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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that further disaster designations have been issued for Bay and Saginaw Counties due to excessive rain that occurred from August 4 through August 22, 2012. Arenac, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Midland, Shiawassee and Tuscola Counties were named as contiguous disaster counties.
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Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today placed a friendly wager with California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer on the outcome of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced support for Michigan State University to help provide business development expertise, development assistance and educational services, boosting economic development in our rural communities.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow today attended the ribbon cutting of the Blue Water River Walk project in Port Huron.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today attended the grand opening of the Fremont Community Digester, a revolutionary clean energy facility that will use innovative technology to convert food waste into bio-gas energy.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, author of the Stop Invasive Species Act that was signed into law by President Obama earlier this year, made the following statement today after the discovery of Asian carp eDNA in the North Shore Channel of the Chicago River beyond the electric barriers. Today's news follows last week's announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicating that it will not complete its plan to stop the entry of Asian carp into the Great Lakes by 2013 as Stabenow's new law requires.
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"The Army Corps of Engineers' refusal to follow the law and submit a complete plan to stop Asian carp is completely unacceptable," said Stabenow. "Temporary fixes have proven inadequate"
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Co-Chair of the Senate Manufacturing Caucus, today announced support for XG Sciences in Lansing. XG Sciences is a high-tech company developing next-generation nano-materials for advanced batteries and other applications like aerospace, appliances, automotive parts, super capacitors, fuel tanks, and sporting goods.
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced support to help stop the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes. Grants were awarded to Michigan State University, the Great Lakes Commission, Wayne State University and the Grand Traverse Conservation District. The grants are part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is the largest investment in the health of our Great Lakes in two decades.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced critical support for Michigan farmers and producers across the state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Specialty Crop Block Grant Program will provide over $1.3 million to support 25 Michigan specialty crop projects throughout the state.
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Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today welcomed the announcement of a federal grant to help the Constantine Fire Department improve its operations and boost safety for emergency personnel and the public.
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Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today welcomed the announcement of a federal grant to help the Grand Rapids Fire Department improve its operations and boost safety for emergency personnel and the public.
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced support for the Wayne Police Department to hire and retain law enforcement officers.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced support that will help Michigan farmers and landowners implement conservation practices to protect the River Raisin and Western Lake Erie.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow today welcomed 77 Michigan World War II veterans who traveled from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to visit the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. The veterans were flown in on Upper Peninsula Honor Flight Mission III by the Honor Flight Network with donations from local Michigan communities. Stabenow greeted the veterans at the memorial and presented them with certificates honoring their service.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced rural development grants for three Michigan law enforcement departments to replace their aging patrol vehicles. Grants were awarded to the Lake County Sheriff's Department, the city of Norway Police Department, and the Presque Isle Sheriff's Department.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced a Rural Development grant for the Munising Memorial Hospital. The grant, made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development initiative, will be used to purchase and install Digital Mammography equipment at Munising Memorial Hospital to increase its capacity to serve the local community.
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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, author of the Stop Invasive Species Act that was recently signed into law by President Obama, made the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 3 out of 350 samples taken from western Lake Erie's Maumee Bay and Maumee River tested positive for Asian carp eDNA. This announcement follows last month's discovery of 20 positive samples of Asian carp eDNA taken from western Lake Erie.
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced support for new high-tech job training opportunities for workers, whose jobs were outsourced, at two Michigan community colleges.
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The Obama Administration today announced that crucial investigative work of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center - a trade enforcement unit championed by Senator Stabenow - has led to a major enforcement action against China for illegally subsidizing their auto and auto parts sectors.