I carried the nuclear codes. This moment is dangerous and the stakes are high. If I were in Congress right now, these would be my questions about Iran.

The images coming out of Southwest Michigan from last night’s tornado are gut-wrenching. Praying for everyone affected and for the first responders who ran towards the damage to help.

Spent a foggy afternoon in Owosso yesterday. History hiding in plain sight - Elias Comstock's home, still standing, and Curwood Castle right on the Shiawassee River where James Oliver Curwood wrote about the wilderness he fought to protect. Cool stuff!

I've been to Dover to receive my friends. Six more families are living that nightmare following our actions in Iran. The politicians calling the shots need to remember that American families pay the price.

Iran, two weeks in. What do we have to show for it? Seven American service members are dead. Oil prices are skyrocketing. I’m still asking: what’s the plan?

Tom Barrett looks out for his wealthy donors, and Michigan families feel the pain. Last summer Barrett voted to make health care unaffordable for Michigan families, just so ultra-wealthy donors get a a tax cut that you can’t access. Now he's working with dark money groups to

Horrified to see these initial reports of a very scary situation at Temple Israel. Praying for the safety of everyone in the synagogue and our first responders.

I’m relieved that no students or staff were hurt in today’s attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Still, the terror of an incident like this reverberates through the Jewish community in Michigan and across the country, particularly as law enforcement are still working to

Maasdam: What we’re doing overseas — spending billions of dollars a day. In two weeks, we probably spent $25 billion. We had an Ayatollah Khomeini to start, and now we have a new Ayatollah Khomeini. And how is this making things in my district more affordable for people? It’s not

Spent some time on the Oakland County side of #MI07 this week with Indivisible Huron Valley, whose members are motivated, organized, and ready to go. Thanks for having me, and for your great questions!

You know you’re at a midwestern house party when you enter through the garage, and see deer in the front yard on your way out. Thanks to an awesome group for hosting me last week in Stockbridge- a small town that punches above its weight when it comes to showing up!

Team Maasdam hit TWO St. Patrick's Day parades this weekend - the temperatures may be dropping again but there was plenty of green, plenty of smiles, and plenty of "everyone's Irish today" spirit to go around. From Pinckney to Grand Ledge, mid-Michigan knows how to throw a

There's never been a more important time in my lifetime to stand up for working people, and Teamsters Local 243 knows how to fight. I'm excited to work together - welcome to Team Maasdam. 💪

Awesome meet-and-greet this week with folks from Milford, South Lyon, Brighton, and Pinckney. What I heard: everything costs more, and everyone knows it. One attendee works as a cashier at Busch's. She doesn't need a report to tell her prices are too high - she hears it from

Some of my earliest memories are in fire stations- tagging along with my dad, who taught CPR and volunteered as a firefighter on the side. That's where I first learned what real service looks like. Career firefighters make it their life's work to put their lives on the line,

No Kings Brighton ✅ Big crowd gathered to say presidents and representatives serve the people, not the other way around! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

No Kings Lansing ✅ Lincoln said it best: government of the people, by the people, for the people. But right now we have a president who treats us like his subjects, and Congress is letting him get away with it. Today in Lansing and around the nation, tens of thousands of

I grew up going to church several times a week, especially during Lent. There’s something special about the way a church fish fry brings the community together. Cristo Rey’s Annual Fish Fry on Friday was exactly that - it was awesome to volunteer with great people serving