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Peters, Slotkin, Bergman Call on Small Business Administration to Approve Disaster Declaration to Assist Communities Impacted by Northern Michigan Ice Storms
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Elissa Slotkin (MI), as well as U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (MI-01), are calling on President Trump to approve the State of Michigan’s Small Business Administration (SBA) Rapid Administrative Disaster Declaration request following the severe winter storms that impacted Northern Michigan and the Eastern Upper Peninsula in late March. In a letter to SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler, the lawmakers expressed their support for Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request to the SBA, which would help provide federal assistance to businesses, homeowners, renters, and private nonprofit organizations that were negatively impacted by the storm. “The economic fallout from the
Slotkin Introduces Legislation to Lower Drug Costs and Crack Down on Big Pharma’s Price Gouging
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) in reintroducing the Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act. Building on the historic measures in the Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed for the negotiation of prescription drugs on Medicare, this legislation extends that progress by more than doubling the number of prescription drugs Medicare must negotiate to a minimum of 50 per year. Making more drugs cheaper for individuals on Medicare. “No matter where I am, or who I am talking to in Michigan, one of the most common things Michiganders bring up with me is
Slotkin Joins Bipartisan Effort Urging Full Funding for Flint Registry, Critical Tool for Addressing Lead Exposure
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined a coalition of Democratic and Republican members of Michigan’s Congressional delegation to send a letter to House and Senate appropriations leadership requesting consistent funding for the Flint Registry to be included in the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bill. The Flint Registry was created and funded by Congress in 2016 to respond to the Flint water crisis, identifying residents who were exposed to lead and connecting them with health care and other resources. Over time, the Flint Registry has become a model for addressing lead exposure and has assisted other affected communities across the country.