Friday, May 17, 2013
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin and Congresswoman Candice Miller, who each represent Macomb County communities, share their opposing responses to the actions in Washington D.C.
Sharing their opposing views to The Patients' Rights Repeal Act, Sander Levin and Candice Miller argued their opinions on the controversial debate through public statements this week. Levin and Miller each represent Metro Detroit communities, including several that span throughout Macomb County. The House majority voted Thursday to repeal Obamacare—formally known as the Affordable Care Act. Many expect it will not pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, a Democrat, made the following statement on the House floor in opposition to the 37th ObamaCare repeal vote, his office announced Thursday: "I rise today in opposition to The Patients’ Rights Repeal Act. This vote is more than just a …
Monday, March 11, 2013
Candice Miller, who represents Michigan's 10th congressional district, including Shelby Township and Utica, will receive the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Monday.
In recognition of her legislative support for American manufacturing, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller will receive a bipartisan award from the nation’s largest industrial trade association on Monday. Miller, who represents Michigan's 10th congressional district, including Shelby Township and Utica, is due to receive the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence. This award honors members of the Congress for their leadership and work supporting U.S. manufacturers who drive economic growth, job creation and prosperity. "Our manufactures in Michigan and across the nation have seen difficult days and we have all stuck together during these difficult times, management and labor, public and private …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
“The decision by the TSA to change security rules to allow knives onboard aircraft is just wrong," said Shelby Township and Utica U.S. Rep. Candice Miller.
Planning a summer vacation? Feel free to pack your golf clubs, pool cues and Swiss army knives in your carry-on luggage. As of April 25, these items and several others once banned from aircraft cabins will be allowed. Transportation Security Administration head John Pistole announced Tuesday that small pocketknives and sporting equipment banned after the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks would once again be allowed in U.S. planes, according to CNN. However, the announcement was not met with support on all fronts. Citing continued safety concerns, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, who represents Shelby Township and Utica in Michigan's 10th congressional district, shared her opposition to the TSA's decision in a statement Thursday. “The decision by …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Shelby Township and Utica Rep. Candice Miller called Parks "a pillar of strength for the civil rights movement" whose statue now takes its rightful place among America's greatest citizens in Statuary Hall.
Michigan legislators were among members of Congress and President Barack Obama Wednesday to witness the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks at the U.S. Capitol. The monument to the civil rights pioneer now sits in Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C., which Congresswoman Candice Miller views as "its rightful place among Presidents and other historic figures." "Rosa Parks was a pillar of strength for the civil rights movement and courageously met injustice head-on," said Miller, who serves Shelby Township and Utica in Michigan's 10th congressional district, in a statement. Parks is known as an activist who helped lead the civil rights movement, beginning with her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, AL, bus on Dec. 1, 1955. That bus …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Shelby Township’s U.S. Rep. Candice Miller has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation that would reinstate the federal COPS in Schools grant program to the tune of $30 million a year.
A group of Republican legislators, including Shelby Township’s U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, is breathing new life into a Clinton-era grant program designed to support community policing in an effort to combat school violence. The COPS in Schools grant program premiered under President Bill Clinton in April 1999, and awarded more than $753 million during its six-year existence to help local law enforcement agencies hire 6,500 school resource officers to “engage in community policing in and around primary and secondary schools,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. On Feb. 15, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) introduced H.R. 751, also called The Protect America’s Schools Act, in Congress. The legislation would revitalize the COPS grant program…
Friday, February 22, 2013
Shelby Township's U.S. Rep. Candice Miller has announced a bipartisan initiative to establish an academic competition to promote innovation among students in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
Students who find themselves experimenting with smartphone apps, tinkering with software design or developing new ways to recycle will soon have the chance to test their innovation on a national scale. On Thursday, House Administration Chairman Candice Miller, who represents Michigan's 10th congressional district, including Shelby Township, and Ranking Member Robert Brady (D-PA) announced a bipartisan committee initiative to establish an academic competition that promotes innovation among students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The competition will be modeled after the Congressional Art Competition, which allows students to submit various artworks to their respective House representatives for consideration. …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, who represents Shelby Township in Washington, D.C., voiced opposition to several actions proposed by President Barack Obama in his 2013 State of the Union Tuesday.
The need to expand domestic energy production and innovation was one of the only topics addressed by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union Tuesday to receive support from U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI). Miller, who serves Michigan’s 10th congressional district, released a number of statements following Tuesday’s speech detailing her opposing view on issues ranging from state election rights to tax increases. Chief among her concerns was the president’s response to the ongoing “sequester” – a series of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts enacted into law in 2011 and due to take effect at the end of the month unless Congress passes a resolution to avoid it. “During tonight’s address to the nation, the President outlined …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Congresswoman says the proposals are "an overreach of executive authority" and "inadequate in addressing the root cause" of tragedies such as Newtown.
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-MI 10, criticized plans announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama indicating strict gun control measures. “The murder of innocent children in Newtown, Connecticut was a heinous act that demands action to better protect our children," Miller wrote in a statement Wednesday. "It is unfortunate that the Obama administration is focusing far too much on the method used instead of the root cause of why it happened. The vast majority of firearm owners in America are law abiding citizens simply exercising the right of self defense for themselves and their families guaranteed by the Second Amendment of our Constitution." According to the White House fact sheet, Obama’s plan includes: Miller also was critical of the …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Michigan's 10th congressional representative has also been appointed chairman of the Committee on House Administration, making her the only female committee chair currently in the House of Representatives.
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller is slated to assume even greater leadership in the area of national security with her recent appointement to vice chair of the full House Committee on Homeland Security. “I have proudly served on the House Committee on Homeland Security for the past five years because I believe that the federal government’s first and foremost responsibility is to provide for our national defense, and our common defense begins with a secure homeland," Miller wrote in a statement. "I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Committee as we continue the important work of overseeing the Department charged with protecting the American people. Miller, a Republican serving Michigan's 10th congressional district, will also …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The U.S. House went along with a Senate plan Tuesday to address expiring Bush-era tax cuts while delaying spending cuts.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 257-167 late Tuesday night to endorse a Senate vote on a bill that would avert the so-called "Fiscal Cliff." This bill extends the tax cuts passed during George W. Bush's presidency that would have expired on Jan. 1, and delays automatic spending cuts. A complete list of the yeas and nays can be found on the website for the House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Congressional District 10, voted in favor of the bill, which will extend curent tax rates for all wage earners making below $400,000 and couples making below $450,000. “The idea of allowing taxes to rise on every American family and small business was completely unacceptable to me and those who I serve," Miller said in a …
John P
3:52 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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