Peters-Backed National Defense Bill Includes Pay Raise for Servicemembers and Measures Important to Michigan and our National Defense
WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden signed the bipartisan annual national defense bill into law Friday, which U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), a former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, played a key role in passing out of the Senate.
Peters Delivers Critical Federal Resources for High-Impact Public Local Projects, Supports Key Investments in Michigan’s Economy, Workforce and Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today helped the Senate pass an essential bipartisan government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2023. Peters successfully secured funding in the legislation for dozens of high-impact public local projects in Michigan that can benefit from federal assistance.
Reduce Violent Crime Passes the Senate
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate passed U.S. Senator Gary Peters’(MI) bipartisan Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2022. The bill authored by Peters and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) will reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program that they previously enacted into law focusing on the reduction of violent crime. The bill now awaits passage in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Please Take the Q4 2022 MFBI Survey to Make Your Voice Heard in Lansing
We're getting rolling into December. With last month's election and the new legislature coming to Lansing next year, the Michigan Business Network (MBN) believes it's critical that the decision-makers hear the voices of Michigan's small business leaders who are being impacted by their decisions. That is why MBN, in proud partnership with Cinnaire, is requesting your participation in this Q4 2022 edition of the Michigan Future Business Index (MFBI) survey.
Please Take the Q4 2022 MFBI Survey to Make Your Voice Heard in Lansing
We're getting rolling into December. With last month's election and the new legislature coming to Lansing next year, the Michigan Business Network (MBN) believes it's critical that the decision-makers hear the voices of Michigan's small business leaders who are being impacted by their decisions. That is why MBN, in proud partnership with Cinnaire, is requesting your participation in this Q4 2022 edition of the Michigan Future Business Index (MFBI) survey.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) – an online tool that utilizes data to identify communities that are most vulnerable to natural disasters – has been signed into law. The law will require FEMA to use data from the NRI to establish community disaster resilience zones (CDRZs) to designate the communities across the nation that are most in need of mitigation projects and help them access federal funding and support to plan for mitigation and resilience projects.
Please Take the Q4 2022 MFBI Survey to Make Your Voice Heard in Lansing
We're getting rolling into December. With last month's election and the new legislature coming to Lansing next year, the Michigan Business Network (MBN) believes it's critical that the decision-makers hear the voices of Michigan's small business leaders who are being impacted by their decisions. That is why MBN, in proud partnership with Cinnaire, is requesting your participation in this Q4 2022 edition of the Michigan Future Business Index (MFBI) survey.
Peters Created and Secured the First Funding for the Program to Help Protect Communities from Rising Water Levels and Coastal Erosion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to announce a new funding opportunity for a program to help states establish low cost revolving loan funds for local governments to carry out mitigation projects that reduce natural disaster risk. Peters authored the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act, which was signed into law last year, to create this new program.
Please Take the Q4 2022 MFBI Survey to Make Your Voice Heard in Lansing
We're getting rolling into December. With last month's election and the new legislature coming to Lansing next year, the Michigan Business Network (MBN) believes it's critical that the decision-makers hear the voices of Michigan's small business leaders who are being impacted by their decisions. That is why MBN, in proud partnership with Cinnaire, is requesting your participation in this Q4 2022 edition of the Michigan Future Business Index (MFBI) survey.
to Highlight Efforts to Support Michigan Fire Departments
DEARBORN, MI – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, toured Dearborn Fire Station 2 to discuss the need to pass his bipartisan legislation to renew federal grants programs that are set to expire in the coming years. During the visit, Peters highlighted how the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) programs provide critical federal resources to Michigan fire stations like Fire Station 2. Peters met with firefighters who have been hired using SAFER grant funding, saw a demonstration using equipment that was purchased with funding from the AFG program, and discussed his legislation to ensure these important federal programs do not expire and leave local fire departments without the resources needed to protect Michigan communities.
