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McDonald Rivet, D-Bay City, said Monday that the Trump administration’s move to restore some food assistance without resolving the shutdown is “another example of this (program) being a political tool.”

Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) visited food distribution sites and food pantries across Mid-Michigan on Saturday.

The government shutdown has reopened debate on a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

Sounding the alarm on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with just days before food stamps are suspended for millions, Democratic Michigan lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to act.

Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet was in Saginaw, calling on her peers to reverse trillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid and to extend the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits set to expire at the end of the year.

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet says the federal government needs to acknowledge its oversight failures during the Flint water crisis and start negotiating a settlement with city residents.

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet joined with members of the nonpartisan Citizens Research Council and Protect Our Care Michigan on Tuesday, with the Bay City Democrat asking her peers in Congress to extend tax credits helping thousands of Michiganders pay for health insurance.

The bipartisan Rapid Disaster Relief Act was sponsored by Reps. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) and John Moolenaar (R-Caledonia), among others, and comes in the context of the 2020 flooding and dam failures in the Midland area.