Media Center
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lawrence announces three funding opportunities for the State of Michigan relating to infrastructure investments: the (1) Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program, (2) Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program, and (3) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program.
Washington, D.C. – Today, marking the 53rd anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law on July 30, 1965, Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to request information on the Department’s efforts to close the digital divide and ensure every student has access to affordable broadband internet in school and at home regardless of socio-economic status:
Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence made the following statement on the US Ecology permit expansion application to increase storage capacity of hazardous waste in Michigan’s 14th district.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, all four Democratic Members of Congress – Representatives Sandy Levin, Dan Kildee, Debbie Dingell, and Brenda Lawrence – issued the following joint statement:
Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence released the following statement today after President Trump’s meeting and press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin:
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court:
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) introduced the Better Pay and Lifetime Earnings for Teenage Girls through Adulthood Act, a bill to address pay inequality for young women. Gender pay inequality emerges at the ages of 14 or 15 and persists through full-time adult employment.
Rep. Lawrence Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Trump Muslim Ban
June 26, 2018 | Press Release
Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Lawrence released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Trump v. Hawaii, upholding President Trump’s Muslim ban:
Washington, D.C.-Rep. Lawrence statement on fatal single-engine plane crash in Detroit, Michigan.
Pages
Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidates barnstormed Detroit this weekend, cutting a path through the state's largest city where voters could account for roughly one out of every 10 ballots cast in Tuesday's primary election. Former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer rallied voters at Gordon Park, where she was joined by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S. Rep.
The final days of the 2018 primary election campaign bring rallies, phone banks, art fairs and plenty of door-knocking for the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor. Words like "comeback," "damn roads," "jobs and paychecks" and "single-payer health care" marked the campaign trail this weekend.
There’s "a lot at stake" in November, and Gretchen Whitmer is the Michigan Democratic Party’s best chance at taking back the governor’s office after eight years of Republican rule, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Sunday.
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are joining forces to elect an underdog but potentially history-making candidate on the ballot in Michigan next week: Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician who would be the nation's first Muslim governor.
With less than a week until the Aug. 7 primary, Michigan’s lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate, Brian Calley, campaigned in Hillsdale County Thursday, meeting with supporters at The Hunt Club in Hillsdale and greeting county officials at the Hillsdale County Courthouse.
Michigan gubernatorial hopeful Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday trashed single-payer health care proposals pitched by her Democratic primary opponents as "deceptive" promises built on “buzz phrases.” As she kicked off her final statewide tour before Tuesday's primary, the former state senate minority leader defended her own work to expand health care access amid opposition claims she has resisted c
Michigan's primary election day is fast approaching - voters have less than a week to decide who they plan to vote for in the primary. In addition to statewide positions up for grabs like the governor's seat and the U.S. Senate, Michigan voters will also be choosing who advances to the general election in their U.S. House districts.
A bipartisan letter – spearheaded by the Armenian Caucus, backed by the bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees, and signed by 48 U.S.
The Michigan Supreme Court decided late Tuesday to keep a proposal to change the way Michigan draws voting district lines on the November ballot in 4-3 decision released late Tuesday night. U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield (14th Congressional District) (via Twitter): “Big news!
Summer might be a time of relaxation for many, but for the Teamsters, it’s been a non-stop push for pension reform in Detroit and across the country in an effort to secure the retirements of upwards of 1.5 million hardworking Americans. The union supports the passage of the Butch Lewis Act of 2017 which was introduced in Congress last November by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Rep.