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Slotkin, Peters Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Federal Funding and Protections for the Great Lakes
Bipartisan Bill Would Reauthorize and Increase Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) are leading bipartisan legislation to extend federal funding and protections for the Great Lakes. The senators introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2025 to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) through 2031 and increase the program’s annual authorized funding levels from $475 million to $500 million. The GLRI is the most significant investment ever made to restore and protect our Great Lakes. The GLRI combines federal and nonfederal efforts to stop the spread of carp
Slotkin and Colleagues Call for Immediate Pause on Elon Musk and DOGE’s Activities in Federal Agencies Amid Alarming Reports
Democrats on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Press for Answers on Elon Musk and DOGE Staff’s Federal Employment, Security Clearance Status WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee led five of his committee colleagues in calling for an immediate pause on all work by Elon Musk and staff associated with the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS) that is currently underway at federal agencies. In the letter to the White House, the senators also pressed for answers on how Musk and DOGE employees are able to access sensitive government systems, including demanding answers on their status
Slotkin, Klobuchar, Sanders, Colleagues Call on Administration to End Harmful Freeze on Health Communications and Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in leading a group of 34 Senators calling on Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Dorothy Fink to end the unprecedented freeze on all external communications and funding. This freeze has disrupted clinical trials, prevented the National Institutes of Health and other agencies from engaging with patient groups and scientific advisory committees, and delayed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the nation’s premier publication for disseminating public health updates, for