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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, DC – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03), alongside U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), announced introduction of the bipartisan Honoring Vocational Education Act to ensure workers who pursue job training programs, trade schools, union apprenticeships, and other technical pathways are fully recognized in federal workforce data.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten reintroduced her bipartisan Justice for Exploited Children Act alongside Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07). This legislation would increase both civil and criminal penalties for companies that violate child labor standards established in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten announced that she will launch a new Congressional Dialogue series in 2026. The program will consist of a number of community conversations, each focused on a different issue relevant to West Michigan, including health care, housing, immigration, data centers and protecting our environment. 

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, D.C. – Congresswoman Hillary Scholten advanced the Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025 with unanimous, bipartisan support out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This bipartisan legislation aims to study the potential to accelerate digital supply chain documentation at the Federal Aviation Administration to improve safety standards and combat forgery within supply chains. Representative Brad Knott (R-NC) is the Republican lead of the legislation. 

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.