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Freshman Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet recently marked her first 100 days in office on Sunday.

During a hearing on Tuesday, Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) slammed efforts to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Today, Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08), Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01), Congressman Rob Menendez (NJ-08) and Congressman John James (MI-10) introduced the Prescription Drug Transparency and Affordability Act to increase transparency in the prescription drug pricing system with new reporting requirements and penalties to hold those who fail to comply accountable.

But Democrats desperate for a way out of the wilderness, and bickering about how to get there, would do well to acquaint themselves with what McDonald Rivet did last year — and how she did it — in this House district about 100 miles north of Detroit.

Gathering alongside community members, government employees and public service workers at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) and U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) sounded the alarm about Republican’s efforts to carve trillions out of the federal budget, while outlining how residents can fight back against these cuts.

On March 13, Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) and Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) introduced the bipartisan Social Security Overpayment Relief Act to limit the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) overpayment lookback period to ten years. This bill protects Social Security recipients from having to pay back funds that arise from overpayment errors on the part of SSA.

Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet and Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra introduced the Foreign Agricultural Restrictions to Maintain Local Agriculture and National Defense (FARMLAND) Act on Friday.

A new bill to restore the pensions of more than 21,000 Delphi salaried retirees is back on the agenda in Congress, and a group representing those former workers says the latest effort “affords us the best chance ever of achieving success.”