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April 5, 2019 Press Release

Days before Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could begin the mass removal of Iraqi nationals who were previously protected under a court order, a bipartisan group of lawmakers from around the country led by Congressmen Andy Levin (D-MI-09) and John Moolenaar (R-MI-04) is calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE to abstain from wholesale detention and deportation of

April 3, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin is leading a bipartisan effort to put federal dollars toward cleaning up Lake St. Clair. In a letter sent this week to the House Appropriations Committee, Michigan Members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested federal funding to improve Macomb County’s Chapaton Retention Basin.

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March 27, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) today voted to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would modernize the Equal Pay Act by improving the Department of Labor’s tools for enforcement and bring the country one step closer to ensuring that women receive equal pay for equal work.

The final legislation passed in the House with 242 Yeas and 187 Nays.

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March 27, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a lifelong activist for Haitian human rights, joined Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, in leading a letter signed by 104 bipartisan Members of Congress to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern over civil unrest in Haiti.

March 22, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin reads at “Story Time with Your Congressman”

to make office hours accessible to families.

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March 14, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin joined nearly 240 Members of Congress in proudly introducing the Equality Act of 2019, which says unequivocally that LGBTQ Americans deserve the full protections guaranteed by the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Equality Act extends anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans with regard to employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal fundi

March 14, 2019 Press Release

Following his vote today to pass H. Con. Res. 24, which calls on the Department of Justice to make public any report including findings submitted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller upon the conclusion of his investigation, Congressman Andy Levin made the following statement:

March 8, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) today voted to pass H.R. 1, a package of historic reforms that would restore the promise of our nation’s democracy, end the culture of corruption in Washington and reduce the role of money in politics.

The final legislation, which passed in the House with 234 Yeas and 193 Nays, included two provisions sponsored by Congressman Levin.

March 6, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin, Vice Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, today voted to advance the Raise the Wage Act, a proposal that would give 104,800

March 5, 2019 Press Release

Congressman Andy Levin, Vice Chair of the Committee on Education and Labor and member of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor & Pensions, yesterday spoke at the Ferndale Planned Parenthood Clinic about the Trump administration gag rule on Title X funds and the harmful impact it will have on health care in Oakland County.

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