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Senator Stabenow Applauds Progress to Provide Relief for Michigan Dairy Farmers

4/3/2018

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement allowing Michigan dairy farmers to sign up for much-needed support through the new-and-improved Margin Protection Program. Stabenow secured the new assistance for dairy farmers in the recent Bipartisan Budget Act, which offers retroactive coverage to the beginning of the year. The recent improvements are designed to help protect Michigan’s dairy producers from market instability and unexpected losses.

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Senator Stabenow Applauds New Investment in Michigan State University Agricultural Research

3/26/2018

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement of $99,370 for Michigan State University agricultural research. This funding, which comes from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will help Michigan State University conduct important economic research on crop insurance to identify ways to protect farmers against crop damage and income loss due to natural disasters such as floods and droughts.

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Senator Stabenow Applauds New Investment in University of Michigan Agricultural Research

3/26/2018

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement of $100,000 for University of Michigan agricultural research. This research funding, which comes from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will strengthen the nation’s biosecurity by testing the effectiveness of air filters in barns to protect livestock from airborne diseases.

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Stabenow, Peters Announce Support for Development of Trail Loop around Belle Isle Park

3/13/2018

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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced $750,000 in federal funding, which will be matched by private investments, to develop a six-mile, multi-use loop trail around Belle Isle Park. The funding is provided by the National Park Service’s Land and Water Conservation Fund State & Local Assistance Program.

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Stabenow, Peters Announce $3 Million for Improvements to Holly Road in Oakland County

3/8/2018

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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters today announced the Road Commission for Oakland County will receive $3 million to make safety improvements to Holly Road. The grant will support efforts to resurface and address issues on approximately 4.5 miles on North Holly Road from Grange Hall Road to County Line Road. This two-lane rural road provides access to a regional hospital, a national cemetery and I-75.

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Stabenow, Peters Lead Bipartisan Call to Fund Testing and Development of Self-Driving Cars in Government Spending Deal

1/23/2018

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Funding will allow facilities like American Center for Mobility at Willow Run to reach maximum potential

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today led a bipartisan call to fund the testing and development of connected and self-driving cars as part of any government spending deal that is negotiated for 2018.  The Senators made their request in a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), respectively.  U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Bill Nelson (D-FL) also signed the letter. 

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Stabenow Applauds $1 Million Investment to Protect Lake Erie and Productive Ann Arbor Farmland

1/4/2018

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Support made possible by the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, created by Stabenow’s 2014 Farm Bill

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $1,040,000, which will be matched by private funds, to restore Lake Erie and preserve productive farmland around Ann Arbor. This innovative new partnership is one of ten projects in Michigan made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program, authored by Stabenow.

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Stabenow Applauds $890,000 Investment to Improve Maple River Watershed Fishing

1/4/2018

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Support made possible by the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, created by Stabenow’s 2014 Farm Bill

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $890,000, which will be matched by private investments, to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Maple River Watershed. This innovative new partnership is one of ten projects in Michigan made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program, authored by Stabenow.

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Stabenow Calls on Trump Administration to Support Additional Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic

11/8/2017

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Following last week’s declaration of the opioid epidemic as a national public health emergency, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) joined 21 other Senators calling on President Trump to provide the necessary funding to combat the opioid epidemic. Only $57,000 is currently available in the Public Health Emergency Fund, which is not enough to make a meaningful difference in the face of an epidemic that claimed nearly 60,000 lives last year. In 2015, Michigan had the seventh most deaths of any state in the country and close to 2,000 people lost their lives from a drug overdose.

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Senators Stabenow, Peters Announce over $1.5 Million in Great Lakes Funding for Grand Traverse Bay

11/3/2017

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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today announced $1,589,664 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding for three projects in Grand Traverse Bay to protect against invasive species and improve water quality. GLRI is critical to cleaning up our Great Lakes, beaches, and waterways for swimming, boating, and fishing; fighting invasive species like Asian carp; and protecting our Michigan way of life.

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