press releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) announced today they introduced the Space Weather Research...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Below is a statement from U.S. Senator Gary Peters on today’s vote in the Senate to pass legislation providing an exception to the limitation on being...

WASHINGTON, DC – In conjunction with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s visit to the United States this week, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Mark Kirk (R-IL)...

DETROIT, MI – U.S. Senator Gary Peters released the following statement on Iran’s release of Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine from Flint, Michigan who has...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that he traveled to the Middle East last week, where he met...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Rep. Candice Miller (MI-10) today wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Director of...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced that he has cosponsored the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act, bipartisan legislation that will...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today released the following statement on the safe return of approximately 500 Airmen from the 127th Wing of the Michigan Air...

WASHINGTON, DC – Below is a statement from U.S. Senator Gary Peters on the recent violence taking place in Israel: “The violence in Israel over the past weeks is...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced he has joined his colleagues Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ) in leading a...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced he has joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced that he has sent a letter to President Obama urging the United States to resettle at least 100,000 refugees in...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow  today announced $1,460,611 for the Michigan State Police to collaborate with other departments in...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced more than $2 million in assistance to hire and retain law enforcement officers for police...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today applauded $2.9 million in assistance to hire and retain law enforcement officers for police departments...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced support for the Detroit, Dearborn Heights and South Lyon Fire Departments for fire...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced $114,949 for the Kentwood Fire Department in Kent County to help improve its operations...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced $76,762 for the Williamston Fire Department in Ingham County to help improve its...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced support for the Royal Oak Fire Department for fire prevention and the Hamtramck...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced $133,049 for the Petoskey Department of Public Safety’s fire service to...