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Lowering Costs Caucus
September 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the leaders of the Lowering Costs Caucus – Representatives Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Derek Tran (CA-45), and Greg Landsman (OH-01) – urged the Department of Transportation (DOT) to take action to protect consumers.

Issues:Economy
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Rep. Scholten at dredging press conference
September 5, 2025

GRAND HAVEN, MI - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten held a press conference at Central Park Place in Grand Haven to celebrate the awarding of a contract to dredge the Grand Haven Inner Harbor. After months of delays and relentless advocacy from Rep.

August 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten is urging the House Ways and Means Committee to help protect Michigan’s blueberry farms. Michigan is a top producer of blueberries in the United States, and the Michigan blueberry industry is critical to the state’s economy.

Issues:Economy
August 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten is leading all Michigan House Democrats in calling on the Trump Administration to reinstate federal funding for the Solar For All Program, an initiative to lower energy bills for low-income households by investing in residential solar projects.

Issues:Energy
August 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten released the following statement on the Trump Administration placing several Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers on administrative leave the day after they signed a letter criticizing the administration for its overhaul of the agency.

Issues:Congress
August 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After months of relentless advocacy, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten announced that dredging will move forward in the Grand Haven Harbor imminently. As of August 22, 2025, a U.S. Army Corps contract has been awarded, and dredging is set to begin this fall.

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Rep. Scholten at the Boys and Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore, July 2025.
August 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten announced that $600,000 in held-up federal funds for the Boys & Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore is being released, following her direct advocacy to the Secretary of Education. A day before the Club was set to receive the funding, the U.S.

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Rep. Scholten at lamprey press conference
August 18, 2025

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Today, U.S. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten held a press conference celebrating $2.1 million in federal funding for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) to safeguard the Great Lakes from the destructive sea lamprey while enabling the restoration of the rapids to the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids.

August 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), members of the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force, introduced the Public Utility Remediation and Enhancement for Water Act (the PURE Water Act).