following statement in response to the President’s budget proposal, which would eliminate or drastically cut funding for several programs that are important to Michigan’s 11th District.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) celebrated the passage of H.R. 1, The For the People Act, an historic reform package to restore the promise of our nation’s democracy, end the culture of corruption in Washington, and reduce the role of money in politics to return the power back to the American people. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Friday morning.
Rep. Stevens Votes to Advance Bill Gradually Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15 by 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Stevens voted to advance the Raise the Wage Act, a proposal that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024. The proposal would increase wages for nearly 40 million Americans across the country. It was advanced through the House Committee on Education and Labor today.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) made the following statement in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019. H.R. 8, which is expected to pass the House this afternoon, is the first major gun violence prevention bill to come to the floor of the House of Representatives in decades.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) celebrates the bipartisan passage of her first amendment as a Member of Congress.
The amendment, which passed by a near-unanimous bipartisan vote in the House Committee on Education and Labor, added language to the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (H.R.865) to encourage Opportunity Zone tax benefits to apply to school construction. Opportunity Zones are designated economically-distressed communities where new investments may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.