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  • Peters Bipartisan Bill to Increase Transparency in Foreign Lobbying Passes Senate

    DETROIT, MI – The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to increase transparency around foreign lobbying, shine a light on efforts by foreign adversaries to influence our public policy, and ensure the government is working in the best interest of the nation. Peters’ bill closes a loophole in the Lobbying Disclosure Act that foreign adversaries exploit to conceal their roles ...

  • Peters Bipartisan Bills to Strengthen Delivery of Government Services and Support Federal Agencies’ Efforts to Meet Performance Goals Advance in Senate

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two bipartisan bills authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to help improve collaboration among federal agency offices located outside of Washington, D.C, and improve government effectiveness have advanced in the Senate. The bills would authorize Federal Executive Boards (FEBs), which help improve collaboration among federal agency offices located outside of Washington, D.C. and support government-wide councils that are critical to implementing the President’s M...

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  • Portman Statement on Two DHS OIG Reports Showing Biden Administration’s Reckless Afghan Evacuee Procedures

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on the Biden administration to address the failures outlined in two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports detailing how the administration did not track Afghan evacuees independently departing U.S. military bases as well as how the administration began evacuation operations without any specific funding o...

  • Portman, Peters Bipartisan Legislation to Protect FEMA Reservists' Jobs During Disaster Response Signed Into Law

    WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act to protect Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Reservists from losing their full-time employment when they are called up to assist communities with disaster response has been signed into law. FEMA Reservists are temporary, on-call and intermittent em...