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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation by Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) to strengthen our nation’s largest investment in advanced manufacturing – the Manufacturing USA Program.
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1665, the Building Blocks of STEM Act, a bipartisan bill led by Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11), the Chairwoman of the House Science Subcommittee on Research and Technology. The Building Blocks of STEM Act is the first bill Rep. Stevens introduced as a Member of Congress, and it is Rep. Stevens’ first bill to pass the House of Representatives.
For today's Manufacturing Monday, I visited Toyoda Gosei which employs over 350 people in Michigan's 11th District. We had a very substantive conversation about what they need to thrive: consistency, a vision for the future, and sound and fair trade policies. They are doing R&D and supplying incredible product throughout the auto industry. Let's make Washington work for the movers of our economy: our people.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) made the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act. Congresswoman Stevens cosponsored the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, and voted to advance the bill through the House Committee on Education and Labor.
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to repeal a 40% excise tax on certain employer sponsored health insurance plans known as the “Cadillac Tax”.
WASHINGTON — This week, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) joined Representatives Mark Takano (D-CA-41) and Deb Haaland (D-NM-01) in leading letters to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler questioning their response to China’s January 2018 ban on certain types of plastic materials and fulfilling their responsibilities to reduce economic and technical barriers to recycling.
WASHINGTON — This week, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) joined Representatives Jim Baird (R-IN-04), Jason Crow (D-CO-06), and Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) to introduce the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2019 (H.R. 3774), which would update and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Reps.
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For this week's Manufacturing Monday, I traveled to Northville to visit Soulbrain MI. This incredible small manufacturing business makes electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries used throughout the high technology industry. This Administration's trade wars are having a serious impact on Soulbrain's supply chain, along with thousands of other small businesses of Michigan's 11th District. With businesses such as Soulbrain in mind, I sent a letter to the Administration three weeks ago, describing how this trade war could easily devastate our economy.
WASHINGTON – Last night, the House of Representatives unanimously passed an amendment led by Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11) to H.R. 2500, the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment was led by Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA 35th District) and cosponsored by Reps.