WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) today voted in favor of legislation to repeal California’s EPA waiver allowing them to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. “Today, I voted to prevent California and the states that follow its’ standard from effectively banning gas-powered cars by 2035. Michigan is the auto capital of the world, and as Michigan’s U.S. Senator, I have a special responsibility to stand up for the more than one million Michiganders whose livelihoods depend on the U.S. auto industry.  “As of today, not a single one of these states is anywhere near complying with California’s requirements,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (MI) and Gary Peters (MI), as well as U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (MI-01), are calling on President Trump to declare a Major Disaster for northern Michigan following the severe winter storms in late March. In their letter, the lawmakers supported Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request for assistance for Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, and Presque Isle, Kalkaska and Mackinac Counties, as well as the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. The National Weather Service has ranked this as one of the most significant ice storms ever recorded in northern Michigan. “Starting on