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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Last night, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) hosted the first installment of her Congressional Dialogue Series, a new initiative bringing West Michigan community members together to discuss key issues and how the Congresswoman can help address them in Washington. This conversation focused on the skyrocketing cost of housing and what real solutions can look like.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03), Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) and Derek Tran (D-CA-45) wrote a letter to President Trump urging him to advance real legislation to lower health care costs and renew the expired Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits. The members of the Lowering Costs Caucus also highlighted the futility of the administration's TrumpRX program, which will not meaningfully reduce prescription drug or other health care costs.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03), alongside Representatives Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), introduced the Local Infrastructure Tax Cuts Act to deliver targeted tax relief to Michiganders and strengthen the ability of communities to invest in critical local infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03), alongside U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), and Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08), introduced a bill to prohibit the Trump Administration from interfering in the opening and operation of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) announced that she secured a $9.9 million loan through the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to back Buell Motorcycle Company, an iconic Grand Rapids-based manufacturer poised to play a major role in restoring America’s manufacturing leadership.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bipartisan bills led by U.S. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) to help small businesses responsibly and effectively use artificial intelligence tools to grow, compete, and protect their operations.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) introduced the Small Business Defense Contract Protection Act to ensure that Department of Defense (DoD) contracts intended for small businesses are actually reaching small defense contractors to strengthen both America’s national security and our small business economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Amidst a growing affordability crisis, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten, a founder of the Lowering Costs Caucus (LCC) in Congress, announced her end-of-year showcase of legislation to lower costs for American families. The highlighted LCC-endorsed legislation could help lower the cost of housing by tens of thousands of dollars per family; the cost of baby products by hundreds of dollars; the cost of health care by up to tens of thousands per person; and much more.
WASHINGTON – Ahead of the holidays, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (MI-03) introduced the Trump Tariff Transparency Act, legislation to highlight the devastating impact President Trump’s illegal trade war is having on Michigan’s small businesses and families. The bill would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA), in coordination with the U.S Bureau of Economic Analysis, to produce a quarterly report on how much Trump’s tariffs are costing America’s consumers and small businesses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten and John James have introduced new, bipartisan legislation to create a pilot Tri-Share Child Care Program. Under the program, the cost of a caregiver’s child care would be shared between the caregiver, their employer, and the state and federal governments. The Tri-Share program is an innovative new approach to tackling a key contributor to the affordability crisis–childcare.