At a moment in our history when Michigan needs signs of hope, the recent decision by the U.S. Department of Energy to build the Facility on Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University offers great hope for Michigan’s economic future.

Today’s economic crisis, and the federal government’s response, is like putting a finger in the dike to avert a major catastrophe – possibly even a depression.

Congress has recently taken three significant actions in response to the credit crunch and foreclosure crisis.

I have joined my colleagues in a Congressional effort to designate October 17, 2008 as National Mammography Day (S. Res. 698). 

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Carl Levin (D-MI) today announced that the state of Michigan will receive $5,269,296 in emergency funding to help families pay the anticipated high cost of fuel this winter.