Majority News

Peters and Portman Bill to Protect Communities from Future Changes to Metropolitan Area Standards Passes Senate
Fri, May 27
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to help protect communities across the country from possible consequences that may occur by changing the population threshold for metropolitan areas. Communities in Michigan, Ohio, and across the United States count on this designation for federal funding that goes toward...
Peters Bipartisan Bill to Increase Transparency in Foreign Lobbying Advances in Senate
Thu, May 26
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) 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 has advanced in the Senate. Peters’ bill closes a loophole in the Lobbying Disclosure Act that foreign adversaries – including the Chinese government – frequently exploit to conceal their ro...

Minority News

Portman, Grassley, Inhofe Demand Update from FBI on Afghan Evacuees Flagged for Security Concerns, Denounce DHS’s Continued Failure to Use All Vetting Tools
Fri, May 27
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, requested an update from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on the screening and vetting of Afghan evacuees. Specifically, they draw attention to evacuees who resettled in the U.S. under Operation Alli...
Portman, Peters Bill to Protect Communities from Future Changes to Metropolitan Area Standards Passes Senate
Fri, May 27
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, 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 the Senate passed their bipartisan Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization (MAPS) Act, legislation to help protect communities across the country from possible consequences that may occur by changing the population threshold for metropolitan areas. Communities in Ohio and across the United States c...