Candice Miller Tackles Voter Fraud, Introduces Prevention Legislation in US House

The Voter Registration Integrity Act would required DMVs to identify new voters in their state and ensure those individuals are removed from their former state's voter rolls.

It’s called the Voter Registration Integrity Act and it is one of the newest measures introduced by U.S. legislators to tackle voter fraud. This particular legislation was introduced Wednesday by Republican U.S. Reps. Candice Miller (MI-10) and Todd Rokita (IN-4). Follow us on Facebook If passed, the act would require state motor vehicle departments to ask new residents who are seeking a driver's license if he or she intends to register to vote in the new state. If the answer is yes, that department is compelled to notify the former state and allow the removal of that voter from their voter rolls. “In recent months I have been working with Michigan’s current Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and my House colleague Todd Rokita, a former …

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Candice Miller Asks Macomb to Remember 9/11; Holds DC Hearing on Border Security

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller is scheduled to hold a special hearing in Washington, D.C. today to examine the present state of border security, given the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11.

On this date 11 years ago, a series of terrorist attacks stunned the nation and shaped the future of an entire generation. Today, on the anniversary of Sept. 11, cities and towns across the country remember those who were lost in the attacks as well as the servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives in the War on Terror since. U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (District 10 - Macomb Township) released the following statement in regard to the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11. The United States of America is the only nation in the history of the world that was founded upon the ideas of individual freedom and liberty and that all men are created equal. Since our founding, Americans have helped to spread that idea across the globe.  11 years ago …

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Democrat Stadler to Take on Longtime Rep. Miller for District 10 U.S. House Seat

Chuck Stadler defeated Jerome George Quinn to win the Democratic nomination. He will face incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Candice Miller in the Nov. 6 general election.

Chuck Stadler defeated Jerome George Quinn in the Democratic District 10 congressional primary, winning 61 percent of the vote. He will challenge incumbent GOP U.S. Rep. Candice S. Miller for her House seat in November. Stadler received 8,051 votes to Quinn's 5,145 with all 142 precincts reporting. Miller, who ran uncontested for the Republican nomination, is currently serving her fifth term after being first elected to office in 2002. The District 10 House seat will be decided in the Nov. 6 general election. These results are unofficial until confirmed by the Macomb County clerk.

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U.S. Rep Miller: We Need to Eliminate the National Flood Insurance Program

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller says Michigan citizens are "getting fleeced" by the National Flood Insurance Program. She is proposing the program not be reauthorized, but replaced and privatized.

The U.S. House of Representatives has delayed a vote on a bill that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program for another 30 days. Some 20,000 communities across the U.S. participate in the NFIP by adopting floodplain management ordinances to reduce future flood damage. In exchange, the NFIP makes federally-backed flood insurance available to homeowners, renters, and business owners in these communities, according to the Federal Emergency Management Association. The NFIP is scheduled to expire at the end of May unless both houses of Congress reauthorize it. U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (District 10) made the following remarks Wednesday on the floor of the House in opposition to continued reauthorization of NFIP: What in the world is …

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Miller Asks District 10 to Vote for Their 'Fan Favorite' High School Art

People can vote for their "fan favorite" student art, entered in the 2012 Congressional Art Competition, on U.S. Rep Candice Miller's Facebook page through May 16.

Even those who aren't old enough to vote in the November election can cast their vote for this year's "Fan Favorite" award among all of the student artwork submitted to the 2012 Congressional Art Competition. Created in 1982, the competition honors high school students from each of the nation’s congressional districts. The contest is open to all high school students, and this year features 72 pieces from Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, which includes New Baltimore and Chesterfield Township. District 10 U.S. Rep. Candice Miller is hosting the competition on her Facebook page through May 16. All of this year's submissions can be found in a photo album and individuals are encouraged to vote for their favorite by clicking "like" on …

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U.S. Rep. Miller Supports Bill to Stall Interest Hike on Student Loans

The Interest Rate Reduction Act would freeze a scheduled rate increase on federal student loans but cut preventative health care programs to offset the freeze's cost.

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (MI-10) supported the passage of a bill Friday that would prevent a scheduled interest rate increase on federal student loans by cutting a preventative health care program. Miller was one of 215 House representatives to support the Interest Rate Reduction Act, which would preserve the rate on subsidized Stafford loans to undergraduate students by cutting the Prevention and Public Health Fund created in President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, according to The Huffington Post. The interest rates are scheduled to increase to 6.8 percent on July 1, but IRRA would extend lower rates for an additional year. Under a 2007 statute, the 6.8 percent rates were phased down to 3.4 percent, but were set to return to their …

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Miller Leads House Reps Against Proposed Cuts to Air National Guard

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller and 14 of her state colleagues in the U.S. House signed a letter this week voicing their opposition to proposed cuts to the Air National Guard in 2013.

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-10) led 14 of her Michigan colleagues this week in raising concerns to House and Senate Armed Services Committees regarding proposed cuts to the Air National Guard under the Air Force's 2013 budget. "Everyone understands the need to find cost efficiencies the military budget, but it is troubling that the Air Force would choose to find those savings by making such dramatic cuts to the most cost effective segment of the Air Force, the Air National Guard," Miller said, in a prepared statement. "Michigan’s entire U.S. House delegation is unified against these cuts to the Air National Guard and will continue our efforts to turn them back.” Led by Miller, Michigan's 15 U.S. representatives signed a letter this week …

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Report: Leaders to Fight for Selfridge

Local, state and federal officials including County Executive Mark Hackel, State Rep. Anthony Forlini, R-Harrison Township, and U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-MI, are speaking out against proposed cuts to Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

U.S. Rep. Miller Praises Obama’s Call to Action on ‘Spilled Milk’

Dairy farmers in Michigan and across the country will benefit from a local representatives persistence and the president's recent action to eliminate unnecessary regulations restricting business growth.

If there is one issue in the president’s 2012 State of the Union address that will receive immediate bipartisan support, ridding the nation of unnecessary regulations is it. “There's no question that some regulations are outdated, unnecessary, or too costly,” said President Barack Obama on Tuesday. “In fact, I've approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his. I've ordered every federal agency to eliminate rules that don't make sense.” The “spilled milk” rule, introduced earlier for elimination by Republican U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (M-10), was one of these “unnecessary” regulations cited by the president during his address. “We got rid of one rule from 40 years ago that could…

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U.S. Rep. Miller Calls New Request to Raise U.S. Debt Ceiling 'Distressing'

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller is voicing neither opposition nor support at this time for a presidential request to raise the debt ceiling again–such a request is expected from the White House this week.

As Congress waits for President Barack Obama to officially ask for an additional $1.2 trillion in borrowing authority, which would raise the federal debt ceiling to $16.4 trillion, Macomb's U.S. Rep. Candice Miller is saying, "These levels of deficits and debt cannot continue." “How distressing that the president is once again requesting to raise the nation’s debt ceiling," Miller, (R-10), said in a prepared statement Dec. 28. "Fortunately, because of the consistency of the House Republicans’ commitment to restoring fiscal discipline, at least we saw the debate in 2011 change from how much more to spend to how much we can begin to cut." Per the budget agreement reached in August, the president's request can only be blocked if Congress …

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