WASHINGTON – Michigan's newest U.S. senator has introduced his first piece of legislation in that chamber, repurposing a bill he and its other sponsor had previously proposed in the U.S. House.
That's appropriate, too, given that it's a bill encouraging the use of remanufactured auto parts as a less-expensive alternative to new parts on the federal fleet.
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat and former U.S. representative who was elected in November to the state's open Senate seat, had introduced similar legislation in the House last February with then-U.S. Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., who also won election to the Senate last year.
The legislation never got a vote in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, but hopes are higher this year: Peters' staff said today that it's already set to be considered by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee next Wednesday.