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May 14, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement:

May 12, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI), member of the House Education and Labor Committee and member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, released the following statement after accepting the 2021 Champion for Public Education Award from the K-12 Alliance of Michigan during its Advocacy Week.

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May 10, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today, the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y de Servicios Movimiento 20/32 (SNITIS) and Public Citizen announced they have file

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May 6, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI), a member of the House Education & Labor Committee, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Treasury Department to pursue guidance, implementation and auditing policies that show deference and flexibility to local leaders as they utilize American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. Rep.

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May 5, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) today unveiled their updated Electric Vehicle (EV) Freedom Act, which will create good-paying, union jobs nationwide, electrify America’s highway system and take necessary and profound steps to combat climate change.
April 30, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) announced a list of ten local projects he has submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for funding consideration. The committee is providing an opportunity for members of Congress to submit funding requests for community projects from their districts.

April 30, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI) authored four letters to the House Appropriations Committee reflecting key priorities for Michigan’s Ninth Congressional District.

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April 28, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), member of the House Education & Labor Committee, released the following statement as details of the American Families Plan became public ahead of President Joe Biden’s Joint Address to Congress:

April 27, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI), member of the House Education & Labor Committee, Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee and Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) reintroduced legislation to make the skills and credentials necessary for success in today’s economy attainable for all Americans, regardless of socio-economic status.
April 27, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) announced his virtual guest for President Joe Biden’s first Joint Address to Congress. Rep. Levin has invited Aqeela Muntaqim, Deputy Director of the non-profit advocacy organization Mothering Justice and a mother of four young children in Macomb County.

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February 25, 2021 In The News

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Two Michigan representatives in Congress are urging Biden administration officials to halt deportations of Iraqi nationals, requesting long-term relief for their families.

 

February 12, 2021 In The News

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. sanctions targeting Venezuela have likely had a negative effect on the South American country's economy, a report published Monday by a U.S. government watchdog said.

February 9, 2021 In The News

The fight to increase the minimum wage continues to pose a challenge for Democrats as progressive voices dispute analysis that a $15 rate would lead to fewer jobs and a higher deficit.

February 8, 2021 In The News

Democrats are looking at creating a massive public health workforce to bolster President Joe Biden’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and they’ll have to balance competing visions for where health workers are needed most.

February 7, 2021 In The News

A vote beginning this week among Amazon workers in an Alabama suburb could decide if a warehouse there becomes the company's first unionized facility in the U.S.

February 2, 2021 In The News

Rep. Andy Levin on Tuesday stressed that a push by the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats towards clean energy must not ignore the workers whose fossil fuel industry jobs would be displaced.

December 17, 2020 In The News

Congressman Andy Levin, D-Michigan is drafting legislation that has the potential to open the floodgates for socially responsible investments in retirement accounts.

The bills — there are two to amend existing laws — would require investment fiduciaries to take into account environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions.

December 10, 2020 In The News

Two former high-ranking government officials in Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s administration and an ex-cop turned influential gang leader have been sanctioned by the Trump administration for their involvement in a 2018 Haiti massacre that left scores dead, homes

December 8, 2020 In The News

Several US lawmakers have voiced their support for farmers agitating at Delhi’s borders against the new farm laws, urging that they be allowed to protest peacefully.

December 7, 2020 In The News

The country is in the worst shape it’s been in since the pandemic hit in the spring. Nationally, cases and deaths are reaching new highs. And despite the hope of a widely available vaccine coming, there’s no indication the carnage will slow down between now and the spring.

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