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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted last night to pass his bill H.R. 7518, designating the post office at 23200 John R. Road in Hazel Park, Michigan as the “Roy E. Dickens Post Office” by voice vote.
After his tenure with the U.S. Army, Roy Eugene Dickens joined the Hazel Park Police Department in 1967 and retired from duty in 1995. He went to work as a court officer until 2010, making him the longest-serving public official in Hazel Park’s history.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Andy Levin (D-Michigan) and Adriano Espaillat (D-New York), members of the House Education and Labor Committee, led 52 colleagues in a letter to leadership of the House Appropriations Committee urging the inclusion of $20 million in the final FY23 appropriations bill for much needed library and museum infrastructure improvements.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the House Education and Labor Committee, House Labor Caucus and longtime union organizer released the following statement after President Biden and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced a tentative agreement between railway unions and major rail companies:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the House Education and Labor Committee and longtime union organizer released the following statement commemorating Labor Day:
“The proper focus of Labor Day is not work or workers in general, but the transformative power of workers coming together to form unions. Let us celebrate the voice and power of workers in their workplaces, their organizations and society at large.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, led several of his colleagues in a letter to the Chief Executive Officers of social media companies, Meta, Twitter and TikTok, urging them to combat disinformation on their platforms about the upcoming Constitutional vote in Chile.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township), member of the House Education and Labor Committee released the following statement following the announcement of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan:
“I applaud President Biden for his plan to provide up to $20,000 in federal student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans and extend the repayment pause until December 31, 2022.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township) released the following statement after voting to pass the Inflation Reduction Act:
“I proudly supported the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that represents a historic achievement for our people and our planet. The bill includes major investments to tackle the climate crisis and lower health care costs for millions—paid for by making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Andy Levin (D-MI) and Jason Crow (D-CO) led 63 colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to issue an executive order requiring large contractors to disclose their political spending after they are awarded a federal government contract.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township) voted to send the CHIPS and Science Act to President Biden’s desk, a $280 billion package that includes $52 billion to incentivize the construction of domestic semiconductor factories, including $2 billion for ‘mature node’ chips, helping Michigan workers, consumers and industry alike, and a $100 billion authorization for the National Science Foundation. He released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township) announced that his bill, the More Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition (MODERN) WIC Act, passed out of the House Education and Labor Committee. The MODERN WIC Act ensures the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is more accessible to participants in a pandemic and a twenty-first century economy.