By RJ Wolcott Once Michigan State University's $730 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is fully online, it will be able to create a vast range of atomic nuclei, some of them so unstable that they exist only for fractions of a second. MSU is planning to invest an additional $35 million in FRIB to maximize the facility's potential as a world-leading research facility. Doing so will allow the discovery of even more rare isotopes and better harvesting the isotopes produced by charged particle ...
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WASHINGTON – Less than 24 hours following House and Senate passage of historic tax reform legislation, companies across America announced key investments in our nation’s workforce. AT&T announced that as a direct result of tax reform, more than 200,000 U.S. employees will receive a $1,000 bonus. “This tax reform will drive economic growth and create good-paying jobs,” said AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson. “In fact, we will increase our U.S. investment and pay a special bonus to our U.S....
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Mike Bishop, Michigan’s Republican member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement after the House passed the conference report for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), the House plan to provide tax relief to millions of hardworking families and create more jobs, fairer taxes and bigger paychecks. “Finally, after 31 years of stagnant growth, the House took historic action to pass the conference report for the Tax Cuts and Jobs A...
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Congressman Mike Bishop, Michigan’s Republican member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement in support of the conference committee report for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “Today’s release of the conference report for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brings us one step closer to providing much-needed relief for hardworking American families at every income level. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will create more jobs here in Michigan and across America, and will eliminate s...
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Congressman Mike Bishop, whose district was hardest-hit by the NECC fungal meningitis outbreak of 2012, released the following statement applauding the disbursement of NECC victim compensation payments. “I’d like to thank the public servants in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for their hard work to deliver compensation funds to the victims of the 2012 NECC fungal meningitis outbreak. As all of those affected know, the civil settlement funds provided by the NECC were woefully short of...
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By Melissa Nann Burke A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not to further delay its study on how to upgrade a waterway choke point near Lake Michigan to deter Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. Twenty-six members of the House, including 12 from Michigan, signed a Dec. 7 letter saying that more delays will only increase the likelihood that the destructive invasive species reaches the freshwater lakes. The lawmakers say they want the Army Corps to stic...
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By Garret Ellison A bipartisan group of Congressional delegates from Michigan is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to take a stronger hand in the investigation into toxic fluorochemical contamination at 28 sites in 14 communities around the state. Eight House Republicans and four House Democrats joined Michigan's two Democrat senators on the Dec. 5 letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt urging the agency to "continue to actively engage" in the state's response to drinking, surface an...
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In a historic vote Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its first major tax reform overhaul in more than three decades. Commenting on his support, Congressman Mike Bishop – Michigan’s Republican member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement: “Bold, transformational tax reform is about giving hardworking Americans of all walks of life the confidence they need to make their dreams a reality. I’ve seen it work in Michigan, and we can absolutely do...
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Tonight, the House passed the conference version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018 by a vote of 356-70. Congressman Mike Bishop issued the following statement in support: “Congress has a critical responsibility to provide for our Armed Forces, and I’m proud to do so with our NDAA legislation today. Not only is it imperative to ensure our troops have the necessary equipment and assistance to perform to the best of their ability, but they deserve to know we have their best int...
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On Monday, Michigan’s Republican congressional delegation introduced a video about the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which passed out of the House Ways and Means Committee last week, to highlight the many ways this legislation will help Michigan families and job creators get ahead: The bill will be up for debate and a vote in the full House of Representatives later this week. To watch the video go here. Rep. Bishop’s comments: “That’s why we all support efforts to advance pro-growth, pro-American tax...
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