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CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE INTRODUCES H.R. 5543 - THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE ACT OF 2016
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) introduced H.R. 5543, the Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2016, which would prioritize education and training for existing and new environmental health professionals.
TOMORROW: CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE JOINS CONGRESSMAN KILDEE, CONGRESSMAN TROTT, AND CONGRESSMAN CLAWSON ON A BIPARTISAN TOUR OF THE SAB SECOND CHANCE HOME
CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE DEMANDS ACTION AFTER ORLANDO
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) spoke on the House Floor regarding the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE STATEMENT ON ORLANDO SHOOTING
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) released the following statement regarding the tragic mass shooting last night in Orlando, Florida:
CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE REMEMBERS HOCKEY LEGEND GORDIE HOWE
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) released the following statement regarding the passing of hockey legend Gordie Howe:
CONGRESSWOMAN BRENDA LAWRENCE TO ATTEND OCCUPY CORNER KICK-OFF
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) will join Council Member Sheffield, Mayor Duggan, Congresswoman Lawrence, Chief Craig, Sheriff Napoleon and a host of others to kick-off Occupy the Corner – Detroit 2016.
CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE HOSTS LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DURING INDIAN PRIME MINISTER’S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence to Host Congressional Update Monday
Washington, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14) will host a Congressional Update at 6:00 p.m. at Champp's West Bloomfield. The Congresswoman will give an update on her work in Washington and provide a brief question and answer session following.
CONGRESSWOMAN LAWRENCE JOINS CONGRESSMAN FRENCH HILL ON THE HOUSE SKILLED WORKFORCE CAUCUS TOUR TO ARKANSAS
LAWRENCE OP-ED: WE MUST BOLDLY AND INSISTENTLY COMBAT OPIOID ABUSE
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On April 18, 2018, Rep. Lawrence (MI-14) introduced the Women’s Equality Workforce Oversight Act (WE Work Act), which would increase oversight of federal agencies that impact women in the workforce, to ensure they are fulfilling their supportive mission and hold the White House accountable.
One hundred and two U.S. Representatives – including the Chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees—have called on President Donald Trump to reject Turkey’s gag-rule by honestly and accurately commemorating the Armenian Genocide this April 24, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Royal Oak High student Elliot Widd will join hundreds of other students walking out of school Friday — the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre — and the 16-year-old believes the day will be different than walkouts held last month over school violence. First, Friday’s walkout will last for most of the day instead of 17 minutes.
… The top Senate Democratic super PAC raised $22,236,533 in the first quarter of 2018, and they have $26 million on hand. THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY STRONG HAUL for the outside group. -- THE STUNNER: Many of these super PACs have a sister non-profit group, which doesn’t have to disclose its donors. SMP is not releasing that group’s fundraising totals.
Students will again come to the forefront of the gun control debate with another walkout planned Friday morning, this time to mark the 19th anniversary of a shooting in Columbine High School in Colorado that left 15 people dead. Communities all across Metro Detroit will take part, including at high schools in Dearborn, Troy, Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
Ded Rranxburgaj doesn’t sleep much. He often goes for walks around two or three in the morning, pacing the upper floors of the six-story Detroit church where he’s staying in an apartment with his wife and two sons.
The Michigan Senate on Thursday passed legislation requiring able-bodied Michigan Medicaid recipients to work 29 hours per week to continue receiving health insurance. Michigan expanded Medicaid in 2013 with the Healthy Michigan program, which now insures 683,769 people, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Senate Bill 897, sponsored by Sen.
In every Michigan gubernatorial election cycle in the last 48 years, except for one, an African American has been nominated for one of the top three slots on the Democratic ticket.
Familiar fault lines formed Wednesday when the Senate’s Michigan Competitiveness Committee voted to require many Medicaid recipients to work.
The Michigan Democratic Party likely emerged from its convention this weekend in Detroit with an all-female, all-white ticket, thanks to the nomination of Dana Nessel as attorney general. If the pundits and pollsters are correct, and frontrunner Gretchen Whitmer wins the primary, we will have the least diverse Democratic ticket in years. How can the party be so tone deaf?