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June 29, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) announced that he secured $1,743,500 in funding within the fiscal year 2022 Interior Appropriations bill. The projects included for consideration so far are:

June 28, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI - Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), member of the House Education & Labor Committee, released the following statement on today’s United Autoworkers Executive Board Meeting to elect new leadership after the announced retirement of President Rory Gamble: 

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June 24, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) released the following statement and update on the case of Danny Fenster of Huntington Woods, MI, a journalist imprisoned by the Burmese military since May 24.

June 17, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) released the following statement following the first hearing for his constituent, detained journalist Danny Fenster in Myanmar:

June 17, 2021 Press Release

ROYAL OAK, MI – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), whose district includes Beaumont Health’s flagship hospital in Royal Oak, released the following statement after the announced merger of the hospital system with West Michigan’s Spectrum Health:

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June 15, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) announced that the IRS will continue to provide tax credits to help local small businesses cover the costs of providing paid sick and family leave for workers through September.

June 14, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), a member of the Equality Caucus and Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, along with 53 of their Democratic colleagues, introduced legislation to give same-sex couples fair treatment under U.S. tax law by removing gender-specific references to marriage, such as “husband” and “wife,” from the U.S.

June 9, 2021 Press Release

WARREN, MI – Today, Congressman Andy Levin hosted a Facebook Live event with MomsRising as part of the House Democrat’s #CareEconomy Week of Action. Elyssa Schmier, Vice President, Government Relations and National Budget for MomsRising and constituent of Rep.

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June 9, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In testimony given before the House Appropriations Committee today, Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) advocated for the approval of a set of Community Funding Projects that would provide much-needed resources to vulnerable populations in Macomb and Oakland Counties.

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October 30, 2020 In The News

FEDERAL LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR

Congressman Andy Levin, Representing Michigan’s 9th District

The Federal Legislator of the Year is awarded to elected officials in recognition of outstanding leadership in promoting libraries and supporting legislation or amendments that advance our legislative goals.

October 29, 2020 In The News

On Wednesday, CWA members participated in a town hall centered around the need for federal funding for broadband and Joe Biden's push to expand broadband access and empower workers. After the town hall, CWAers made hundreds of phone calls to get out the vote.

July 15, 2020 In The News

State and federal lawmakers in Michigan are calling for the release of a 15-year-old high school student who has been held in a juvenile detention facility since mid-May for violating probation by not completing online schoolwork when schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 14, 2020 In The News

As states across America try to reopen cities and towns, some people are acting like we have two mutually exclusive options: protect our public health or get our economy up and running. They could not be more wrong. Workers, consumers and businesses need to feel safe in their communities before we can get back to normal.

March 2, 2020 In The News

Royal Oak — Congressman Andy Levin held a town hall Sunday at Royal Oak Middle School before dozens of Metro Detroiters, and used the occasion to tout his bill that would create a nationwide infrastructure of electric vehicle charging stations.

December 4, 2019 In The News

There is a crisis in America at the intersection of health care and economics that touches almost every family in Macomb County, Oakland County and across the country. The skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs is jeopardizing the health and wellbeing of families everywhere.

This crisis has touched my family and me, too.

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November 7, 2019 In The News

House Democrats have launched an inquiry into whether the Department of Education singled out a federally funded program for Middle East studies by “creating novel requirements targeted at penalizing the Duke-UNC Consortium.”

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October 4, 2019 In The News

October 04, 2019 at 12:04 PM

Key House Democrats have received a new proposal crafted by Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI) that would address labor concerns with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in part by requiring Mexico to implement labor reforms in at least 500 workplaces before the trade deal is ratified, Inside U.S. Trade has learned.

July 15, 2019 In The News

Royal Oak — U.S. Rep. Andy Levin asked a group of Christian and Jewish clergy members for their partnership in opposing the mass deportation of Iraqi-born nationals who have been ordered removed from the U.S.

June 3, 2019 In The News

The Chinese student protests in the spring of 1989 are remembered mostly for how they ended — the bloody military assault around Tiananmen Square in which hundreds, perhaps thousands, were killed. But the pro-democracy movement spread far beyond Beijing before it was crushed.

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