Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten voted alongside her colleagues to advance the American Water Stewardship Act, which includes the reauthorization of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), out of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support. During the committee’s markup, she led the effort to increase GLRI’s authorization level from $475 million to $675 million to keep pace with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s investments into the program.
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. - Representative Hillary Scholten led an effort in Washington to stop H.R. 3632, the Power Plant Reliability Act, legislation that gives the federal government the power to force power plants to stay open even when local utilities and state regulators have decided it makes more sense to close them. It also requires utilities to give years of notice before closing a plant, creating red tape and giving Washington bureaucrats more chances to step in and overrule local decisions.
WASHINGTON, D.C - Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) is leading a group of 50 Representatives in condemning a Trump Administration plan to dramatically reduce Clean Water Act (CWA) protections across the country.
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten announced that she secured passage of $1 million in federal funding for the Krause Memorial Library in Rockford. Rep. Scholten advocated for this project to receive funding by submitting it as a FY26 Community Project Funding appropriations request and visited the library in September. The money will fund construction to increase the library’s size and improve accessibility in order to meet growing community demand for library services and to promote literacy and education.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten released the following statement on this week’s procedural vote to determine whether the House will devote floor time to an impeachment vote on President Trump:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Hillary Scholten (D-Mich) announced that her legislation recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has passed the Senate unanimously.
The bipartisan resolution recognized the historic step that West Michigan’s own President Gerald Ford took 50 years ago by signing the law, which mandates that every child in America, including those with disabilities, be given equal access to a free, appropriate public education.